Wednesday, December 22, 2010 (Morning)

NEWS

Litigation Settlement Clears Way For Revitalization Of Carteret Waterfront (Staff, njtoday.net) Carteret, Middlesex County

“Mayor Dan Reiman announced a settlement this week that resolves the borough’s environmental claims against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), and clears the way for revitalization of Carteret’s Arthur Kill waterfront.”

West Deptford Township Planning Board approves plans for electrical plant (Scott, The Gloucester County Times) West Deptford, Gloucester County

“Planning board members here unanimously granted final approval Tuesday night to plans for a 620-megawatt electrical plant that could create hundreds of construction jobs and generate $3 million in revenue per year for the township.”

OPINION

Regardless of ‘most densely populated’ title, N.J. landscape is diverse (Di Ionno, The Star-Ledger) Statewide

“Yesterday morning, the federal government released the 2010 Census, which said there were 8,791,894 of us living in New Jersey. This is a paltry 4.5 percent increase from 2000, and will cost us a seat in Congress, but it will not cost us the title of nation’s ‘most densely populated state.’”

JOB

GIS Analyst 1, Weston SolutionsEdison, Middlesex County

Monday, December 13, 2010 (Morning)

NEWS

NJ Transit to update community on ‘time sensitive’ redevelopment proposal for Hoboken rail yards (Colaneri, The Jersey Journal) Hoboken, Hudson County

“Back in September, NJ Transit came forward with yet another proposal for the Hoboken rail yards, touting the interest of an unnamed ‘world class company’ in relocating its headquarters on Mile Square soil.”

Planners say it’s time to beef up Dinky (Knapp, The Times of Trenton) Princeton, Mercer County

“Continue to strengthen Dinky rail service from Princeton to Princeton Junction. That’s the message the Regional Planning Board of Princeton is sending to NJ Transit.”

Variance OK’d for pumps to West Deptford Wawa (Scott, The Gloucester County Times) West Deptford, Gloucester County

“In spite of protests from a worried township resident, the zoning board has approved a variance allowing Wawa to put in a gas station next to its Crown Point Road store.”