LIVINGSTON, NJ Nick Santinelli, a Livingston resident whose name has become increasingly prominent in the area as he continues to dedicate his retirement to community service, has been selected.
Plans for a new medical marijuana dispensary in Pleasant Hills are moving forward.
Pleasant Hills Council recently voted 4-2 to grant site plan approval for the Ethos Cannabis business at 560 Clairton Blvd.
Council President Cheryl Freedman and members Eileen Solinas, Nicole Leckenby and Robert Karcher voted in favor. Greg Smith and Marion Haley dissented.
Council Vice President Andrew Codelka was absent.
The proposed building is a little less than 3,000 square feet with more than 50 parking spaces in the lot.
It would be next to Great Clips, H&R Block and Mariner Finance.
“I think it’s a terrible location,” Smith said. “They’re going to have problems with the traffic spilling out onto Route 51.”
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More than 100 homes were damaged in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, which took a $65 million hit.
Blue Mountains Council has submitted 24 grant proposals for local projects worth $5.4 million, which have all been rejected. We lost the same number of homes as the Hawkesbury, we lost 70 per cent of our world heritage area, mayor Mark Grenhill told the Sydney Morning Herald. Fire crews were out day after day, night after night and we were surrounded by fire from three sides leaving our communities traumatised so surely Blue Mountains deserved something.
The Byron council area in the state s far north (in red) suffered a $88 million economic loss in the horror bushfires of last summer
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Three NSW council areas that suffered more than $300 million in economic damage from last year’s bushfires did not receive any funding from a state and federal program as the Berejiklian government prepares to defend the scheme by arguing the vast majority of destruction occurred in Coalition-held seats.
NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has also confirmed to the Parliament that the $177 million Bushfire Local Economic Recovery fund – which has been criticised for favouring Coalition electorates – was distributed without any application forms in order to “get funding flowing as quickly as possible”.
Southern NSW Map showing the impact of last summer’s bushfires on NSW electorates.