Tuesday, December 21, 2010 (Evening)
CRDA funds study to transform parts of Atlantic City into art and medical education districts (Previti, The Press of Atlantic City) Atlantic City, Atlantic County
“The New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority voted this afternoon to spend $70,000 for feasibility studies and other preliminary work for the transformation of more than two dozen city blocks into arts and medical education districts bounded by Florida, South Carolina and Baltic Avenues and the Boardwalk.”
S.B. making strides in affordable housing (Slaughter, Sentinel) South Brunswick, Middlesex County
“As another year wraps up, South Brunswick once again has made strides in affordable housing.”
Monday, August 2, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
In downtown Princeton, a makeover brings hope - New apartments, shop opening (Knapp, Special to The Times of Trenton) Princeton Borough, Mercer County
“The last major phase of a downtown redevelopment project is finally wrapping up and filling up, despite the tough economy.”
Repair projects - $10.5M alloted for 12 of 20 Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission bridges (Staff, The Times of Trenton) Mercer/Hunterdon Counties
“While the superstructures of the bridges over the Delaware River may have escaped relatively undamaged, flood waters of the past decade have taken their toll on the substructures.”
Phillipsburg Town Council sues Phillipsburg Zoning Board over application to convert former convent into dormitory (Wojcik, The Express-Times) Phillipsburg, Warren County
“The town of Phillipsburg is suing its zoning board over approval granted for the conversion of a former convent into a foreign-exchange student dorm.”
Overhauling the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority may hurt throughout New Jersey (Clark, The Press of Atlantic City) Atlantic City, Atlantic County
“The state agency designed to help revitalize Atlantic City through the reinvestment of casino profits has spent nearly $360 million on development outside the gaming resort since its inception in 1984.”
Medowlands Xanadu has two developers seeking to revive stalled N.J. project (Sherman, The Star-Ledger) East Rutherford, Bergen County
“New Jersey is now negotiating with at least two possible developers for the long-stalled Xanadu complex in the Meadowlands.”
OPINION
Editorial: DRPA needs budget diet (Staff Editorial, The Philadelphia Inquirer) South Jersey
“Who can blame South Jersey lawyer Michael Joyce for making sure his daughter didn’t pay the bridge tolls while taking classes in Philadelphia?”
Ratable chase not the answer in Highlands (Millsaps, for The Daily Record) Highlands
“In a July 30 column, R. Gregory Jones attempted to perpetuate the misconception that the ratable chase is the answer to a municipality’s need to provide services to its residents and that the Highlands Act will devastate the tax base in the region’s communities. His predicted ‘reverse doughnut consequence of the Highlands Act’ is the exact opposite of what has been proven in the Pinelands in southern New Jersey.”
COURT OPINION
Curzi v. Harmony Township Land Use Board (Appellate Division) Harmony, Warren County
Issue: defective notice.
