April 3, 2008. The Harrison
Redevelopment Agency (HRA) and the developer of the former Adler properties
urged a three Judge Appellate panel to lift a stay of construction within the
Harrison Redevelopment Zone. In support of their request, a Certification of
Richard Miller set forth a list of various toxic contaminates within the
Redevelopment Zone including PCBs which needed remediation. The
Appellate judges modified the stay imposed by trial court Judge Maurice
Gallipoli by allowing the Agency to continue environmental remediation
activities on or related to the property. The Appellate Judges stated
that they were partially modifying the stay because of "the unique procedural
history of this litigation, [HRA's] prior entries upon the premises to conduct
environmental testing and remediation and demolition, the previous denials of
stays in this case and in related matters, and considerations of public health
and safety."
Read more: Harrison Redevelopment: Stay in Effect Except for Environmental Work
April 4, 2008. The one square mile Town of Harrison (The H) has been in the news of late. There have been several stories in the Star Ledger, Jersey Journal and Observer regarding the continued battle over who should have the right to own and redevelop a large portion of Harrison. KOTW came across a music video on YouTube by a musician who calls himself verbal Phantom. The H is a musical video which tours around Harrison fondly describing a changing Harrison.
April 11, 2008. Mayor McDonough and the Harrison council are making it a routine to cancel regularly scheduled council meetings and replacing them with Special Council meetings. The latest Regular meeting of Tuesday, April 1, 2008 was cancelled and replaced by a meeting for today Friday, April 11, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. For those who had plans for Friday night, cancel them and come to the Harrison Council meeting. Don't spend the money you've saved because rumor has it that your going to need it to pay increased property taxes and rent.
If your
attending the meeting, be sure to arrive early as to not miss the meeting.
Read more: Harrison Special Meeting: Will There be Fireworks?
April 08, 2008. The New Jersey Supreme Court is expected to weigh in this week on the ongoing litigation between the Harrison Redevelopment Agency and Steven Adler. Adler is seeking the Supreme Court's intervention in clarifying the Appellate Division's ruling in his company's favor. Adler is not appealing the Appellate court's decision to allow continued environmental remediation but is seeking to have the Supreme Court order that Hudson County Superior Court Judge Maurice Gallipoli apply a stricter standard on when a stay is given in redevelopment cases. The Appellate Division instructed Judge Gallipoli to apply a far less stringent standard in its recent order allowing for environmental remediation in the redevelopment zone but otherwise upholding Judge Gallipoli's stay of all construction activity.
April 16,2008. Virginia Santos, David J. Stevenson,Jr. and John J. Campbell won seats on the Kearny Board of Education last night. Santos and Campbell were incumbents* and Stevenson previously sat on the school board from 1993-2005 when he was defeated at the polls. Santos received the most votes at 741, Stevenson received 659 votes, and Campbell received 612 votes. The vote count does not take into account Absentee Votes. Paul Castelli received 573 votes. It is possible if there were over 40 Absentee Votes in favor of Castelli that he could overtake Campbell. John Frasca, who ran on the Santos & Stevenson slate, received the least amount of votes at 513.
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