October 11, 2011
Poll finds support for statewide planning in New Jersey (Kitchenman, NJ BIZ) Statewide
“New Jersey residents support statewide planning to guide growth and development and to protect farms and open space, according to a poll released Tuesday.”
DCA commissioner pledges changes to affordable-housing system (Burd, NJ BIZ) Statewide
“Less than a month after the Department of Community Affairs took full control over the functions of the Council on Affordable Housing, the agency’s head told many of the state’s builders Friday that changes to the system are under way.”
State’s high court to decide if statutes not adhered to in HIllsdale, judicial reviews of development proposal (Firschein, The Record) Hillsdale, Bergen County
“A lawsuit against the Borough’s Planning Board is headed to the New Jersey Supreme Court, challenging what it claimed were derivations from state statutes by the board and lower-court judges in considering a developer’s application.”
An Unofficial Transit Village (Martin, The New York Times) West Windsor, Mercer County
“It took nearly five years to get all aboard, but this township is to have its own ‘transit village’; 800 housing units and a retail center beside its Princeton Junction train station.”
Proposed uptown development causes a stir (Smith, The Hudson Reporter) Hoboken, Hudson County
“A new uptown residential development proposal has neighbors and open space activists up in arms, and the City Council even opposed the plan at Wednesday’s meeting by unanimously passing a nonbinding resolution.”
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Affordable-housing advocates back Princeton Junction transit village (Costa, The Times of Trenton) West Windsor, Mercer County
“As the long-debated InterCap transit village at Princeton Junction nears final approval by West Windsor officials, groups that advocate for more affordable housing in the state have joined supporting the 800-unit project.”
Jersey City Planning Board to have public hearing on redevelopment of McGinley Square (Staff, The Jersey Journal) Jersey City, Hudson County
“The Jersey City Planning Board will meet tonight to hear public comments on the controversial McGinley Square Redevelopment Plan, The Jersey Journal reports.”
High marks for Pier Village (Williams, The Asbury Park Press) Long Branch, Monmouth County
“Crack houses, a rat-infested water slide and boarded up arcades. This was the setting where the Pier Village retail and residential complex was built in a city that had endured decades of decline.”
Affordable Housing Proposal Inches Further (Lee, Bloomfield Patch) Bloomfield, Essex County
“In an unanimous vote with all seven members approving, the Bloomfield Township Council approved creating a pilot program Monday night for a proposed affordable housing complex for senior citizens and people with disabilities.”
Lower Township tells woman, 79, to get rid of six chickens she is raising for eggs (Degener, Press of Atlantic City) Lower Township, Cape May County
“When Claire Nagel heard about a national movement toward locally grown foods, she planted a big garden and got some chickens.”
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 (Morning)
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NEWS
Transportation agencies discuss impact of ARC tunnel cancellation (Lee, NJBIZ) Newark, Essex County
“The cancellation of the Access to the Region’s Core tunnel project continues to cast its shadow over transportation planning in the region, even as agencies pursue other large-scale infrastructure projects, transit officials said Monday morning.”
West Windsor: Township planning parking (Staff, The Princeton Packet) West Windsor, Mercer County
“Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said the township plans to move full speed ahead to build more than 500 new parking spots at the Princeton Junction Train Station, independent of NJ Transit’s plan to privatize parking at 81 of its agencies — Princeton Junction included.”
Zoning Board To Go Forward With Special Hearing (Moses, Hoboken Patch) Hoboken/Weehawken, Hudson County
“Even though the Township of Weehawken has asked to postpone it, the Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a special meeting Tuesday night, to hear Hoboken unleashed’s application to turn 1714 Willow Ave. into a pet resort.”
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Friday, November 19, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
Hearing to resume for detox facility (Kahn, The Lawrence Ledger) Lawrence, Mercer County
“A controversial application to locate a drug detoxification center in a vacant office building at 100 Federal City Road drew a standing-room-only crowd at the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s public hearing last week.”
Developer walks away from Plumsted project (Ruscitti, The Asbury Park Press) Plumsted, Ocean County
“The township’s plan to build a 360-unit senior community near the business district has been scrapped after the developer officially withdrew from the project.”
West Windsor Township hearing to InterCap deal (Musante, The Princeton Packet) West Windsor, Mercer County
“The Township Council is preparing to take action on a packed agenda at this Monday night meeting, including a much-anticipated decision regarding the year-long InterCap litigation.”
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