Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The Yeshiva Dormitory applicant withdrew his application to turn the basement of 32 Broad Street into a dormitory for over 60 people. The property has already been approved to be used as Yeshiva.
The second part of the Freehold Borough Planning Board Yeshiva Dormitory public hearing came to an abrupt end Wednesday night after the applicant, David Rosenbaum, withdrew his application. Rosenbaum’s attorney, Vincent Halleran Jr. had previously brought professionals in front of the board to show what the applicant’s plans were for the Yeshiva Dormitory. According to previous testimony, Rosenbaum had wanted to turn the basement of 32 Broad Street into a dormitory that would hold living spaces for 59 male students and the rabbi and his family. The first portion of the public hearing for the application lasted over two-and-a-half hours and was forced to continue on Feb. 13. Borough residents crowded into the Freehold Borough boardroom for …
A recap from the last Freehold Borough Planning Board meeting before the public hearing for the Yeshiva Dormitory application continues at tonight’s meeting.
The Freehold Borough Planning Board will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in Borough Hall to hear the remainder of the public hearing for the Yeshiva Dormitory application. The previous public hearing meeting for the application was held on Wednesday, Jan. 9. When no decision was reached after the two-and-a-half hour meeting, the rest of the hearing was moved to Wednesday, Feb. 13. Attorney Edward F. Liston Jr. was brought into the Jan. 9 meeting by Jean Holtz and Marianne Earle to represent the residents of Broad Street. Liston cross-examined Mike Geller, the planner of the dormitory, and Greg Clark, the architect. Following the cross-examinations, Liston called Gordon Gemma as a professional planner. Gemma started his testimony, but was unable to …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
No decision reached after the Jan. 9 Freehold Borough Planning Board. Hearing will continue at Feb. 13 meeting.
This story was updated at 12:00 p.m. with additional information from the Jan. 9 Freehold Borough Planning Board meeting. A decision has still not been made about bringing a Yeshiva Dormitory to Freehold Borough. For two and half hours, the Freehold Borough Planning Board heard from residents and representatives that were both for and against the dormitory. However, 9:30 p.m. struck before all discussion was completed, and the board decided to continue the hearing in February. In August, the building’s tenant, David Rosenbaum, put forth an application to turn the former Broad Street School into a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution. Following the approval of the school, Rosenbaum applied to turn the lower level of the building into a…
Hearing will be held during the Wednesday, Jan. 9 Freehold Borough Planning Board meeting.
The rescheduled hearing for the Yeshiva Dormitory application will be heard tonight in Freehold Borough. The application was originally scheduled to be heard at the Dec. 12 Freehold Borough Planning Board meeting, but, prior to that date, the application was postponed until the New Year. The agenda for the Jan. 9 Planning Board meeting shows that the dormitory application will be the last item heard tonight. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Council’s Chambers, located on the second floor of Borough Hall.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Hearing was originally scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 12, now will be heard at Wednesday, Jan. 9 Freehold Borough Planning Board meeting.
Residents interested in voicing their opinion on the Yeshiva Dormitory application will now have to wait until the New Year to do so. Broad Street neighbors Jean Holtz and Marianne Earle have been asking Freehold Borough residents to voice their opinion about the Yeshiva Dormitory application during the public hearing portion of the Dec. 12 Freehold Borough Planning Board meeting. Through flyers, Holtz and Earle explain that the approved Yeshiva, a Jewish school, on Broad Street is now seeking to turn the basement of the building into a dormitory for 59 male students between the ages of 17 and 22. The public hearing on the Yeshiva Dormitory was originally scheduled to be heard at the Wednesday, Dec. 12 Freehold Borough Planning Board …
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Proposed traffic control measures in correspondence from applicant's attorney lead to a tie during an informal polling of the board.
The fate of a proposed 7-Eleven at 63 E. Main St. will have to wait for 2012. The Freehold Borough Planning Board did not vote on a resolution denying the application by HRS Investments during a meeting at Borough Hall on Wednesday. At a Dec. 14 meeting, the governing body voted 6-2 authorized its attorney, F. Patrick Accisano, to draft the negative resolution. “Since then [Mark] Williams, the attorney for the applicant, has provided us with some correspondences that propose changes that the applicant hopes will persuade board members to grant the application,” Accisano said. While the board did not discuss the letters provided by the applicant during the session upon Accisano’s advice, they are public record and were obtained by Freehold …
Richard Coronato
12:23 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The last paragraph of the article I read in the News Transcript 2/20/2013 stated that "while borough officials were receptive to him [Rosenbaum] ..." By what authority do our elected officials make those kinds of overtures? Obviously, most Borough residents were not 'receptive'. And, to clarify ... don't sugar-coat this as 'high density housing.' This was housing 60 adult men in a basement, along… more ›