Monday, August 23, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
West Side Light Rail Extension Project Picks Up Some Federal Funding (Whiten, The Jersey City Independent) Jersey City, Hudson County
“Last fall, NJ Transit approved a study to explore the feasibility of extending the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail from the West Side Avenue station across Route 440 to the planned Bayfront development along the Hackensack River.”
40 acres preserved in Bethlehem Twp., next to Tower Hill, Jugtown reserves (Staff, Hunterdon County Democrat) Bethlehem, Hunterdon County
“Some 40 acres of forest and wetlands here have been preserved by the Hunterdon Land Trust, the New Jersey Audubon Society, the township and the New Jersey Water Supply Authority for a total cost of $285,000.”
OPINION
Mayors’ suit aims to protect communities (Fried, for The Times of Trenton) Robbinsville/Hamilton/East Windsor, Mercer County
“Earlier this month, Robbinsville, Hamilton and East Windsor took the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to court to block a classic bait-and-switch: Enticing us to turn over land to widen the New Jersey Turnpike with promises of $15 million in reforestation funds, then shipping the money elsewhere after the bulldozing had begun.”
COURT OPINION
O’Neill v. Township of Tewksbury Land Use Board (Appellate Division) Tewksbury, Hunterdon County
