Open Space Committee Votes To Help Meadows Foundation Pay Some Bills
The Open Space Committee on February 20 voted to recommend that some of its money be used to help the cash-strapped Meadows Foundation pay some of its bills. The recommendation will be sent to the Township Committee through Township Manager Robert Vornlocker, who told Committee members about the Foundation’s issues. The Meadows Foundation “is a […]
Township Moves To Buy East Millstone Church Property
An ordinance that would allow the purchase of property in East Millstone for open space preservation was introduced by the Township Council on January 23. The ordinance would allocate $261,500 from the Township’s Open Space Trust Fund to buy the property at 4 Elm Street. The property is owned by the East Millstone United Methodist […]
Memorial Forest Comes Closer To Reality
A plan that’s been talked about for two decades may be getting a little closer to reality. The Open Space Advisory Committee on April 18 endorsed a plan to develop a site plan for the long-awaited Memorial Forest, targeted for a tract at the confluence of Amwell Road and Cedar Grove Lane. The plan for […]
Preserve Renaming, New East Millstone Park Signs Discussed By Open Space Committee
The renaming of the Negri-Nepote Grassland Preserve and new signs for what will be Mettler and Naruta Park was discussed at a recent meeting of the Open Space Advisory Committee. Committee members discussed the signs for what will be the new Mettler and Naruta Park – the East Millstone pocket park named for the late […]
Where You Live In Franklin Could Determine How Long You Live
People who live in the southern end of Franklin Township have the longest life expectancy of any group of residents anywhere else in Somerset County. Using Census data paired with the Township ward maps, township researches found that Ward 1 residents – bordered roughly by Jacques Lane, Route 27 and Canal Road – live an […]
Open Space Committee Told Of ‘Hidden Costs’ Of Damage Done By Deer
Damage done by deer is costing farmers in New Jersey millions of dollars in lost crops, the township Open Space Advisory Committee was told on September 20. And although non-lethal forms of deer management – such as sterilization – have limited effectiveness, hunting programs are the best way to reduce the number of deer in […]
Animal Rights Advocate Makes Pitch For Nonlethal Deer Control To Open Space Committee
The township Open Space Advisory Committee could not be called an anti-hunting group, but nonetheless its members listened politely to an animal advocate who tried to convince them of the merits of nonlethal deer control. The only problem was, one of the most direct strategies advocated by the Animal Protection League of New Jersey’s Doris […]
