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NJDEP Commissioner Gets Push Back on Greenway From Skeptical Residents amtrak commissioners of njsea department of environmental protection kearny mayor carol jean doyle keegan landfill mayor doyle njdea njsea njtransit shawn m. latourette Jan 29, 2024

Last Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at the Franklin D. Roosevelt School in Kearny, NJ, Shawn M. LaTourette, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (DEP), passionately pitched the Greenway Project as a transformative opportunity for the residents of Kearny. The...

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3 Year Anniversary of the Closure of the Keegan Landfill in Kearny NJ close keegan epa h2s harrison nj hydrogen sulfide judge jeffrey jablonski keegan landfill mayor alberto santos methane gas new jersey supreme court njdep njsea Jun 12, 2022

Three years ago today, on June 12, 2019, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an Order to uphold the closure of the Keegan Landfill in Kearny NJ. The unanimous decision by the seven justices reversed a two-Judge Appellate Panel decision that overturned Hudson County Chancery Judge Jeffrey...

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TBT: Over 2K Harrison Residents Petition Governor Murphy to Close Landfill anselmo millan close keegan fmr. councilman anselmo millan governor phil murphy judge jeffrey jablonski keegan landfill mayor & council mayor james fife new jersey appellate court new jersey supreme court May 12, 2022

Yesterday May 11, 2022 marked three years since former Councilman Anselmo Millan and three volunteers, Anthony Rios, Monica Miguens and Nick Azevedo delivered a Petition containing over 2000 signature from Harrison NJ residents to Governor Phil Murphy at his office in Trenton.

The Petition...

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Close Keegan Landfill March Anniversary close keegan commissioners of njsea cristina montague governor phil murphy keegan landfill kevin canessa new jersey sports & exhibition authority njsea the observer newspaper Apr 30, 2022

Three years ago on Saturday, April 27, 2019, a group of residents and elected officials organized a Protest march to the Keegan Landfill down Bergen Avenue in Kearny.  The goal of the protest march was to bring attention to the need to close and cap the landfill.  Three years ago, the...

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