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.

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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.

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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.

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December 20, 2021 - 7:45 am |

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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January 9, 2019 - 3:30 pm |

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

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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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September 12, 2016 - 6:23 am |

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FAIR HAVEN: CONSOLIDATION COMPLICATION?

FAIR HAVEN: CONCEPT PLANS UNVEILED

FAIR HAVEN: CURTAIN TO RISE ON BORO PLAN

FAIR HAVEN: PLAN ELICITS VARIED CONCERNS

FAIR HAVEN: NEW TOWN HALL PLANNED

FAIR HAVEN: INVESTORS BANK PLAN STALLS

FAIR HAVEN: BANK PLAN HEARINGS TO RESUME