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FAIR HAVEN: FIRST-EVER APARTMENTS OKAYED

Jan 19, 2022

A rendering of the proposed development, as viewed from River Road and Cedar Avenue. (M&M Realty Partners. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

More than a century into its existence, Fair Haven is on track to get its first-ever apartment project following planning board approval Tuesday night.

The milestone went unmentioned, however, as the board spent three-plus hours reviewing plans for the multiuse development of stores and housing on a former gas station site.

January 19, 2022 - 7:55 am |

FAIR HAVEN: MIXED-USE PLAN SCRUTINIZED

Dec 22, 2021

A rendering of the proposed development, as viewed from River Road and Cedar Street. (M&M Realty Partners. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Though its approval might appear preordained, a plan for new stores and apartments on the site of a former gas station in Fair Haven received nearly three hours of close scrutiny by the planning board Tuesday night.

December 22, 2021 - 7:55 am |

FAIR HAVEN: MULTIFAMILY PROJECT ON DECK

Dec 20, 2021

The project would be built on the former Sunoco site at River Road and Cedar Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A proposal for Fair Haven’s first multifamily development in modern times, if not borough history, is scheduled to go before the planning board Tuesday.

December 20, 2021 - 7:45 am |

FAIR HAVEN: PD, DPW, PLANS IN REVISION

Sep 18, 2020

Borough Engineer Rich Gardella, at upper right, discussed concept plans for the public works yard on Third Street during the council meeting Monday night. Below, a 2019 rendering showing a DPW building repositioned to Third Street. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

It’s back-to-the-drawing board time as Fair Haven officials try once again to advance two significant capital projects.

One is a proposed new police station, which was the driving factor behind two controversial, and failed, property acquisition efforts in recent years.

The other is a public works yard makeover that not long ago appeared on track to yield residential lots the town could sell to fund later projects. That may no longer be the case.

September 18, 2020 - 6:50 am |

FAIR HAVEN: PURCHASE PLAN SCRAPPED

Jul 15, 2020

The proposal called for a $3.4 million purchase of the office complex at 623 River Road, followed by an estimated $9.6 million in site redevelopment. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic Fair Haven’s council has scrapped a controversial plan to buy a River Road office building for $3.4 million.

Monday’s action marked the second time plans for a proposed home for a new borough hall and police station have fallen through, and left officials turning to plan C.

July 15, 2020 - 2:30 pm |

FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES PLAN ATTACKED

Mar 6, 2020

Fair Haven Administrator Theresa Casagrande at Thursday night’s event. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Fair Haven residents found a lot to dislike about a proposed $3.4 million purchase of real estate for borough use when they gathered at Bicentennial Hall Thursday night.

They barraged borough Administrator Theresa Casagrande with questions and complaints about the plan’s financial impacts, the displacement of business tenants and more.

March 6, 2020 - 12:00 pm |

FAIR HAVEN: TENANTS HOT OVER TOWN DEAL

Feb 25, 2020

The borough plans to buy 623 River Road, outlined in red. The star indicates the firehouse property. (Google Maps image. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Over the objections of business owners and residents, Fair Haven’s council initiated a plan Monday night to buy a River Road site, where it would create a new borough hall and police station.

Even the council’s two newest members, Democrats whose November election signaled a change in the status quo, agreed that the new facilities are “a need, not a want.” But tenants of the target building said the changes would tear at the fabric of the town.

February 25, 2020 - 9:30 am |

FAIR HAVEN: TOWN IN DEAL FOR OFFICE SITE

Feb 21, 2020

The borough plans to buy and raze the office building at 623 River Road, the mayor says. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

[See clarification below]

By JOHN T. WARD

After getting derailed last year, Fair Haven’s ambitious plan to consolidate borough facilities in new locations are expected to get back on track Monday night.

The town now plans to acquire and demolish the office building at 623 River Road and replace it with a new borough hall and police station, Mayor Ben Lucarelli told redbankgreen Friday morning.

February 21, 2020 - 11:40 am |

FAIR HAVEN: STATION NOW IN HOUSING DEAL

Jan 14, 2020

The former Sunoco property on River Road could get 14 apartments under the plan. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj A vacant gas station envisioned as the site of a new Fair Haven borough hall just a year ago would instead get 14 apartments under an affordable housing settlement detailed by officials Monday night.

At a special council session held at Viola Sickles School to address the town’s legal obligation to accommodate low-and moderate-income earners, residents also heard about a plan for a two-family home to be built by Habitat for Humanity in a residential neighborhood.

January 14, 2020 - 4:30 pm |

FAIR HAVEN: CONSOLIDATION COMPLICATION?

Mar 27, 2019

The former Sunoco station on River Road, as seen from Cedar Avenue this week. The site is being used to store materials for an unrelated New Jersey American Water project. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

An ambitious plan to consolidate Fair Haven’s police station and borough hall into a new municipal complex appears to have run into a complication.

The former gas station the town has targeted for the proposed municipal complex has a new owner, who apparently wants to build two dozen townhomes on it.

March 27, 2019 - 10:15 pm |

FAIR HAVEN: CONCEPT PLANS UNVEILED

Jan 11, 2019

Fair Haven’s new borough hall could look like this, its architect said. The view is from the firehouse on the opposite side of River Road. (Rendering by Eli Goldstein. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Fair Haven officials rolled out a set of concept drawings Thursday night for a pair of new borough buildings at the heart of an ambitious consolidation plan.

They also unveiled a timetable for the proposal, which calls for a domino chain of real estate acquisition, construction and the sale of property to help fund it all.

January 11, 2019 - 12:20 pm |

FAIR HAVEN: CURTAIN TO RISE ON BORO PLAN

Jan 9, 2019

Officials are negotiating a deal to buy the former Sunoco station site at 626 River Road, marked with the star above. (Image by Google. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj Fair Haven residents are slated to get their first look Thursday night at a plan for a possible new borough hall and police station.

Here’s what to expect.

January 9, 2019 - 3:30 pm |

FAIR HAVEN: BEN LUCARELLI Q&A

Nov 2, 2018

Ben Lucarelli. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

fair haven, nj, election, q&A,

The mayoralty and three seats on the Fair Haven Borough Council are up for grabs in the November 6 election.

On the ballot are Republican Mayor Ben Lucarelli, who is running unopposed; incumbent Republican Councilwoman Betsy Koch and her Republican running mates Jim Banahan and Jacquie Rice; and Democrats Evan Hughes, Cameron Spector and Carolyn Williams.

Here are Lucarelli’s written responses to questions posed to all Fair Haven candidates recently by redbankgreen.

November 2, 2018 - 6:36 am |

FAIR HAVEN: EVAN HUGHES Q&A

Nov 2, 2018

Evan Hughes. (Click to enlarge.)

fair haven, nj, election, q&A,

The mayoralty and three seats on the Fair Haven Borough Council are up for grabs in the November 6 election.

On the ballot are Republican Mayor Ben Lucarelli, who is running unopposed; incumbent Republican Councilwoman Betsy Koch and her Republican running mates Jim Banahan and Jacquie Rice; and Democrats Evan Hughes, Cameron Spector and Carolyn Williams.

Here are Hughes’ written responses to questions posed to all Fair Haven candidates recently by redbankgreen.

November 2, 2018 - 6:34 am |

FAIR HAVEN: PLAN ELICITS VARIED CONCERNS

Oct 10, 2018

Part of the plan calls for a new park-maintenance shed at Fair Haven Fields, just south of the Methodist church. (Image by Google. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj Fair Haven residents peppered the borough council Tuesday night with questions about an ambitious plan to build a new town hall, consolidate operations and sell real estate.

The questions appeared to reflect a sense that residents were caught off guard by the scope of the project, which was first reported by redbankgreen Monday.

October 10, 2018 - 11:30 am |

FAIR HAVEN: NEW TOWN HALL PLANNED

Oct 8, 2018

Fair Haven officials hope to acquire the former Sunoco station for redevelopment as part of long-range consolidation of municipal operations. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A vacant gas station site in Fair Haven could become the home to a new borough hall and police station under a plan up for consideration Tuesday night.

October 8, 2018 - 10:00 am |

FAIR HAVEN: INVESTORS BANK PLAN STALLS

Sep 14, 2016

The Investors Bank proposed for River Road would be identical to this branch in Woodbridge, the developer said. (Photo by M&M Realty Partners. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A proposed drive-thru bank on the site of a former filling station in Fair Haven ran out of gas Tuesday night.

The Investors Bank project encountered continuing objections to a traffic-flow plan that would put two driveways — for an entry and an exit — on River Road, which planning board members said raised child-safety concerns.

Also an issue: the brand-specific look of the one-story building, which called for a shallow glass atrium dome that one resident likened to a “blister.”

September 14, 2016 - 6:29 am |

FAIR HAVEN: BANK PLAN HEARINGS TO RESUME

Sep 12, 2016

Four months of official silence on a proposed bank with drive-thru windows at the long-vacant former site of a Sunoco station on River Road in Fair Haven are expected to end Tuesday night.

September 12, 2016 - 6:23 am |

FAIR HAVEN: BANK HEARING DELAYED AGAIN

Jul 11, 2016

For the second time since it began in May, a hearing on a proposed Investors Savings Bank branch on the former site of a Sunoco station on River Road in Fair Haven has been postponed at the applicant’s request. The matter, scheduled for Monday night, is now slated for July 28.

Meantime, the board is expected to continue its review of the town’s Master Plan, among other matters.

For redbankgreen’s prior coverage of the bank plan, click here. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

July 11, 2016 - 7:05 am |

FAIR HAVEN: SKEPTICISM OVER BANK PLAN

May 11, 2016

An architectural rendering of the bank, proposed for the former site of a Sunoco station. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Like a customer at a balky ATM, a regional bank will have to try again after Fair Haven’s planning board raised numerous objections to a proposed bank branch Tuesday night.

Though the matter didn’t go to a vote, all but one board member cited misgivings about Investors Savings Bank’s plan for a branch on the site of a former River Road filling station.

May 11, 2016 - 7:29 am |

FAIR HAVEN: BANK EYES SITE FOR DRIVE-THRU

May 10, 2016

After a four-year vacancy, the former site of a Sunoco station at River Road and Cedar Avenue in Fair Haven may be getting a new use: Investors Savings Bank hopes to build a branch with a drive-thru there. More →

May 10, 2016 - 7:00 am |

FAIR HAVEN: WHAT RESIDENTS LIKE, OR DON’T

Apr 21, 2016

A survey found general satisfaction with the older, eastern business district, above. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

There are too many street lights on River Road. There aren’t enough on Third Street. New and remodeled homes are too big.

So say some Fair Haven residents in a new and extensive survey of on the physical attributes of the town as it begins mapping out its future.

April 21, 2016 - 9:45 am |

FAIR HAVEN SUNOCO CLOSES

Dec 21, 2011

The River Road station will be boarded up until Sunoco can find another tenant, says the departing gasoline dealer. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

After 20 years, Rich Bercaw has pulled down the bay doors for the last time at his Sunoco gasoline and service station on River Road in Fair Haven.

Unable to keep up with steep rent and what he described as steadily dropping demand for both fuel and repairs, Bercaw pink-slipped five employees and shut off the lights last Thursday, he tells redbankgreen.

“Sunoco will come in and board it up until they find someone to rent it,” he said, as he loaded equipment into a pickup truck Tuesday. And with a deeply discounted first-year’s rent, “eventually, they’ll get someone,” he said.

December 21, 2011 - 7:00 am |

FAIR HAVEN CRIME REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER

Oct 5, 2011

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department.

9/2/11

-S.O. Riley arrested a Little Silver juvenile, aged 17, for Disorderly Conduct.

9/4/11

-Cpl. Waltz took a report of theft from the Sunoco gas station in which a subject left the business without paying for gas.

-Ptl. Jarvis took a report of 3 bicycles stolen from the garage of a Linden Dr. resident over the course of the past 2 months.

October 5, 2011 - 1:35 pm |

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

Apr 11, 2013

Last week’s picture showed the gable end of a roof with blue tarp wrapped around… something.

The ‘something’ is a Sunoco logo, and most of the 17 readers who wrote in correctly identified its location as…

April 11, 2013 - 6:36 am |

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