Preservation
All stories related to farmland, open-space and historic preservation in Delaware Township.
Hunterdon County Historical Alliance to Discuss Historic Bridge Preservation at January 16 Meeting
This week Marilyn Cummings of the Delaware Township Historical Society and Francis Gavigan of East Amwell Township met with Pete Kinsella, Founder of the Hunterdon County Historical Alliance, to set the agenda for a meeting on January 16 at 9 AM at the Raritan Township Municipal Building to discuss historic bridge preservation in Hunterdon... »
Economic Benefits of Local Farmers’ Market are Far-reaching
HUNTERDON LAND TRUST FARMERS’ MARKET – OVER $1 MILLION LOCAL IMPACT The Hunterdon Land Trust conducted a customer survey to determine the local economic impact of its Farmers’ Market held at the Dvoor Farm on Route 12. The Land Trust used a survey tool specifically designed to measure a public market’s impact on the local... »
Historic Bridge to get Appropriate Maintenance. Cooperative Approach finds Local Talent, Resources
On Tuesday December 2, repair work resumed on the stone arch bridge at the foot of Pine Hill Road. The New Jersey Historic Preservation Office (NJHPO), Hunterdon County Engineering Dept. (HCE), and members of Delaware Township Committee and Delaware Township Historical Society (DTHS) met at the bridge in the Covered Bridge Historic District... »
Township Committee Responds to County Bridge Work
On Monday Nov 16, the Township Committee decided to notify the Freeholders of their displeasure with the recent bridge work done by the Hunterdon County Engineering Dept. A letter was sent by Mayor Kristin McCarthy. In the letter to the Freeholders, the Committee expresses itself clearly: The County’s actions leading to the stop-work order... »
County Engineering Dept. Goes Rogue – Bridge Closed Indefinitely
On October 5 the Hunterdon County Engineering Dept. (HCE) closed the stone arch bridge on Pine Hill Road. The bridge is in the Green Sergeant’s Covered Bridge Historic District, it is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and it is protected by that listing from destruction by local government,... »
Neighbor Testifies in Fisher Hearing
Mr. Robert M. Hornby, the nearest neighbor to the property on which Charlie Fisher is seeking to establish a water pumping operation, testified at the regular meeting of the Delaware Township Board of Adjustment, on Tuesday, August 4. But before Mr. Hornby was sworn in, Board Attorney Steve Goodell instructed the Board members on... »
Testimony in Fisher Case Surprises Public, Applicant
The objector’s attorney has played an important role in the Fisher water hearings, bringing to light significant facts about the proposed commercial operation that the applicant’s expert witnesses omitted from their testimony. Witnesses have stuck to the general narrative line that, in water use and truck traffic, the water pumping operation would be “similar”... »
Fisher Hearing Continues with Focus on New Truck Traffic
Fisher Hearing Continues with Focus on New Truck Traffic The June 25 regular meeting of the Delaware Township Board of Adjustment heard testimony from Frank Banisch on behalf of applicant Charlie Fisher, who is seeking a variance to establish a commercial water pumping operation on land currently zoned for agricultural and residential use. Banisch is... »
“Cashing In On Soil Health” – Rodale Institute field trip, July 17, 2009, 9AM – 4PM
It all starts in a one-room schoolhouse… Healthy soil is the building block of vitality for plants, animals and humans. What’s more, healthy soil can be our leading tool to fight global warming. There’s a clear “carbon connection” farmers can make between storing biological carbon in soils and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the... »
Fisher Water Mining Hearing Resumes
Charlie Fisher is seeking a variance from local zoning to establish a water mining operation on a farm owned by his mother on Reading Road. The hearing began over a year ago, and has been covered in previous stories in The Post. In the interim, the author of this article, a Planning Board member,... »
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