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Former Irvington Mayor Sentenced to Prison for Taking Kickbacks

steeleFormer 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.

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Gene E. Etchinson Enters Irvington Mayoral Race

Gene_Etchinson_copyThe election season is not in full swing yet, but some candidates are already talking about bringing change to Irvington Township. Incumbent Mayor Wayne Smith is running for his third term, while Gene E. Etchison, David Lyons and several others are expected to join the race. The deadline for the petition is March 18, but negative campaigning may start early in this election.

Local Talk News Editor-in-Chief Dhiren Shah sits down with mayoral candidate Gene E. Etchison.

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Rotary Club of Irvington – “Gift of Words and Meaning”

dictionary1IRVINGTON – 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.

Educators have determined that third grade is the "dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn". That is why the Rotary Club of Irvington has chosen to give the gift of words and their meaning to approximately 650 third graders.

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Editor's Note for March 4, 2010

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