Former Irvington Mayor Michael Steele was sentenced to state prison Monday for rigging school district contracts and taking thousands of dollars in kickbacks as business administrator for the Irvington Board of Education.
Steele, 54, of Easton, Pa., was sentenced to seven years in state prison, including five years of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge Stephen B. Rubin in Hunterdon County. The judge ordered that Steele pay $120,000 in restitution to the Irvington Board of Education and that he be permanently barred from public employment in New Jersey. Steele pleaded guilty on Sept. 30, 2009 to second-degree charges of official misconduct and pattern of official misconduct.
IRVINGTON – January is "Rotary Dictionary Month". The Rotary Club of Irvington in its efforts to support The Dictionary Project which promotes reading, writing, and creative thinking, will give each Third Grader enrolled within the Township of Irvington Public School System his/her own dictionary.
