Linden

  • The Linden Fire Department received a $781,866 first-responder grant from the Homeland Security Department to purchase new safety gear and communications equipment for the firefighters.

  • Congressman Ferguson voted to provide Linden public schools with more than $1.1 million in federal elementary and secondary education aid in fiscal year 2007. Congressman Ferguson has voted to increase federal education funding for New Jersey schools by more than 33 percent since 2001.

  •  Congressman Ferguson announced that several Union County programs, including in Linden, received $4 million in housing and homeless assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funding helps underwrite programs that assist in transitional housing, permanent housing and a variety of supportive services.




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