Friday, August 6, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
Hopewell planning board OKs controversial garden and trellis (Connolly, The Times of Trenton) Hopewell, Mercer County
“The planning board voted to approve the garden and trellis at Nomad Plaza on Wednesday night, ending nearly a year of controversy over the installation.”
Crunch Hits Open-Space Funds (De Avila, The Wall-Street Journal) Statewide
“Financial woes hammering state and local governments in New York and New Jersey are forcing them to scale back efforts to buy choice pieces of farmland and open space for preservation.”
Lacey Township and Department of Environmental Protection reach settlement on Route 9 bypass (Campbell, The Press of Atlantic City) Lacey, Ocean County
“A long-planned Route 9 bypass in Lacey Township is closer to reality this week, after the township government and Department of Environmental Protection reached on out-of-court settlement.”
OPINION
Builder shirks on 100 steps (Donnelly, Letter to the Editor, The Jersey Journal)
“Call me naive, but I was hopeful that Jersey City would improve its record of enforcing developer agreements. As a current commissioner on the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, I know many of the board’s approvals include conditions that are supposed to be legally binding. When I vote for approvals, I assume that bonded developers will abide by their agreements.”
JOBS
Environmental Engineer (CDM, Edison, Middlesex County)
