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| Monday, September 06, 2010 |
 Rockaway Township
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Rockawy Twp. Planning Board to hold 27th Christ Church hearing on May 1 ROCKAWAY TWP. (4/21/06) – Christ Church of Montclair will have its 27th hearing before the township planning board on May 1, still reviewing plans for a mega church on the 51 acre former Agilent Technology property on Green Pond Road. Full Story 
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Rockaway Twp. mulling age restricted housing instead of strip mall on Green Pond Road ROCKAWAY TWP. (2/17/06) – The township has received an age restricted townhouse development proposal as a substitute for the supermarket/strip mall that was to be built on the 51 acre Green Pond Road tract near the intersection of Sanders Road. Full Story
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County police departments to stage Fourth Annual Police Expo at Mall ROCKAWAY TWP. (2/9/06) - The fourth Annual Police Expo will be held at the Townsquare Mall on Saturday and Sunday, April 22 and 23. Full Story
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Rockaway Township and Christ Church officials argue meaning of state and local noise regulations ROCKAWAY TWP. (1/19/06) – As Christ Church of Montclair enters its third year before the Rockaway Township Planning Board the latest issue is "noise." A spokesman for the Church, Marc Weinstein, says the issue really is "harassment." Full Story
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Rockaway Twp. Planning Board re-organizes Dicker elected to continue as chairman ROCKAWAY TWP. (1/10/06) – The beleaguered Township Planning Board re-organized last night and unanimously re-named Mort Dicker to continue as its chairman. Full Story
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Christ Church of Montclair now faces wetlands problem; marks third year before Rockaway Twp. Planning Board ROCKAWAY TWP. (12/31/05) – The Embattled Christ Church of Montclair now has to deal with an apparent wetlands problem that apparently occurred some 30 years ago when the 107 acre site had another owner. Full Story
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Rockaway Twp. rejects Christ Church request for a property tax exemption ROCKAWAY TWP. (12/29/05) – The other shoe dropped Tuesday night when the Township Council rejected a request from Christ Church of Montclair for a property tax exemption for its 107 acre site on Green Pond Road. Full Story
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Hunterdon County schools superintendent named to head Rockaway Township schools ROCKAWAY TWP. (12/22/05) – The Board of Education completed a tedious three month search yesterday digging deep into the kind of experience a county superintendent and the head of other school districts brings to the system. Full Story
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Suit involving teen baseball incident interrupted; settled for $55,000 ROCKAWAY (10/14/05) – Kevin Babcock’s "emotional distress" civil trial in Superior Court, Morristown was interrupted yesterday as the jury was deliberating. Attorneys for both parties agreed to an out of court settlement of $55,000. Neither Kevin, 17, nor his mother, Sandra were in court. Full Story
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School board appears ready to tackle the problem of Rockaway Township’s overcrowded schools ROCKAWAY TWP. (9/30/05) – The Board of Education’s "facilities study committee" will make a public presentation on October 10 concerning the long awaited question about responding to the K-8 school district’s expanding student population. Full Story
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DEP to re-examine Highlands Act exemption given Montclair church ROCKAWAY TWP. (9/30/05) – The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, responding to a court order, has notified township officials that the exemption from the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act it granted last year to Christ Church of Montclair to build a mega church complex here must be re-considered. Full Story
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US Justice Department to investigate township handling of Christ Church zoning application Rockaway Twp. (9/27/05) –The Civil Rights Division of the US Justice Department has announced it will investigate the township’s handling of a zoning application made by Christ Church of Montclair which has been before the township planning board since December, 2003. Full Story
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Rockaway School Board to interview candidates for unexpired board seat ROCKAWAY TWP. (9/23/05) – The Board of Education plans to appoint a resident to fill the seat of Eric W. Smith who moved from town and resigned as of September 1. Full Story
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Appellate Court orders DEP to review Christ Church Highlands Law exemption ROCKAWAY TWP. (9/9/05) – A state Appellate Court on Wednesday ordered the NJ Department of Environmental Protection to again review the exemption it gave Christ Church of Montclair from the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act. Full Story
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Mayor Sceusi asks Highlands Council For help in Christ Church law suit ROCKAWAY TWP. (8/24/05) – Mayor Louis Sceusi is appealing to Highlands Council Chairman John Weingart for assistance in fighting the discrimination law suit that Christ Church of Montclair has brought against himself and other township officials Full Story
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Christ Church buys 107 acre Agilent site ROCKAWAY TWP. (8/23/05) – Even though its application to build a so called mega church on the 107 acre site still hasn’t been approved by the township planning board, representatives of Christ Church of Montclair and Agilent Technologies went ahead yesterday and finalized the sale of the property. The details of the sale were not disclosed but since the Church disclosed its plan in December, 2004 the price quoted for the property has been $14 million and that has never been disputed. Full Story
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Rockaway officials want state funds for new ramp at Split Rock Reservoir ROCKAWAY TWP. (8/23/05) – When the NJ Department of Environmental Protection opened up the Split Rock Reservoir to public access it posed problems for the township and now Mayor Louis Sceusi is leading an effort requesting the State to help to pay the costs of maintaining it. Full Story
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Many local peace vigils and troop support rallies Held in support of and opposed to Cindy Sheehan ROCKAWAY (8/18/05) – Hundreds, perhaps thousands of local peace vigils in support of the vigil being held in Crawford, Texas by Cindy Sheehan were held across the country this week, perhaps around the world. Full Story
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Salberg and Doty in cat fight over internet postings Rockaway Twp. (8/17/05) – The Christ Church of Montclair Planning Board controversy has spilled over into complaints by local opposition and support leaders against each other. Full Story
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Christ Church continues to downsize proposed mega church in Rockaway Twp. ROCKAWAY TWP. (8/16/05) –Kenneth Gruskin of Springfield, the architect for Christ Church of Montclair, continued last night to detail for the Planning Board how the Church has downsized the proposed 5,000 member Church complex. Full Story
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Homeowners, outraged at tax bills, place "For Sale" signs on their homes ROCKAWAY TWP. (8/9/05) – Outraged homeowners along a street here have taken to placing "For Sale" signs in front of their homes to protest significant increases this year in their local real estate taxes. Full Story
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Christ Church amends law suit alleges bias against local officials ROCKAWAY TWP. (8/3/05) – Christ Church of Montclair, in an on-going battle with township officials to obtain approval of its plan to build a "mega church" campus here, yesterday announced it had amended its original discrimination complaint against local officials in Federal Court in Newark Full Story
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Rockaway Twp. officials being served with legal papers in Federal law suit ROCKAWAY TWP. (8/2/05) – Local officials, including Mayor Louis Sceusi and members of the township council, planning board and environmental commission, were being served legal papers this week in connection with a federal law suit filed last April in U.S. District Court in Newark. The discrimination law suit is being brought by Christ Church of Montclair which has had a zoning application before the Planning Board for over a year and a half. Full Story
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