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New apartments for Passaic Ave.?
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – As they say, you can’t make this stuff up. Arrested Thursday in Newark was a man who reportedly: crashed one truck into another, carjacked an auto (by diving through its sunroof), broke into a home, stole a second auto and hit at least four more vehicles before being apprehended at Rt. 21 by Newark police. And what has all this to do with Kearny? The adventure started here, in the meadows, where the suspect apparently thought he was being chased by vicious snakes. We shall now attempt to sort this all out for you: At 3:48 p.m., June 25, Kearny Police Officers Richard Carbone and Sean Kelly responded to the report of an accident on Jacobus Ave. in South Kearny. There, they were flagged down by a tractor-trailer driver, who pointed out a U-Haul truck abandoned on the side of the road. Its operator, the trucker said, had hit the big rig, then bailed out and ran. The cops were searching the area when they received an alert that an individual was attempting to carjack vehicles see SNAKES page
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A rendering of the new apartment complex proposed by developer Ed Russo for Passaic Ave.
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – e has built a new apartment complex in Lyndhurst and he’s
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got others nearing completion in Kearny and Harrison. And he’ll be a partner in a joint venture commercial development in the meadowlands. Now Carlstadt developer
Ed Russo is pitching an additional residential project for the Passaic Ave. Redevelopment District on the town’s Passaic River waterfront. Russo is hoping the town will designate his company as the developer so he can build
New bridge requires big bucks By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
EAST NEWARK – Is a replacement for the Clay St. Bridge over the Passaic River a bridge too far? Given that the projected price tag for a new structure stands at $70 million, coupled
with the precarious state of federal transportation funding, expectations are low. The Federal Highway Administration has proposed earmarking about $5 billion a year over the next six years to fix bridges and roads that are “deficient” and “pose a safety risk.” But there are no assur-
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ances that will happen. Meanwhile, N.J. Department of Transportation Commissioner Jamie Fox has called for increasing the gas tax to help replenish the depleted state transportation infrastructure trust fund but Gov. Chris Christie has resisted. Clay St. Bridge, built in
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458 units of rental apartments – one- and two-bedrooms – that would be spread among four buildings on the west side of Passaic Ave., from the East Newark border to the see PASSAIC page
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1908 and rehabilitated five times between 1942 and 1997, has reached a point where, according to Hudson County Assistant Engineer Joseph Glenbocki, it is “functionally obsolete” and replacement parts “are no longer available.” Bruce Riegel, of Hardesty & see BRIDGE page
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