Revised townhouse plan for Cenacle site gets green light from zoning board

A revised plan to build 82 townhouse units on the old Cenacle Retreat House site on River Road was approved Monday by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Board members voted unanimously to approve the plan for Overlook at Highland Park, and praised residential developer Pulte Homes for listening to the concerns of residents in the [...]

October 28th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Spotlight stories | Leave a comment

Overlook at Highland Park gets looked over by Highland Park zoning board

SPOTLIGHT: Aesthetics in question as zoning board scrutinizes proposed townhouse development for former Cenacle site; L’Ambiance residents come loaded for bear.

A new proposal to develop the former Cenacle Retreat House site, following in the wake of a plan approved in 2007 but sunk by the economic downturn, received its first hearing last night from the [...]

September 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Spotlight stories | One comment

Townhouse development proposal to be heard for former Cenacle Retreat site

An 82-unit townhouse development proposed for the former Cenacle Retreat site on River Road will get its first public hearing this Monday, Sept. 14, before the borough Zoning Board of Adjustment.

If the proposal passes muster, the site will become a townhouse development called the Overlook at Highland Park, to be built by Pulte Homes, a [...]

September 10th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Spotlight stories | Leave a comment

New details emerge in arrest of borough man at town hall event

SPOTLIGHT: Activist says he was goaded during argument at health-care gathering.

Borough resident David Antebi (above) awaits word on when he will appear in court following his arrest in Piscataway last month during a town hall meeting on health-care reform.

Though Antebi was charged with causing false public alarm outside the August 25 meeting, the 81-year-old [...]

September 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: All politics is local, Spotlight stories | 25 comments