VIDEO: Council Debates Lionsgate-Scientific Glass; BMS Student Awards
Video of the May 7 Bloomfield Township Council meeting provided courtesy of WBMA TV
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
OP-ED: A Letter to the EPA
Councilman Nicholas Joanow penned this letter to the New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency, requesting the Bloomfield Township Council's support
At Monday night's Township Council meeting, Councilman Nicholas Joanow suggested drafting a letter to the New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency regarding the proposed Lion Gate-Scientific Glass project. Below is the letter in its entirety. The project aims to build 104 condominium units on an existing floodplain at 8 Lionsgate Drive. Though already approved by the township's planning board, Joanow implored the council to re-think the idea, saying the structure would be subject to flooding and would bring additional children into an already crowded school system. On Monday night the council voted 4-3 in favor of sending the letter to the New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency for their review. This letter was written by Joanow…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Council Disagrees Over Lionsgate-Scientific Glass Project
Mayor, Joanow spar on whether proposed development project will become a flood zone
At Monday's township council meeting, Councilman Nick Joanow strongly urged the council to put the brakes on a development project previously approved by the Planning Board, saying it would aggravate an already problematic situation in the township. If given the go-ahead, the so-called Lion Gate-Scientific Glass project will construct 104 for-sale condominium units on an existing floodplain at 8 Lionsgate Drive (off Broad Street near Bay Avenue, at the old Scientific Glass site). Once constructed, the building would be at serious risk of flooding, Joanow said, having been erected on wetlands. Besides, he added, new families moving into the residential units would add 60 to 70 additional children to Bloomfield’s public schools, which are…
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Pat Gilleran
12:11 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
"Condos don't have school age kids" Is he serious? Does he really think that condo boards don't allow children??? more ›
Jeanne DuChemin
8:20 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I mailed my letter to them on Monday. more ›