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Washington Twp.- Zoning Board Votes in Favor of Sky Trading Application

After two long years of Zoning Board meetings, the moment everyone had been waiting for finally happened tonight when Board members voted on Sky Trading's application to "modify" its 5 Star Gas Station and replace the repair business with a convenience store. 

Long story short, on the D-1 variance, which pertains to the convenience store (constitutes a new use), the Board voted 5-2 in favor of the store, stating the store would be an improvement over the auto repair read more

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Hillsdale- Borough Can't Get Records Straight: Op-Ed by Kevin O'Brien

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Washington Township- Notes on 05/07/2012 Council Meeting: Recreation Mob's Temper Tantrum

Discussion of the budget should have been the primary focus at the 05/07/2012 Council meeting, but the Recreation Mob packed the chamber and had a collective temper tantrum when the governing body did not immediately capitulate to their demand to blanket Memorial Field with artificial turf.   A price tag of $1.8 million for artificial turf, inflated with the interest paid on the bond, will put the cost closer to $3 million, when it's all said and done.  Such an expenditure should read more

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Hillsdale- Compliance with OPRA v. Litigation : the Legacy of Martin O'Shea

The Open Public Records Act (OPRA) would be meaningless had it not been for Martin O’Shea, a newspaper editor and journalist.  When municipalities failed to comply with OPRA requests filed by O’Shea and John Paff, his colleague, litigation was filed against municipalities.  Martin O’Shea, who died in 2009, left the public a lasting legacy.  OPRA empowers the public, including the Fourth Estate, with a basic tenet vital to democracy: information.

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Hillsdale- Notes on 05/02/2012 Council Meeting: Budget and More

The 05/02/2012 Council's primary focus at this meeting was the proposed budget.  Perhaps it was a mere coincidence,when Councilman Frank used a popular quote, "may you live in interesting times," said to be a Chinese curse for a state of uncertainty, as a lead  into the economic challenge facing the Borough.  To his credit, Council President Giancarlo admitted the Borough spent $1200.on a clown for 6 hours at Town Day, 'when the pendulum swung the other way"; now  read more

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Hillsdale- Notes on 04/24/2012 Planning Board Meeting on Application of 100 Park Ave. Associates for Development of 36-unit Residential Complex

At the 04/24/2012 Planning Board meeting, the Board continued to hear the application of 100 Park Ave. Associates for a three story 36-unit residential complex on Orchard St., between the railroad tracks and Broadway, in a commercial zone in downtown Hillsdale.  The initial plan was for a 46-unit residential complex at the site where three detached single family houses stand.

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Washington Twp.- C-1 Waterway is Game Changer

Thanks to Christopher Statile’s diligence, the Acting Engineer on the Zoning Board proceedings on the CVS/First Hartford Realty application, the public good was served.  Since coming onboard in March 2011, in three reports written to the Board regarding the application, he stated the unnamed tributary on the site, owned by James Kourgelis of Seasons, is a C-1 waterway.

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Washington Twp.- Op-Ed by Linda Murphy on C-1 Waterway at CVS Site

It is confirmed and the letter is available in the Township offices.  What is an aquifer?  How does this affect the substantial modification of the sites surrounding it?  What is an environmentally critical area?

An aquifer is a geological formation capable of yielding a significant amount of water to a well or a spring.  C-1 waterways are protected by a str read more

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