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Are you ready for SRRA? Find out what’s new  in SRRA and how this new law will change site cleanups in New Jersey. On May 7, 2009, Governor Jon Corzine signed the Site Remediation Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10C-1 et seq. (“SRRA”) into law. The Governor also signed Executive Order #140, implementing the new law. SRRA […]

Gov.-Elect Chris Christie has launched  a Transition website. For information regarding the Transition, visit: /www.nj.gov/transition2010

By Walter Dawkins Staff Writer OLD TAPPAN – Residents involved in a pesticide complaint against a farm owned by a borough councilman are angry at his plans to build another greenhouse on the site. James and Wilda Lagrosa have complained that greenhouse ventilating fans from Stokes Farm, owned by Councilman Ronald Binaghi Jr., blow contaminants […]

By Walter Dawkins The Record Staff writer Old Tappan- Pesticide complaints against a farm owned by a borough councilman must be heard by the state’s Office of Administrative Law to avoid a conflict of interest, Bergen County’s Agriculture Development Board ruled Tuesday. The owner of Stokes Farm, Borough Councilman Ronald Binaghi Jr. had requested that […]

By Walter Dawkins The Record Staff writer Old Tappan- When James Lagrosa and his wife moved to DeWolf Raod more than 25 years ago, the Stokes Farm next door had two greenhouses. Since then, they say, the number had grown to at least 16. “When they apply pesticides in the greenhouses, all of that pesticide […]

By Jeff Roberts – Staff Writer FRANKLIN LAKES – Alan Ashkinaze was sold. Nets owner Bruce Ratner held court just a few feet from him under one of the two tents in the spacious back yard. Ashkinaze’s 8-year-old son, Josh, got to take a picture with forward Brian Scalabrine. Then he talked basketball with coach […]