THE WEEK IN REARVIEW: MAY 8-14, 2011
A painter finishes off a welcome sign in the window of Broadway Diner. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
A roundup of articles appearing last week here on redbankgreen is below.
RUMSON BIZ OWNERS TRASH GARBAGE PLAN
Starting in July, Rumson will no longer collect trash from Dumpsters, leaving some businesses to hire outside contractors to do the job. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
After howling from residents and business owners last year over a plan to lay off a handful of employees and privatize trash collection in Rumson, the borough council scrapped the idea for this year, at least and instead came up with cost-saving measures within the public works department.
Now, as the borough prepares to implement one of those measures, some local merchants are bristling at the plan that they say digs further into their pockets.