Ringwood Democrats' Open Space Move Fails [Corrected 01/30/04] ; Abstention Dashes Hopes of Preserving 3 Parcels

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 30, 2004

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RINGWOOD - The new pro-environment Borough Council majority failed in their first attempt to do what they were elected to do - preserve more open space.

There are four Democrats on the seven-member council, but they stumbled in a move Tuesday to recommend buying more land for preservation. That's because Democratic Deputy Mayor Bill O'Hearn abstained, citing his work as head of the Passaic River Coalition Land Trust. The non-profit group sought last year to buy a parcel on the Democrats' wish list.

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Ringwood Democrats' Open Space Move Fails [Corrected 01/30/04] ; Abstention Dashes Hopes of Preserving 3 Parcels

That left the fate of the proposal to buy a West Brook Mountain tract and two other forest parcels up to Republican Councilmen Scott Heck and Bill Marsa...

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