SPA’s First Annual Silent Auction at Hawk Point Golf Club
April 12th, 2010F. Greek Development withdrawing proposal for Franklin Township, Warren County, truck transfer station
March 2nd, 2010By Stephen J. Novak
March 01, 2010, 3:14PM
Express-Times File Photo | BRUCE WINTERSome Franklin Township residents have voiced their objections since October to a proposed truck depot. The developer said today it is withdrawing its application for economic reasons.The developer is withdrawing an application for a controversial truck transfer station that was proposed near Interstate 78 in Franklin Township, Warren County, according to a letter received today by the township. Read the rest of this entry »
The Theory of the Ratables Chase
January 24th, 2010Leonard W. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Rutgers University; Science and Technology Advisor
Municipal officials frequently fall into a trap that is set by commercial and industrial companies. The argument is that these types of properties provide a high assessed value, while requiring very limited municipal services. Read the rest of this entry »
Sierra Club hosting speaker from Highlands Coalition on proposed truck depot in Franklin Twp. (Warren)
February 15th, 2010By Hunterdon County Democrat
February 15, 2010, 7:24AM
CLINTON TWP — The NJ Sierra Club invites members and the public to a talk by Elliott Ruga, grassroots and program coordinator of the NJ Highlands Coalition on Monday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. Ruga will provide an overview of the Highlands Act and how it affects local communities. Read the rest of this entry »
Franklin Twp. truck depot an environmental disaster
February 12th, 2010By Greg Nelson
New Jersey Sierra Club
How can we allow a truck depot with an area larger than major amusement parks to be built in one of the last pristine parts of New Jersey? The proposed truck depot in Franklin Township would eat up 192 acres of environmentally sensitive and prime agricultural lands in Warren County.
The New Jersey Sierra Club applauds the Hunterdon County freeholders and Bethlehem and Union Township committees for their resolutions opposing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Now 3 Hunterdon towns oppose proposed big truck depot in Frankllin Twp. (Warren)
February 10th, 2010By Gene Robbins/Hunterdon County Democrat
February 10, 2010, 12:57PM
Bethlehem Twp Resolution Opposing the Proposed Franklin Twp Truck Depot
Governing bodies in Hampton and Bethlehem and Union townships have approved strong resolutions opposing the proposed truck warehouse/depot across the Musconetcong River in Warren County’s Franklin Township. Read the rest of this entry »
Truck depot would spoil Franklin Twp., Letter to the editor February 07, 2010
February 7th, 2010I want to thank the voting citizens who came to the Feb. 3 Franklin Township (Warren County) land-use board meeting. The overwhelming majority was clearly in opposition to the truck depot project, judging by the gasps and grumbles that reverberated through the hall. Read the rest of this entry »
Heists Targeting Truckers On Rise: Robberies Are “Wreaking Havoc” on U.S. Highways, Endangering Consumers
February 7th, 2010THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: U.S. NewsFEBRUARY 1, 2010, 11:40 A.M. ET
By JENNIFER LEVITZ
Thieves are swiping tractor-trailers filled with goods, triggering a spike in cargo theft on the nation’s highways.
Over five days last month, an 18-wheeler carrying 710 cartons of consumer electronics was stolen from a Pennsylvania rest stop, a 53-foot-long rig packed with 43,000 pounds of paper was ripped off in Ottawa, Ill., and a 40-foot-long truck filled with reclining armchairs went missing in Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »
Union, Bethlehem townships’ governing bodies oppose truck depot
February 7th, 2010By Gene Robbins/Hunterdon County Democrat
February 05, 2010, 4:14PM
Hunterdon County governing bodies in Bethlehem and Union townships have approved strong resolutions opposing the proposed Franklin Township truck warehouse/depot across the Musconetcong River in Warren County. Read the rest of this entry »
Truck transfer station hearing draws more than 300 people to Franklin Township Elementary School
February 7th, 2010By Express-Times staff
February 04, 2010, 12:25AM
Express-Times Photo | STEPHEN J. NOVAKMore than 300 people packed the all-purpose room at the Franklin Township Elementary School on Wednesday night to learn more about a developer’s plan for a truck transfer station in the township.More than 300 people packed a room at the Franklin Township Elementary School on Wednesday night to hear a developer’s proposal for a truck transfer station in the township. Read the rest of this entry »
Standing room-only crowd for Franklin Township truck transfer station hearing
February 7th, 2010Thursday, February 04, 2010
By STEPHEN J. NOVAK
The Express-Times
FRANKLIN TWP. | More than 300 people crowded into the all-purpose room of the Franklin Township Elementary School to hear and question a developer proposing a truck transfer station on an active corn and hay farm. Read the rest of this entry »
Proposed massive truck depot in bucolic Warren County stirs controversy
February 7th, 2010By Mark DiIonno
February 03, 2010, 5:25AM
Matt Rainey/The Star-Ledger
Residents along Bloomsbury Road in Franklin Township (Warren County) are opposed to the proposed truck depot that may be built on farmland owned by a Warren County farmer. The local Land Use Board has scheduled a public hearing on the proposal. Read the rest of this entry »
Proposed Franklin (Warren) truck depot worries Hunterdon Freeholders
February 7th, 2010By Warren Cooper/Hunterdon County Democrat
February 03, 2010, 5:39PM
The controversial truck depot and distribution center proposed in Franklin Township (Warren County) across the Musconetcong River from Bethlehem Township and Bloomsbury drew fire at Tuesday’s Freeholder meeting. Read the rest of this entry »
Huge Truck Depot Plan is Criticized
January 31st, 2010January 28th, 2010 Hunderdon County Democrat (Click the link to read the PDF) Huge Truck Depot Plan is Criticized
Huge proposed truck depot in Franklin, Warren County, worries Bloomsbury residents
January 23rd, 2010By Gene Robbins/Hunterdon County Democrat
January 22, 2010, 6:49AM
Photo by George PaccielloJUST SAY NO — The streets of Bloomsbury are lined with signs opposing the proposed truck depot in Franklin Township. There’s one in front of the home of Marianne Treanor, shown with her children Eamon and Hannah. Read the rest of this entry »
Bethlehem Twp. government to analyze truck depot plans
January 23rd, 2010By Gene Robbins/Hunterdon County Democrat
January 22, 2010, 12:10PM
BETHLEHEM TWP. — Site plans for a mammoth truck warehouse/depot across the Musconetcong River from here will be reviewed by the township attorney and engineer, the Township Committee decided Thursday night, Jan. 21. Read the rest of this entry »
Trucking hub near Bloomsbury is a terrible idea; Residents in TWPs along Route 173 (Franklin, Greenwich, Bloomsbury, Union and Bethlehem), WAKE UP!
December 15th, 2009I recently learned that Franklin Township (Warren County) Mayor Bonnie Butler and members of the Land Use Board have been quietly negotiating for months with a land developer regarding a proposal to build a massive trucking hub (nearly 350 loading bays, 24/7 operation) off Route 173 Read the rest of this entry »
Save Franklin Township beauty while there’s time
December 15th, 2009There’s a proud little sign alongside the Asbury-Anderson Road stating: “Welcome to Franklin Township, A Clean Agricultural Community.” It appears to show the pride that the Franklin Township Committee has for the township. Read the rest of this entry »
Truck station will be a disaster for Bloomsbury
December 15th, 2009What are they thinking? It’s not about ratables for Franklin Township, or is it? Apparently, these land use board members never sat in traffic trying to maneuver Route 173 at Exit 7. Read the rest of this entry »
Consider environmental damage of truck station
December 15th, 2009At the recent land use board meeting in Franklin Township, the developer of the proposed truck transfer station in Franklin Township was granted a waiver of the $313,000 escrow, allowing him to put only $75,000 in instead. I am beginning to wonder what the township leaders are thinking. Read the rest of this entry »