Thursday, September 20, 2012
PSE&G will not allow parking at the gazebo site, but could let the Chatham Township gazebo stay with other conditions.
Chatham Township Mayor Nicole Hagner said she believes PSE&G will agree to let the Chatham Township gazebo remain in its current spot. "We did have a follow-up meeting with PSE&G," Hagner said, "and I am pleased to be able to say we will likely be able to keep the gazebo at the location on Southern Boulevard, with modifications." The utility company has not specified what those modifications will be, but Hagner and Chatham Township Administrator Thomas E. Ciccarone said parking at the gazebo will definitely not be permitted. Ciccarone has also submitted an application to PSE&G to allow parking on the gravel lot at Colony Pool once more. "We have every reason to expect that that, too, will be approved, with conditions," Ciccarone said. The …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
School officials ask parents to drive up to the school or drop students off near Colony Pool.
Ralph Pesapane, the principal at Southern Boulevard School, knows there will be one major adjustment that will be difficult for students and parents to get used to this year. "The gazebo is closed to us," he said. "We can't use it anymore." PSE&G owns the property along Southern Boulevard and recently revoked a licensing agreement which permitted the Chatham Township gazebo as a structure on the lot. This also means motorists can no longer use the parking lot or the park. The dirt driveway and parking lot adjacent to the gazebo has traditionally been used as an alternative drop-off and pick-up location for people who wish to avoid the front of the school. "This is big for us," Pesapane said. "They are not allowed to go there and pick up …
Friday, July 20, 2012
Utility company prepares to begin construction of North Central Reliability Project.
Chatham Township Mayor Nicole Hagner said PSE&G "is terminating licensing agreements at Colony Pool and the gazebo on Southern Boulevard." The gazebo, Hagner said, will have to be moved from its current location, since Hagner said the utility company is "not willing" to have a structure in their right-of-way. "We're currently looking for a suitable location in the township," she said. The termination came two months before PSE&G is expected to begin construction on their North Central Reliability Project in Chatham. The company has already begun construction in some towns. Construction on the entire project is expected to last two to four years. Both areas also impact the School District of the Chathams, since the gazebo area is used as a …
Jessica Falzarano
9:54 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
I would really love it if the gazebo stayed. My husband and I took our wedding pictures there with our family on Oct, 2nd 2010. Mayor Hagner married us later that night. It was a very special day and I love driving past the gazebo and thinking of great times. more ›