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A typographic card summarizing the Warren Township summer 2026 calendar.

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Summer in Warren, from the pool opening to a World Cup party in the municipal parking lot

Town Hall goes to summer hours June 15. Warrenbrook Pool opens June 19, the same day the township hosts a free World Cup watch party at the Municipal Complex. Concerts run Wednesdays in July.

A bar chart of monthly closed sales in Warren Township from January 2025 through August 2026, with May 2026 highlighted.

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May's median closed at $1,300,000 in Warren, and new listings fell by nearly half

Twelve homes closed in Warren in May at a median of $1,300,000, the highest median of 2026 so far, on the fastest median days on market of the year at 15. New listings fell from 36 a year ago to 19.

A typographic card summarizing the Watchung Hills 1-0 Somerset County Tournament baseball final win.

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Watchung Hills won the county baseball title 1-0 in eight innings, its first in 17 years

Sophomore Lucas Sheehan threw a complete game three hit shutout across all eight innings as second seeded Watchung Hills beat top seeded Immaculata at TD Bank Ballpark on May 22.

A typographic card summarizing the Warren Township data center ordinance introduced on May 14, 2026.

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Warren moved to ban data centers on a 4 to 1 vote, and the dissent is the part worth reading

Ordinance 26-19 passed first reading 4 to 1 on May 14, with Committeeman McCarey voting no. His objection was not to the ban but to writing performance standards for a use the ordinance prohibits.

A typographic card summarizing the Warren Township 2026 street overlay contract award.

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Six contractors bid on Warren's paving, and the spread between low and high was $643,400

Resolution 2026-152 awarded the 2026 Streets Overlay contract to Carroccia Co. Contractors of Green Brook. The award is capped at $945,800 on a unit price basis, at $94.50 per ton of overlay.

A typographic card reading 7,500,000 next to a summary of the Warren Township May 14 budget adoption and ballot question.

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Warren adopted a $27 million budget and put a $7.5 million question on the November ballot in the same night

Resolution 2026-132 adopted the 2026 budget 5-0 on May 14. Resolution 2026-151 asks the county clerk to print a non binding question on restoring the Hofheimer House at an estimated $7,500,000.

Monthly bar chart of Warren Township closings and percent of ask through April 2026.

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April closings ran 104.5 percent of ask, the strongest of the year, on only ten sales

Ten Warren homes closed in April at a median of $930,000 and an average of $1,280,000. Seven of ten went at or over ask. Sellers took 33 new listings, the most of any month in 2026.

Title card comparing Warren Township's falling regional school tax rate against a rising average tax bill for 2026-2027.

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Watchung Hills cut Warren's school tax rate 3.52 percent and the average bill still went up $58

The regional board approved a $51,502,743 budget on April 28. Warren's rate falls from $0.3597 to $0.3470 per $100, but the average assessed home rose 5.38 percent, so the bill rises $58.22.

Title card about the April 16, 2026 Warren Township Committee meeting and public comment on the Bardy property.

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Nineteen residents spoke about the Bardy property. Here is what the record establishes.

A large crowd filled the April 16 meeting over a site in Warren's affordable housing plan. The minutes name nineteen speakers from thirteen streets. The unit count is not established.

Title card showing the $1,444,388.88 not to exceed restoration contract for Warren Township Town Hall.

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Restoring Warren Town Hall will cost up to $1,444,388.88, and insurance is paying it

Resolutions 2026-112 and 2026-113 passed 5-0 on April 16. The Garden State Municipal JIF already sent a $495,000 check and will pay the restoration contractor directly.

Title card showing Warren Township's 2026 municipal budget total of $27,058,362.93 and the $64 increase on the average assess

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Warren introduced a $27,058,362.93 budget, and the average home pays $64 more

Resolution 2026-108 passed 5-0 on April 16. Total appropriations are $27,058,362.93, up 6.14 percent, with $16,545,270.77 raised by taxes. The public hearing is May 14.

Monthly bar chart of Warren Township closings from January 2025 through March 2026, showing 22, 4 and 13 closings in the firs

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Warren closed 39 homes in the first quarter, and March took 65 days to sell at 101.3 percent of ask

Q1 2026 closings ran 22, 4 and 13 for a total of 39, against 26 in Q1 2025. March paired the slowest median days on market of the quarter with the highest percent of ask. Those two facts are not in conflict.

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Summer in Warren, from the pool opening to a World Cup party in the municipal parking lot

May's median closed at $1,300,000 in Warren, and new listings fell by nearly half

Watchung Hills won the county baseball title 1-0 in eight innings, its first in 17 years

Warren moved to ban data centers on a 4 to 1 vote, and the dissent is the part worth reading

Six contractors bid on Warren's paving, and the spread between low and high was $643,400

Warren adopted a $27 million budget and put a $7.5 million question on the November ballot in the same night

April closings ran 104.5 percent of ask, the strongest of the year, on only ten sales

Watchung Hills cut Warren's school tax rate 3.52 percent and the average bill still went up $58

Nineteen residents spoke about the Bardy property. Here is what the record establishes.

Restoring Warren Town Hall will cost up to $1,444,388.88, and insurance is paying it

Warren introduced a $27,058,362.93 budget, and the average home pays $64 more

Warren closed 39 homes in the first quarter, and March took 65 days to sell at 101.3 percent of ask