Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
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Old Bridge officials: Community solar power project on former Global Landfill site a ‘win-win’
OLD BRIDGE – The township has approved a community solar power project on the former Global Landfill site. “For years the site has been dormant,” Township Planner Veena Sawant said. “A developer came forward with a good idea.” AC Power LLC, N.Y., is the designated developer for the site. The developer presented its proposal at…
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DEP grants enhance recycling programs in Middlesex County
To further support local government efforts to ensure that all New Jersey residents enjoy cleaner communities, the Murphy Administration is awarding $16 million in grants to municipalities across the state to enhance waste reduction and recycling efforts. “Thirty years after becoming the first state in the nation to enact a recycling law, New Jersey…
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DEP grant enhances recycling program in Florence
To further support local government efforts to ensure that all New Jersey residents enjoy cleaner communities, the Murphy Administration is awarding $16 million in grants to municipalities across the state to enhance waste reduction and recycling efforts. “Thirty years after becoming the first state in the nation to enact a recycling law, New Jersey…
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Old Bridge Public Schools will begin school year all-remote until Oct. 12
OLD BRIDGE – Old Bridge Public Schools will begin the 2020-21 school year all-remote until Oct. 12. The district’s re-entry task force – administrators, teachers, parents and staff, including personnel from transportation, maintenance, custodial, nurses, and food service – held lengthy meetings on Aug. 14 and 18 to discuss the state’s option to allow school…
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Proposed hybrid reopening schools plan will bring teachers, staff and students in-person three times a week in Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE – Old Bridge public school officials presented their proposed hybrid reopening schools plan, which bring teachers, staff and students in-person three times a week. In the proposed plan, the 8,500 students will be split up alphabetically in sections A, B, and C. A section will learn in-person on Mondays while sections B and…
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Bordentown City officials to enact additional testing for reported lead exceedances in homes
The Bordentown City Board of Commissioners announced at their November meeting that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is calling on the municipality to enact additional testing for lead in the water of homes. At a Nov. 11 board meeting, Bordentown City Commissioner Joe Myers said that the municipality was recently required by DEP to…
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Bordentown City officials to hold meeting on potential lead in water this month
The Bordentown City Board of Commissioners is set to serve as the host to a meeting this month that will be aimed to inform and update residents on the community’s ongoing water situation. Bordentown City officials said the meeting is an outreach effort on the education of testing water for lead and what homeowners can…
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Landfill converted to 13-megawatt solar energy farm in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A once operational landfill in South Brunswick will now convert solar energy as a renewable resource. After five years of construction, 40,000 solar panels will now add solar energy back into the energy grid through a net metered project at the New Jersey Resources (NJR) Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) Solar Array at…
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Woodbridge brownfields benefit from federal funding
WOODBRIDGE — The Woodbridge Waterfront Park, when redeveloped, will include approximately 30 acres of restored wetlands, walking trails, a boardwalk overlooking the wetlands and a viewing platform at the Raritan River, bird blinds for observing wildlife, educational signs, gathering spaces with seating and bus parking. The site at 1070 Riverside Drive in the Keasbey section…