Monday, November 1, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
Bridgewater Council OK’s age-restriction conversion of Woodmont development with affordable housing (Longo, The Messenger-Gazette) Bridgewater, Somerset County
“With the collapse of demand for 55-and-older age-restricted housing, developers that previously received approval for such projects earlier in the decade have been clamoring for municipalities across the state [to] lift the age limitation.”
Englewood planning board to revisit master plan (Fabiano, The Record) Englewood, Bergen County
“The Planning Board has agreed to revisit the city’s master plan, less than a year after it was adopted.”
OPINION
Suspend ARC, don’t scrap it (Staff Editorial, The Gloucester County Times) Statewide
“It’s called Access to the Region’s Core. From the outset, the controversial ARC Trans-Hudson Passenger Rail Tunnel was proposed as a regional transportation project, one that would benefit the entire Northeast, not just New York and New Jersey. New Jersey needs the controversial tunnel, but so do rail passengers in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, and Connecticut.”
Doblin: A brave new world after ARC (Doblin, The Record) Statewide
“It’s the day after tomorrow. What was unthinkable a year ago came to pass last week. Governor Christie killed the much-touted, politically favored Access to the Region’s Core project. The world didn’t end; it changed.”
