I've lived in New Jersey for more than 40 years, but I'll never be a real New Jersey girl. I grew up in Pennsylvania where there was lots of snow, one traffic light in town, and 90 kids in my grade--from kindergarten through graduation. I didn't know anything about The Shore, or baked ziti, or Chanukah until I came to Jersey. But, I've come to love all of that and much more--especially the history. I now know about the Jersey Dutch, strawberry baskets, railroad suburbs, the bridge that saved a nation, and so much more. I've learned that to tell the local stories about regular people I need to read wills, estate files, census records, pension applications, letters, tombstones, newspapers, and anything else I can find. So, that's some of what I want to share with you!

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Vanderbeck/Naugle Update


There will be a meeting this evening at the Fair Lawn Community Center at 7 pm re: the application to develop the 3 acre Vanderbeck property.  This is a planning meeting for those concerned about the development and the two historic houses affected.

For all the documents that the developer has filed with the Zoning Board, see this folder on dropbox.
Carefully review the traffic plan, the landscaping plans, and the elevations.  This beautiful piece of wooded property will be clear-cut and the Naugle house will be made an afterthought on a landscape of modern buildings, roads, and streetlights.  

See today's Bergen Record for an article:  Fate of Old House Rests with Proposal for Senior Complex
Leave your online comments or email a letter to the editor (LettersToTheEditor@northjersey.com).

The Bergen County Historical Society's latest email blast features the Vanderbeck and Naugle houses and the Preservation Committee endorses refusing the use variance for the Vanderbeck property.

Remember the fate of the Vanderbeck property will have major impacts on the residential neighborhood to the northwest of the property, the wildlife of the area, the viewshed from the Saddle River Park (Dunkerhook Area), and on the Naugle House--owned by the Borough of Fair Lawn.

Come to the planning meeting tonight and the Zoning Board Meeting on Thursday (5/29) at 7 pm at Fair Lawn Borough Hall.


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