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Township looking to lease Investors COMMUNITYN Bank building Property would house municipal police and court operations
cheaper than building a planned police/court facility. That plan has now changed. In the interview, Fried also talked about commercial and residential development, open space, and saving money through shared services with other towns. The following Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. The interview will be continued in next month’s issue. *** Robbinsville Advance: What’s the status of the municipal building plan? Dave Fried: We had an interesting development with that. We tried very, very hard to work with the bank, who is a lease-lessor of that property, and the owner of the property, and we just weren’t able to come to terms. The owner of the property wants far more than the property is worth. Their building was appraised at $9 million and they want almost twice that. Actually, a little more than twice that, and we’re not going to overpay for the building. So, we have worked out a deal with the bank where the bank, See FRIED, Page 7
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INTERVIEW BY BILL SANSERVINO
Robbinsville High School lacrosse players Kendall Franke (left) and Cora Butler. (Photo by Rich Fisher.)
Butler, Franke a dual threat for RHS Ravens lacrosse BY RICH FISHER
They don’t wear ballet slippers, they can’t stand on their tippy toes and they don’t compete in tutus. But Cora Butler and Kendall Franke sometimes perform with the beauty of premier dancers in the eyes of Robbinsville High girls’ lacrosse coach Jenna Colicchia. “They work together on what
I call the Ballerina Play,” Colicchia said. “They screen for each other and do this spin move to run a give-and-go pass, and it’s seamless every time. They just read each other. They’re so in sync with each other that I always say ‘You guys look like you’re dancing.’” Both seniors jokingly roll their eyes at that analogy, but explain why their coach might
feel that way. . “A lot of times we look at each other and know what we want to do,” Butler said. “Even if we don’t have a set plan in place we can keep moving off each other until we find an opening. We can do a sniper pass, a quick shot and it will work a lot of the time.” Their play is so smooth it See LACROSSE, Page 11
Robbinsville Mayor Dave Fried recently sat down with the Robbinsville Advance to talk about issues impacting the township’s past and future. The first part of the Q&A resulting from that interview ran in the March issue of the Advance and reflected his thoughts about the annual municipal and school budgets. To read that article, go to our website at communitynews.org. This month, Fried talks with Robbinsville Advance editor Bill Sanservino (a Robbinsville resident) about the plans for the township municipal building. Last year, the township announced it was looking to purchase the vacant Investors Bank buillding in Robbinsville Town Center and use it as a combined municipal/police/court facility. Officials said that plan, coupled with the sale of the current municipal building would result in an overall savings, and be
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