Week In Review: Engravalle On Governor's Task Force, Farewell To Martha Washington?

New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno Wednesday appointed seven representatives from the public and private sectors to the newly created New Jersey Education Funding Task Force, and Fort Lee’s Interim Superintendent of Schools was among the appointees.

The developer of the eastern half of Redevelopment Area 5 made the request for the renaming of the road, and borough officials are leaning toward granting it, citing Fort Lee Redevelopment Associates (FLRA)'s $500 million investment.

The is being lit up blue each night throughout April in recognition of Autism Awareness Month, thanks to Fort Lee Councilman Harvey Sohmer, who recommended the borough do something to acknowledge those who struggle with autism spectrum disorders.

Fort Lee native and Fort Lee Patch contributor who is currently editor of New Milford Patch, shares her intensely personal and moving story of being the mother of a child with autism.

The cause of a four-alarm blaze that took about 100 firefighters nearly two hours to extinguish last Thursday, leaving three units of a six-unit townhouse complex on West Street badly damaged, was still “undetermined” this week, officials said.

A group of Fort Lee residents and fellow carpoolers from nearby towns, who say they have been unfairly targeted and ticketed for picking up passengers near the George Washington Bridge tollbooths, have started a petition in hopes of stopping what they see as unfair treatment on the part of the Port Authority.

New Jersey lawmakers will consider issuing subpoenas to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which they called “troubled,” at a meeting this week, the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee announced Thursday.

The upcoming 50th anniversary screening and live productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird” in Council Chambers begin a yearlong celebration of the centennial of Universal, which traces its roots to Fort Lee.

The Week in Review appears every Sunday on Fort Lee Patch.