Thursday, July 8, 2010 (Afternoon)
Zoning Board Keeps Custody of Stop & Shop Application (Schweber, The Westfield Patch) Westfield, Union County
“The Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to send Stop and Shop back before them another time to ask for variances the supermarket will need to expand its store in downtown Westfield.”
Union Twp. Planning Board will discuss Pilot Travel Center, off Route 78 (Sanabria, The Hunterdon County Democrat) Union, Hunterdon County
“Pilot Travel Center, the truck stop at the intersection of Route 173 West and Perryville road, will be the topic at a Planning Board workshop tonight at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Municipal Building located at 140 Perryville Rd.”
Bloomingdale sanctions new housing plan (Walsh, Suburban Trends) Bloomingdale, Morris County
“Even though the borough is under the dictates of a court edict rather than the confines of the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), the Borough Council and Planning Board sanctioned a new Housing Element and Fair Share Plan.”
Solar power postponed in Fairfield (Adomaitis, The News) Fairfield, Cumberland County
“After two hours of presentation and nearly another hour of questions from the community, the proposed solar energy facility in Fairfield Township came no closer to completion Tuesday night.”
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear case against NJ’s Highlands Act (O’Dea, The Daily Record) Highlands
“New Jersey’s Highlands law has passed its final legal hurdle, as the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear landowners’ contentions that the 2004 law is unconstitutional.”
Somerville earns state Transit Village status (Staff, The Messenger-Gazette) Somerville, Somerset County
“The New Jersey Department of Transportation today announced that Somerville has been designated an official Transit Village community in recognition of its ongoing efforts to create walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods near public transportation centers.”
