State of the City set for Feb. 6 at arts center

The 2015 State of the City address is planned for Friday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in Union County Performing Arts Center, 1601 Irving St.  The snow date is Feb. 13.

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Expanded SID likely means 5% tax hike for new lots

Commercial properties that will be new to the expanded Special Improvement District (SID) in 2015 are likely to see what amounts to a nearly 5-percent increase on their property tax bill.

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Closing looms for Elizabethtown Gas site

Closing on the acquisition of the Elizabethtown Gas building on Central Avenue could come this month, with an application to the Planning Board possible later this year that would bring affordable housing for artists to the site.

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The top posts of 2014

Another year is in the books, so what better time than the final day of the year to look back and see what turned out to be the most popular posts of 2014.

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What store would you like to see downtown?

An illness and the holidays teamed up to give me some time off but we’re back now with the first poll in awhile. It often comes up in reader discussion and comments, so here goes:

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Planning Board approves 487-unit Brownstones

The Planning Board unanimously approved preliminary and final major site plans for a 487-unit rental development at the former Wheatena site on Elizabeth and West Grand avenues.

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Revised plan presented for Center Circle site

A new concept plan for a residential development at the Center Circle site on Main Street would see roughly the same number of units but one building as opposed to three separate structures.

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