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The Altoona Planning Commission on Tuesday conditionally approved a land development plan for a $3 million project that will enable Senior LIFE to move from rental space in the Gables building downtown to a new structure on Fairway Drive.
The commission declined to waive a requirement that the firm construct a sidewalk along the 1,000-foot property frontage, but it accepted the company’s plan for two driveway openings, despite early concerns that egress from the property could create a hazard, due its location on an S curve.
The company argued for the sidewalk waiver based on the absence of sidewalks along almost the entire length of Fairway Drive.
To keep our air from getting filthy, we must move faster | Opinion
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Ed Potosnak, executive director of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, says New Jersey will have to undergo a rapid transformation to meet the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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By Ed Potosnak
As so many New Jerseyans continue to cut back on our normal activities and work from home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, many of us may not be able to remember the last time we filled up our gas tanks. With fewer gas-powered vehicles on the roads, there has been a noticeable reduction in carbon emissions. While we fervently hope that we can resume most of our past activities in the near future, we have an opportunity to rethink our transportation systems and create a new normal to improve our poor air quality, protect the environment and fight climate change.
Piney Pointâs phosphate mess needs a new solution | Letters
Hereâs what readers are saying in Wednesdayâs letters to the editor.
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This aerial view overlooks the site of the Piney Point wastewater release on Sunday in Palmetto. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
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1966-present: On the edge of disaster | April 6
Times staff writer Christopher OâDonnellâs review of the multiple Piney Point disasters and chronic mismanagement is well done. An old quote comes to mind: âInsanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.â Another approach is worthy of consideration since the old road is paved with failure. Condemn the properties. Place them under stewardship of a consortium of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the state Department of Environmental Protection, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Tampa Bay Estuary Program. Convene a panel of scientific experts to review the i
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Perched at the top of a 45-foot steel tower, high above the trees in the middle of the Kittatinny Ridge in northern Sussex County, is a small cube with walls of glass.
In that cube, with binoculars pressed to his eyes, Nick Valerio can see for miles and miles around him. He, just like the fire watch observers in the other 20 watchtowers throughout New Jersey, is on the lookout for the telltale plumes of smoke from wildfires. It s a very, very important job up here in the tower, Valerio said as he looked around. It s dispatching, accountability . it s knowing who s going to a fire, who s at the fire, he said of his responsibilities.