New Jersey Firehouse Plan Good Deal For Residents, Firefighters
Greenwich Township residents have as much reason as anyone to gripe about recurring property tax increases, but when push came to shove last month, most citizens who attended a public hearing spoke in favor of a compromise on the size and cost of a new firehouse for Stewartsville Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1.
That outpouring of public sentiment helped to break a logjam -- and some biting accusations and angry denials -- over plans to build a new firehouse. Last week a majority of the five-member committee signaled its intent to support the amended plan, which calls for a $3.24 million, 14,247-square-foot building with five bays. The public discussion helped to soothe differences that boiled over at a previous meeting, when firefighters and some committee members argued heatedly over what the department needs and what the township can afford.
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