Trump Gets Helistop at Golf Course After Colts Neck Loses Appellate Decision

Colts Neck Township lost its appeal in state court on Wednesday.

Donald Trump can now land his helicopter in Colts Neck, after a state appellate court granted the golf course owner and real estate mogul a restricted-use license to build and run a helistop at Trump National.  The battle between Trump and Colts Neck Township has been in court since 2011, when the township denied a variance application before the Zoning Board, leading Trump to apply directly to the county and the Department of Transportation for a variance. Calls to Colts Neck Township and to Trump National Golf Course were not returned in time for publication. The DOT conditional use permit says the helipad can only be used by Donald Trump, his family, or a designee, with only 48 non-emergency landings per year. Colts Neck challenged the …

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8:06 am on Friday, March 1, 2013

Marlboro Mann--Colts Neck elected officials spent almost a year fighting this at the state level, after rejecting it at the local level.   more ›

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Live Wire Claims Life of German Shepherd Puppy in Colts Neck

Mayor retrieved dog's body next to live wire, angry JCP&L did not immediately fix it after resident's call.

The life of an 8-month-old German Shepherd ended Thursday when the dog found itself in the wrong place at the wrong time in a Colts Neck neighborhood. Lisa Loew Mason was bringing out the trash with her dog, Rosie, by her side. Rosie spotted two dogs running in a field across the street, and took off after them. The dogs across the street had gotten loose because a neighbor's electric fence was without power. In an attempt to catch up, Loew Mason hopped in her car. Not a block away, she found Rosie in the street next to a utility pole. "I went up to her and was calling her name, I thought maybe she had just been shocked," Loew Mason said. "I almost went and touched her, I didn't even see the wire, but then I heard the electricity." The …

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Troubled legacy of COAH Could Cost NJ Towns $161 Million

Can last-minute legal appeal stop the state from raiding the affordable housing trust fund?