Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Nutley group doesn't want apartments or condos going on 127-acre campus when Roche closes it down in a year.
Jim Levendusky of the Nutley Community Preservation Partnership wants the township and Roche officials to know his group does not want apartments, condominiums or a mix of retail stores to replace the departing drug company at its campus on Route 3. Levendusky said the more than 100-member partnership that has worked to preserve and restore Nutley's historic character for more than eight years is concerned about Roche's departure. "Everybody's minds are on the Roche property," Levendusky said. "We are not in favor of anything involving putting apartments or condos there, or a mixed use involving residential and retail stores." The property is zoned for commercial or office space use, and he said the partnership does not want to see the …
Here are a few of the stories that caught readers' attention this month on Belleville-Nutley Patch.
Shoppers will no longer have to drive to Nutley or Bloomfield to get ShopRite specials, town officials announced. Kevin Kennedy, a Belleville councilman, confirmed a ShopRite is expected to take the former Pathmark space at the end of the Washington Avenue business district. Pathmark left in October 2010, and Kelly's Liquors moved into the space at 726 Washington Ave. The liquor store will now move across the hall to the left of the large shopping complex in favor of a new ShopRite, according to Kennedy. Nutley Mayor Alphonse Petracco tried to put a bright face on the impending closure of pharmaceutical giant Roche, saying it could be a “good opportunity for Nutley to come out of this with more tax revenue.” His optimism, however, was …
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Did you miss any of this week's news in Belleville and Nutley? Here is your chance to catch up.
The Nutley Board of Commissioners passed resolution outlining how it plans to replace $9.1 million in tax revenues, act to find different purposes for the huge site's buildings and include town's attorneys and professionals. The process is just beginning. Federal $16,000 grant will pay Nutley officials to buy detectors to give to senior citizens and low-income residents. New Jersey's two senators and Nutley's congressman secure the money. Dwayne K. Onque was charged Thursday in mortgage fraud scam that also includes attempted murder of a witness, feds said. The Belleville man is among 11 people charged. Nutley student Kelsea A. Longo was awarded a scholarship based on her advocacy of organ donation. The Nutley teen's life has been …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Commissioner Mauro Tucci aims to balance keeping costs down with keeping more than 135 different programs under Nutley's recreation program.
Commissioner Mauro Tucci has directed Nutley's Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Properties since 2000, and said he wants to balance costs while keeping a recreation program that is competitive with others in the area. To do that, Tucci said he is undertaking a complete reorganization of the department, looking into each position and the dollars being spent. "We need to maximize the use of every dollar, like we've done with installing new synthetic turf at Monsignor Owens Field," he said. “That will now save us money going forward because it needs less maintenance and allows us to use the whole park as much as possible." On July 12, Nutley recreation officials broke ground on a 169,000-square-foot synthetic turf field on Owens …
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Board passes resolution outlining how it plans to replace $9.1 million in tax revenues, act to find different purposes for the huge site's buildings and include town's attorneys and professionals.
Nutley commissioners and the town's tax assessor talked about Monday about a plan to respond to Roche Pharmaceuticals decision to leave and take more than $9 million in tax revenues. A month after the news that the town's biggest employer known for its groundbreaking research was leaving the iconic 127-acre campus partly in Clifton on Route 3 by the end of 2014, Commissioner Mauro Tucci said the governing body and town's professionals are uniting to ensure the best outcome for residents. The resolution passed July 17 outlines the commissioners plans to use town attorneys, planning and zoning officials, and tax professionals and possibly outside tax counsels to tackle lost tax revenues, possible contamination of the site and how best to use…
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Township officials express hope that another drug company can ease the devastation and shock of losing the largest employer and tax revenue source at the end of 2013.
The announcement that Roche Pharmaceuticals, the town's largest employer and tax revenue source, would leave Nutley Township at the end of 2013, caught town officials by shock and surprise. At a hastily-called meeting, Nutley’s mayor and a commissioner talked Tuesday night of hope for the best possible outcome, that another drug company can be lured to the huge Roche campus and fill the void the business will leave in the community. This was after an emergency meeting with a Roche official Tuesday afternoon where the devastating effect on Nutley's property tax base was discussed. Roche pays more than $9 million a year in property taxes to Nutley and has spent more than $1 million upgrading its facilities. The company has received millions …
RC
11:46 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
I agree, we need the tax revenue. Look what happened to ITT. Clfton built the stores, Nutley built condos and houses. Clifton has the last laugh. They got the tax revenue and Nutley got the traffic and riff raff. more ›