2008 "READERS' JOYCE" AWARD
That was the year that was. . . . or was it?
We invite you to cast your vote for the 'Biggest Story' of 2008.
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The nominees are:
Stop & Shop flirts with a downtown pullout
Delicate negotiations secure not only an extended lease, but spiffy new day-glow accents and a nebulous commitment to improving the store.
Council departure timing raises eyebrows
When a plum job offer appears right after the re-election campaign, council incumbent Fern Goodhart resigns to create a vacancy appointment.
Downtown vacancies pile up
Long cold winter sees closure of 30-year anchors Highland Park Cyclery and Corner Confectionary, along with a slew of more recent ventures.
World class artists make H.P. an outreach outpost
Artists Now flowers in a full season of education and participation, from Harlem Renaissance veterans to the state's premier choreographers; with singers, fiddlers, and griots along the way.
Main Street H.P. finds cupboard suddenly bare
That yearly $150,ooo assessment just doesn't go as far as it used to. Programs cancelled, charity appeals, and the director is laid off to make ends meet.
Farmers Market condos dead in the water
Depressed demand for downtown digs drives Dornoch to deferral. Development delayed, is development denied?
Cleveland Ave. redevelopment rejected
Strike two-and-a-half for redevelopment: the Zoning Board vetoes a rental complex on the northside Illuminating Experiences light factory.
Layoff fever runs through public staff
Irresistible inflation grinds down on immovable expenses. Classroom paraprofessionals, Main Street H.P., and the Redevelopment Agency succumb to the heat.
Signs of life in downtown occupancies
New investment and ambitious expansions give hope that the worst may be over in the Little Borough That Could.
H.P. Municipal Complex all but open
After a midsummer construction halt, and a technical fault in the track installation, the new synthetic field gleams immaculate in the winter sun. Latest projection: early March.
Come, thou long-expected streetlamps
After five full years of quivering with antici . . . . pation, N.J. Transportation gets shovels in the ground on a scaled-back Raritan Avenue "Smart Street" renovation.
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