Searching for the truth in Upper Saddle River
At the last Upper Saddle River Borough Council Meeting August 1, 2019 the surprise attendee was Toll Brothers. Unannounced. No residents knew. Nothing was said and if there weren’t questions from residents no one would have known. However, just appearing on the Upper Saddle River website are minutes of a meeting that took place between…
The continued environmental destruction by Toll Brothers has brought a pointed response about the entire mess from Marshall Grupp for USR Mayor, Marc Garbar, Leandra Galasso, for USR Borough Council. This ongoing disaster is affecting the entire Upper Saddle River community, and the water supplies of surrounding areas and will have seriously long lasting consequences. With…
The mayor and council meeting of August 1, 2019 was an interesting meeting. Of course virtually no residents actually know what happened as few attended and there is still no live streaming of the meetings (beyond what is posted on Facebook), and what transpired might be why the council doesn’t want it out there. It…
Will they ever learn? 11 months ago the Upper Saddle River Mayor and Council held their monthly meeting where Rockland Electric Company came to give a presentation on smart meters. Despite the fact that residents were struggling to understand what was going on and strenuously seeking information the council in their lack of wisdom, thoughtfulness…
In an interesting update to the ongoing environmental disaster at the Toll Brothers site the Borough of Upper Saddle River has instigated a Stop Work Order on Toll Brothers Preserve and One Lake Street, (along with Mahwah Orchard Ridge). In a late evening Swift 911 on July 23, 2019 the details were sent out to…
Two years and counting. The environmental nightmare that Toll Brothers created continues. The torrential rain that occurred yesterday (July 11, 2019) resulted in a flood of mud, laced with toxins, breaching the construction site and hitting Carlough Road. This has been going on for 2 years. 2 years. Let that sink in. When…
A barrage of emails from Zillow was the alert that Toll Brothers Preserve at Upper Saddle River had homes that are now actually for sale. Not built, but ready for purchase. The Stop Work order is over. Able to welcome new families to what some Upper Saddle River residents casually refer to as Arsenic Ridge….
And it continues. With Toll Brothers completion of the purchase of 1 Lake Street in December 208 they have now broken ground on their newest project in Upper Saddle River – The Grove ~ Contemporary Luxury Townhouses. 208 townhomes, including 22 affordable units, along with a clubhouse and pool for the owners to enjoy Upper…
And with the stroke of a pen the case is closed. “….remediation of this site was consistent with DEP regulations. DEP considers the remediation case to be closed.” At the Upper Saddle River council meeting on Thursday May 2, 2019, where mystery surrounds the dealings of the council, and the residents are kept in the…
17 months. For 17 months every rain event in Upper Saddle River results in the water of the Pleasant Brook, and its connecting tributaries to run brown with mud from the construction at Preserve at Upper Saddle River and Orchard Ridge at Mahwah. Mud which has been toxic. And might still be. It is not…