‘Bad comedy show’: Mayors blast Trenton Water Works as ice jams cripple plant again
More than 200,000 Mercer County customers of Trenton Water Works…
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Progress made at Trenton Water Works, but major steps to stabilize system remain stalled
Efforts to expedite crucial maintenance work have dragged on as bids for the work soared.
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Behind Trenton’s recreation boom: no-bid contracts, runaway overtime, government purchases on personal credit cards
The Jersey Vindicator analyzed 20,000 pages of documents, including payroll data, contracts, invoices, vendor payments, audits, memorandums of understanding, resolutions, internal memos, and emails.
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State vs. Trenton: Water system on brink sparks clash over control, race, responsibility
NJDEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette met with the Trenton City Council for two hours Monday night to discuss a study that would look at the feasibility of regionalizing the failing Trenton water utility.
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Stop calling Trenton Water Works ‘our most valued asset’ while treating it like a political garbage dump
For decades, local officials have clung to the phrase “Trenton…
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State voided Trenton Water Works tests, levied $235K fine
Records released by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection…
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Top New Jersey environmental official warns of ‘substantial and imminent threat’ at Trenton Water Works
Shawn LaTourette compared the Trenton water crisis to Flint, Michigan and Jackson, Misissippi.
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East Trenton neighborhood to be declared a Superfund site due to lead hazards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will place an entire neighborhood in East Trenton on its Superfund list.
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Trenton skipped bidding rules for $1.7M in parks and recreation contracts
The city of Trenton, which skirted state contracting laws to…
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‘It got away from us’: Trenton mayor says of flawed no-bid park contract
City broke project into smaller payments, hired caterer-turned-contractor
