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Forty-eight acres of vacant land was preserved on on Sergeantsville Road in the township.

NAI James E. Hanson negotiated the sale of the 48 acres of open and wooded land, which will be preserved by the Township of Raritan.

More land in eastern Vineland may be added to the 600-acre Menantico Preserve, The N.J. Conservation Foundation says.

A July 19 public hearing in Passaic County will address the proposed purchase of a $5 million horse farm using state and county open space money.

Vineland is wondering whether it can extract some value from its old landfill, a large property with little usable potential.

County Executive Jim Tedesco is asking Suez Water to work with local officials and provide critical information ahead of Hackensack River flooding.

Wind farm officials outlined in a Zoom meeting Monday night why they want to install a transmission line under the seabed in Ocean City and bring electricity onshore through a cable at the beach lots of 35th Street. And they also heard a lot of comments from opponents of the project, as well as those in favor of the plan. The project is in the planning and permitting phase and is slated for completion by 2024.

Latest Hudson County news covering Hoboken, Jersey City, Bayonne, and other towns. Updates on education, entertainment, politics, and sports.

New Jersey officials are looking to invest more than $100 million in parks, playgrounds and open spaces across the state. The funding, which would be provided through the state's Green Acres Program, would benefit several parks in South Jersey. The Garden State Preservation Trust has approved the projects.

View Comments LYNDHURST — For years, members of the Passaic River Rowing Association would trek down to the banks of the eponymous river to an old train tunnel, which since 1999, had served as the clubs unconventional boathouse. Starting in 2022, things will be slightly more state of the art. On Friday, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco and other local and county officials took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new rowing center at Riverside County Park in Lyndhurst. "Im honored...