Tuesday, December 14, 2010 (Morning)
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NEWS
NJ Transit requests $75M from killed ARC tunnel funds for new train cars (Staff, The Associated Press) Statewide
“Money meant to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River might be used to purchase new train cars.”
Proposed Lawrence drug rehab center back before zoning board (Staff, The Trentonian) Lawrence, Mercer County
“On Wednesday night, the Lawrence Zoning Board will resume its hearing into developer John Simone’s application for a use variance that would permit him to lease part of his vacant medical office building at 100 Federal Point Blvd. to Sunrise Detox to run a 38-bed residential treatment facility.”
COURTS
Devito v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Middletown (Appellate Division) Middletown, Monmouth County
Zoning Board rejected fence. Applicant appealed, trial court ruled that the Zoning Board acted in an arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable manner. Appellate Division reverses trial court.
Monday, November 29, 2010 (Afternoon)
OPINION
ARC derailed: Weighing the alternatives (Barbara, for The Record) Statewide
“As the smoke clears from the wreckage of the Hudson rail tunnel project, one issue stands out: New Jersey still has a trans-Hudson commuter problem, with long lines at the river crossings, crowded buses and rail coaches, and train transfers that will force residents to endure 90-minute, three-legged odysseys to Manhattan without end.”
Letters: A Subway That Crosses State Lines (Various, for The New York Times) Statewide/New York
Thursday, November 18, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
Extending No. 7 subway to Secaucus could provide alternative to killed ARC tunnel (Frassinelli, The Star-Ledger) Hudson County
“The ‘Tunnel from Xanadu to Macy’s Basement’ is dead. Still alive, at least as a concept, is the tunnel from Secaucus to Citi Field.”
RFP
Planning Board/Board of Adjustment Attorney, Planning Board/Board of Adjustment Engineer, Consulting Township Engineer (Clark, Union County)
