Fotos For Funds is a consortium of photographers who are dedicated to giving back to the community through their art. Browse the website and take a look at the beautiful fine art photography available for purchase, as calendars, notecards, fine art prints and more. The best [...] The popular federal tax credit of up to $8,000 provided to first-time home buyers who purchase a home in 2009 due to expire November 30th has been extended until April 30, 2010. In addition, a new tax credit up to $6,500 will be available to certain "step-up" (or downsizing) homebuyers [...]
The Keep It Green campaign has spent nearly $600,000 to promote passage of the one statewide public question on next week's ballot -- a plan to allow the state to borrow $400 million to fund the purchase of open space, farms, flood-prone lands and historic sites. That includes $113,000 of [...]
Part 2 of email received from a Highlands landowner-author unknown. More information on the NJ Highlands is under “Highlands Water” on my menu.
Question #1 on the ballot next Tuesday asks voters to approve a $400 million bond [more borrowing] issue for open space acquisition, farmland preservation, and flood plain purchases. [...]
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Today is Baguette Giveaway Day at Panera Bread. The first 100 customers at Panera locations in West Orange, Montclair, and West Caldwell will take home a French baguette - free - with any purchase.
The three locations will repeat [...] Breakdown of money to be bonded
“Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009”
$218 million Green Acres-Acquire & develop lands for public recreation & conservation purposes.
$90 million State purchases & development of lands.
$110 million grants & loans to local governments for [...]
Here is a video of the Bergen County freeholders taken at last month’s meeting. A citizen asks them about a $100,000 grant they are to be voting on to purchase property in River Edge. Here is how it unfolded:
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