Tag: Sayreville Environmental Commission
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Sayreville Borough Council members voice opposition to proposed Keasbey Power Plant
SAYREVILLE – Amid debate, members of the Sayreville Borough Council have officially voiced opposition to a proposed gas-fired power plant in Woodbridge. The council voted 4-2 to pass a resolution opposing the construction of the Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) Keasbey Power Plant in nearby Keasbey, a section of Woodbridge Township, at a meeting on Sept.…
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Community partnership brings forth garden along MacArthur Avenue
SAYREVILLE – It’s been nearly 10 years since Superstorm Sandy decimated the community along MacArthur Avenue in Sayreville, destroying homes and displacing families. Some of the homes have been repaired, and others have been replaced, while others remain gone. And on a vacant piece of land, vacant courtesy of that storm, a new community garden…
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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…
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Sayreville, Rutgers collaborate on ways to improve Weber Avenue
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — The Borough of Sayreville is working with Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) to develop recommendations for the Weber Avenue neighborhood. Councilman Art Rittenhouse said that the project started after he attended a seminar at Rutgers and wanted to bring their expertise to the borough. The council subsequently authorized a study…
