Tag: Green Acres
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Old Bridge officials celebrate Phase 1 Cottrell Farm restoration with ‘sneak peek’ for public
OLD BRIDGE – Close to 200 years ago, the Cottrell Farm site was a thriving apple orchard. Township officials are in the process of restoring the site to that thriving state. However, instead of an apple orchard, passive recreation is planned for the site. “It will be a place to hang out in the central…
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Edison Council supports renaming Dismal Swamp Conservation Area in honor of Peter J. Barnes III
EDISON – Peter J. Barnes III was instrumental in preserving hundreds of acres of land in the township including the approximately 660 acres of the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area. With that, the Edison Township Council approved a resolution recommending the renaming of the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area (DSCA) to the Peter J. Barnes III Preservation…
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Local non-profits preserve headwaters of Mountain Brook, Lake
Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS), the Watershed Institute, the Ridgeview Conservancy and the Municipality of Princeton closed last week on a 3-acre lot on Ridgeview Road containing headwaters of the Mountain Brook. The brook feeds into Mountain Lake in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, one of Princeton’s most popular passive recreation areas.…
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Old Bridge officials moving forward with preserving Cottrell Farm property as a passive and active park
OLD BRIDGE — Township officials are in the process of moving forward with plans to develop the Cottrell Farm property, known for its apple orchards, at the intersection of Cottrell Road (Route 687) and Route 516, as a passive and active park. “Our goals and objectives are to make this a jewel of the town,…
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Allentown officials attempt to resolve issues at two Green Acres locations
ALLENTOWN – State funding Allentown was expecting to receive for the acquisition of open space parcels could be in jeopardy if borough officials cannot correct two issues that deal with the private use of public land. During the May 22 meeting of the Borough Council, resident Alice Wikoff asked officials to comment on a May…
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North Brunswick officials adopt new open space plan
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Officials have adopted the part of the North Brunswick Township Master Plan that meets open space guidelines. Although the township met its New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) standards under Maser Consulting in 2000, in 2006, under Heyer, Gruel, the 26 pages of open space requirements were not sufficient to meet…
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Sayreville approves project to stabilize MacArthur, Weber neighborhoods
SAYREVILLE – Officials in Sayreville have approved the first phase of a project intended to restore and stabilize two borough neighborhoods that were damaged by tropical storms. At an Aug. 21 meeting, the Borough Council passed a resolution approving the first phase of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s (RCE) restoration implementation plan for restoring Weber and…
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Holmdel works toward housing settlement
HOLMDEL The Township Committee passed a resolution approving a proposed agreement to resolve issues and obligations with the Fair Share Housing Center. Fair Share Housing Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1975. It is the only public interest organization entirely devoted to defending the housing rights of New Jersey’s poor through enforcement of the Mount Laurel…
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Sayreville seeks to restore storm-damaged neighborhoods
SAYREVILLE – Rutgers University and the Sayreville Environmental Commission are creating an implementation strategy to restore and stabilize two borough neighborhoods damaged by tropical storms. Jeremiah Bergstrom, a landscape architect with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), presented the plan for restoring Weber and MacArthur avenues to the Borough Council at a June 26 meeting. The two…