Maplewood Township Committee

One resident asked, “If I said, ‘I’m gonna buy the movie theater tomorrow,’ I can do whatever I want, right? Within the current guidelines, I’m trying to understand what exactly we’re doing.” The consultant said the redevelopment plan would change the regulations that apply to the properties, giving the town flexibility when it comes to making the specific changes they want for the location.

Petitions to run on the ballot in the June 4 primary as either Republican or Democrat are due to the Maplewood Township Clerk at close of business on March 26. No Republican has successfully run for TC since the 1990s.

On Feb. 29, District officials said the Ritzer Field project could not be severed from the bond resolution; but now the “ask” is broken out into four project numbers.

The TC recently designated six of the eight lots within the area — which face Maplewood Ave. and are between Inwood Pl. and Durand Rd — as an area in need of redevelopment.

Alternatively, Maplewood officials ask Gov. Murphy and the NJ Legislature “to establish a dedicated tax to fund public transit, such as the restoration of the corporate business surcharge.”

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The playground would have components that address physical, cognitive, social, sensory, emotional and other needs and could be used by children, adults and seniors.

Since moving here in 1989, Adams has played pivotal roles as an environmental activist, a champion of economic redevelopment, and even named one of Maplewood’s best-known neighborhoods.

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