Tag: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
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Metuchen Downtown Alliance seeks public input on downtown through survey
METUCHEN – It’s time to update Metuchen Downtown Alliance’s five-year strategic plan and the Alliance is looking for public feedback through a survey. How often do you visit the downtown? What do you visit the downtown for? How do you get to the downtown? Reasons not to visit the downtown? These are some of the…
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Daniel’s Law online portal now open; law provides safeguards for those in judicial system
The Daniel’s Law online portal is up and running for all current and former “covered and authorized” persons to apply to have specific personal information redacted from certain government records and internet postings. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and Office of Information Privacy (OIP) announced the launch of the online portal in…
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Transit village designation in motion at Route 9 bus terminal in Old Bridge; officials hope designation will revive area
OLD BRIDGE – Township officials hope a transit village designation at the bus terminal on Route 9 north will help revive the Old Bridge Shopping Plaza. Veena Sawant, township planner, said the vision for a transit village designation began two-and-a-half years ago; however, it was stalled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Every time I pass…
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DCA notifies households with overdue utility bills that relief is available
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has mailed a letter to approximately 350,000 households with overdue electric and natural gas bills to notify the residents of these households that they are potentially eligible for assistance to pay their utility arrearages. The DCA is urging people who receive a letter to act quickly and…
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Metuchen Downtown Alliance awarded nearly $315K in grant funding for COVID-19 Response and Recovery
METUCHEN – Shortly after receiving $19,000 as one of AARP’s Community Challenge 2020 grantees, Metuchen Downtown Alliance (MDA), the non-profit, volunteer-driven downtown management and revitalization organization for Metuchen, has received $295,958 in Main Street New Jersey COVID-19 Relief Program funding from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. “This grant funding allows us to…
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DCA awards $125,000 shared services grant to Monmouth County
On behalf of the Board of Freeholders, Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone announced that Monmouth County has been awarded $125,000 through the New Jersey Local Efficiency Achievement Program (LEAP) Challenge Grant to expand its Community Rating System (CRS) assistance program. “The LEAP Challenge Grant will be applied to develop the first regional shared service in…
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State agency reports improvements will be made at Manalapan Manor
MANALAPAN – A representative of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has informed Manalapan officials that improvements are being made at the Manalapan Manor residential health care facility on Route 33. Manalapan Manor is a state-licensed facility on Route 33 that is home to about 50 men and women. According to municipal officials,…
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Edison continuing due diligence phase in proposed public-private partnership with Suez
EDISON – With many questions and concerns remaining about the proposed $811.3 million, 40-year, proposed public-private partnership with Suez North America, township officials are continuing their due diligence to digest some 758 pages plus a DVD of the proposal. A meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on May 2 at Town Hall to continue…
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Edison mayor proposes new public-private partnership with Suez North America to manage water and sewer systems
EDISON – When Mayor Thomas Lankey came into office in 2014, one of his first initiatives was to conduct a water, sewer infrastructure analysis of the township. “The condition [of the infrastructure] was horrendous … nothing had been improved post 1950s and 1960s,” he said. Fast forward five years, the focal point on infrastructure has…