Tag: Blue Acres Buyout program
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Old Bridge voters to decide on Open Space Trust Fund referendum in November
OLD BRIDGE — In an effort to continue to preserve open space in the township, officials are hoping to revitalize Old Bridge’s Open Space Trust Fund. On Aug. 13, Township Council members voted unanimously to authorize a Nov. 6 ballot question that will ask voters to grant the governing body the right to impose an…
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Sandy’s economic impact softens
For the most part, the state of New Jersey has “bounced back” from superstorm Sandy on an economic level, according to Dr. James Hughes and Marc Pfeiffer, of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. However, there are exceptions which pertain to individual homeowners or unforeseen circumstances, the professors…
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Sayreville family finds new home, years after Sandy struck
SAYREVILLE — The Filannino family called it “the compound” where they lived on Weber Avenue in Sayreville. “My in-laws were next to us on MacArthur Avenue and my brother-in-law lived up the street on Weber Avenue,” Sal Filannino, a lieutenant with the Edison Police Department, said. Five years after superstorm Sandy, the compound is no…