Byram to adopt marijuana ordinance, schedules annual festival ● Budget to be adopted: Adoption of the 2021-22 municipal budget is scheduled for April 6. Township manager Joseph Sabatini... Local News 02 Apr 2021 | 03:04
A past Lenape Valley Soccer Camp at C.O. Johnson Park (Photo by George Leroy Hunter) ( George Leroy Hunter) Byram’s park improvement plans begin to take shape After hearing proposals about ways to improve to C.O. Johnson Park, the Byram Township Council agreed to make the park a... Local News 29 Mar 2021 | 02:04
Byram Township municipal buildings (File photo by Vera Olinski) Byram hires designer for municipal building The Byram Township Council unanimously agreed to pay the Nader Group $61,500 to develop a site plan for the new municipal... Local News 02 Mar 2021 | 05:34
Scott Olson (File photo by Amy Stewart) Byram council removes volunteer over ‘vulgar’ anti-Trump tweet The township council’s removal of Scott Olson from Byram’s Open Space Committee overshadowed other business at the Feb. 2... Local News 12 Feb 2021 | 04:13
Byram Township municipal buildings (Photo by Vera Olinski) Byram hammers out 2021 budget In difficult financial times, the Byram Township Council held its proposed 2021 budget increase to 0.89 percent. During their... Local News 26 Jan 2021 | 05:12
Corporal Hayden Harris Byram honors murdered soldier discovered by firefighters Byram Township rallied to support the family of Corporal Hayden Harris, and to make sure his name is never forgotten. Corporal... Local News 19 Jan 2021 | 04:53
Byram Township municipal building (Photo by Vera Olinski) Byram councilman slams state for big increases in retirement payments During a time of tight budgets, Councilman Raymond Bonker said the New Jersey state government has made things worse. At... Local News 28 Dec 2020 | 04:14
Byram Township municipal buildings (File photo by Vera Olinski) Byram faces 2021 budget challenges, repeals chicken ordinance The Byram Township Council on Dec. 1 reviewed the 2021 municipal budget, repealed the new chicken ordinance, and made plans... Local News 08 Dec 2020 | 06:11
Byram Township municipal buildings (Photo by Vera Olinski) Unexpected state funding cutback shorts Byram The New Jersey state government decided to pull back an expected 54 percent increase for the Garden State Trust Fund, resulting... Local News 13 Oct 2020 | 06:34
Council discusses strategic planning, sets goals The Byram Township Council discussed strategic planning and goal setting on Sept. 29, at a special meeting where each official... Local News 05 Oct 2020 | 02:19
Byram council OKs Elizabethtown Gas splitting township The Byram Township Council unanimously approved on Aug. 11 Elizabethtown Gas splitting the township with NJ Natural Gas and... Local News 21 Aug 2020 | 11:31
Byram council discusses cellular dead zones Verizon representatives Mark Bocchieri and Steven Weis spoke with the Byram Township Council on Aug. 11 about dead spots... Local News 18 Aug 2020 | 03:36
Byram Township Municipal Complex (Photo by Vera Olinski) Byram signs off on floor plan for municipal complex The Byram Township Council approved the new version of floor plans for the municipal complex. Mayor Alexander Rubenstein said... Local News 04 Aug 2020 | 05:35
Byram continues to wrangle with chicken ordinance The Byram chicken ordinance is getting kicked down the road. The township council unanimously agreed on July 21 to table the... Local News 28 Jul 2020 | 06:56
Byram moves toward allowing backyard chickens Byram Township is considering an ordinance that would allow residents to keep up to five hens on a single-family residential... Local News 14 Jul 2020 | 06:05