Meeting of Airmont Community Design Review Committee May 11, 2021 11am – 1pm Items include plans for major development in the Hillside Ave area including 2 proposed schools, residential place of worship Full details here 14 Woodland Place …
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Upper Saddle River Alert: The Hillside Mikvah is 37,000sq ft & Counting
News about the development of a mikvah and more on Hillside Ave isn’t good. The project is alarmingly big. The impact for Upper Saddle River is huge – not least the impact on the water source. There are many questions – where are they going to access all the water for the baths? What about…
Unrestrained Development in Rockland County An Omen For Upper Saddle River
Rockland and Bergen County share a border – the towns of Upper Saddle River and Mahwah border Airmont and Suffern. But a border alone does not stop the impact of what happens in Rockland county from affecting other locations. The Mikvah and development on Hillside Ave as one example. One of the most pressing issues…
3 Developments and a Mikvah on Hillside Ave?! Who Needs Water Anyway?
The development projects (3!) on Hillside Ave that straddles the New York / New Jersey border will affect Upper Saddle River and its neighbors – enormously. Airmont / Chestnut Ridge / Rockland County appear to either be incapable of dealing with it, or won’t, or are dragging their feet. But the danger for Upper Saddle…
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Hillside Development: Meeting This Week [March 11, 2020]
The Village of Airmont Community Design Review Committee -CDRC- is meeting this week Wednesday 11 March 2020 @ 1pm. On the agenda: The Skill Building Center 99 Oratam Road Proposed School 98 & 100 Hillside Avenue Revised Site Plan This is part of the overall plan that is connected to the mikvah and much more….
Hillside Avenue: American Flags and Dead Chicken Heads
Hillside Avenue Airmont Board of Trustees Meeting February 3, 2020 had some very interesting issues regarding what is currently happening on Hillside Ave. This quiet community is no longer what it appears. Lists of violations, intimidation, illegal construction were highlighted in the meeting And there are plans for a change in zone, and use, which…
Village Of Airmont Meetings Are Live Streamed
Unlike Upper Saddle River the Village of Airmont not only live streams their town meetings but also has a YouTube channel to store the videos. Thanks to the organization of Airmont Village residents in Upper Saddle River can now keep up a little easier with the changes over the border, some of which may impact…
Hillside – Meeting Tonight in Airmont & Floating Zones
Board of Trustees Meeting tonight (January 6, 2020) in Airmont – 7pm. One items on the agenda is “Floating Zones”. Don’t know what this is? FLOATING ZONES Basics — A floating zone is a zoning district that delineates conditions which must be met before that zoning district can be approved for an existing piece of land….
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Meetings This Week Worth Knowing About
!!! Correction – Saddle River Meeting is on November 18 not November 11 as previously posted!!! Mark your calendar – this week there are 2 meetings worth knowing about that are of interest and are noteworthy. Saddle River Saddle River mayor and council are holding their public session on Monday November 18. No doubt…
Ritual Bathing Pools – What Is A Mikvah?
The proposed development at Hillside that borders Upper Saddle River includes the construction of a community mikvah containing 48 prep rooms and 6 ritual bathing pools. What exactly is a mikvah? From Wikipedia: Mikveh or mikvah is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity This video…