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MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 2802
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 3:23 pm: | 
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Alright, I'm going to level with you all. The most important thing now is that you remain calm. There's no reason to panic. Now, it is true that the new market project is delayed, slightly delayed, but the supermarket will open soon, real soon, definitely by Christmas....2012.
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Vertifly
Citizen
Username: Vertifly
Post Number: 145
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 3:29 pm: |
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What? I'm calm. Really I am. So what's the deal? Are they building...huh...are they...huh...huh?? 
D O N ' T P A N I C ! ! ! |
mary032
Citizen
Username: Mary032
Post Number: 184
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 3:58 pm: |
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CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY BEGAN AT SUPERMARKET SITE
Really.
A bulldozer drove by the site, on South Orange Av. It was going east! |
Jerry Tuttle
Citizen
Username: Jerrytuttle
Post Number: 25
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 4:20 pm: |
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Don't worry. We all know that Barbara Billingsley, whom we haven't seen since Leave it to Beaver, speaks jive. |
ROGER
Citizen
Username: Roger
Post Number: 65
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 8:14 am: |
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ROGER |
SOSully
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 833
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 9:22 am: |
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I saw a missing piece of plywood on a window |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2502
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 9:23 am: |
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HEY Guess What?!
I just came from the Village and as I'm stuck sitting in traffic on South Orange Ave; sitting at the light by Blockbusters, what do I see? Workers actually working on the Shop-Rite!!! There was a dumptruck out front and a bunch of workmen pushing wheelbarrows of supplies into the old Shop-Rite!!! It looked like they were mixng some kind of cement. Maybe they plan to paint? Whatever was going on they were moving all those folding chairs out from before the election!!! So maybe, just maybe, it will be finished by this Christmas!!! Then again, maybe not. My alarm went off and woke me up!
Anyone have any new online games to play? My meeting is boring!!! |
Parkingsux
Citizen
Username: Parkingsux
Post Number: 156
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 9:28 am: |
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Who checked out the session last night, man I heard no thing happening about - you know what I mean - what's going on? I saw no update, no update man is this for real? I say you get more information from a crossing guard than you do watching them. What gives - their not into jiving any longer. Their backsides got whooped for so long, they no longer can stand on their feet. I said it, they no longer can stand on their feet. You got me reeling now, man. You clowns talking to me or are you going to sit on your *** till I spank it again. 
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Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 1500
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 1:27 pm: |
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You really shouldn't start drinking so early in the morning... "wake and bake" was fun in college, but not so appealing in adults. |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2504
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 2:09 pm: |
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I think we've learned by now this is the motto of our BOT!!!
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Parkingsux
Citizen
Username: Parkingsux
Post Number: 157
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 2:48 pm: |
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You jiving. I never knew the meaning of wake n bake. I found it here: http://sedition.com/ddx/w/33.html
You the retro man......
BTW: Did you hear anything about anything noteworthy last night?
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Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2509
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 9:35 pm: |
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This thread is starting to remind of the t shirt some guy was wearing at the Stones concert last week! It said 'F--- milk! Got pot?!
Think we'll see anything like this any time soon? |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 2639
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 11:21 am: |
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Excuse me, perhaps I can help. I speak jive.
Mack diddy patang awn de dip fliddy? Sted up g'flavin onna gee. Mutha say onna two-time geddit skippy wiffa pitty-po bubba slip inna back. Sheeee... lokka say, cayn gedda flipdawn wenna baddawn tang.
I hope that clarifies things. |
Pizzaz
Supporter
Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 2516
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 11:30 am: |
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Notehead for BoT. I didn't understand a thing you said. |
doran
Citizen
Username: Doran
Post Number: 21
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 3:45 pm: |
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that was funny |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 2814
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005 - 10:00 am: |
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So...I guess Construction is supposed to start THIS week.
Anyone wanna bet? |
Vertifly
Citizen
Username: Vertifly
Post Number: 153
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005 - 10:06 am: |
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I've got a fresh orange on my desk that I'll wager that it DOES start. |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 2815
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005 - 10:18 am: |
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....by "start", I don't mean like the SOPAC "groundbreaking" that took place 3 years before actual construction started. |
Vertifly
Citizen
Username: Vertifly
Post Number: 154
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005 - 11:10 am: |
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Oh, nevermind. |
User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 295
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005 - 12:48 pm: |
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I shop in the Pathmark isn't that a supermarket??? |
Vertifly
Citizen
Username: Vertifly
Post Number: 157
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005 - 1:44 pm: |
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Dude, that place is a 7-11 on steroids; that is all. |
User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 298
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005 - 3:12 pm: |
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everyone complains about a supermarket Pathmark is a huge supermarket and has everything you could possibly need. I hear the one being built is going to be a specialty market...break twice the price...milk $5.00 a gallon etc. |
Dave
Citizen
Username: Vertifly
Post Number: 160
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 8:16 am: |
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Sorry, I was thinking of the A&P. You're right, Pathmark is ok - aside from the weird placement of the building and design of the parking lot. |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 2819
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 9:09 am: |
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...and the armed guard out front....
So....did Construction begin at the Shop Rite site this week?
or are all the construction workers off celebrating Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan? |
Jennifer Lackie
Citizen
Username: Jennifer_lackie
Post Number: 55
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 9:37 am: |
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Just a quick clarification...
Where is this fabled Shop Rite supposed to be built?
Any thoughts on whether it will be finished before I graduate? (2008?) |
User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 304
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 9:50 am: |
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Armed guard out front....I use the Pathmark at least twice a week and have never had a issue as it relates to the need of a armed guard. SO I really do not understand the comment. ANd I understand we are not getting a supermarket we are getting a specialty market there is a huge difference. I am sure the prices are going to be much higher at the new specialty market. |
Dave
Citizen
Username: Vertifly
Post Number: 161
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 9:59 am: |
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The old Shoprite (Liquors) is being renovated into a Whole Foods or some kind of local market. At least, that is what the anticipation is all about. By 2008? Easy, what is your rush...take up a second major and skip summer sessions. |
dgm
Citizen
Username: Dgm
Post Number: 258
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 11:28 am: |
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There is no armed guard. There is a 20-year old kid wearing a uniform shirt and plastic badge and listening to a personal stereo. He shuffles around like he is on Thorazine. It is kind of wierd.
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thegoodsgt
Citizen
Username: Thegoodsgt
Post Number: 868
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 12:10 pm: |
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I think the implication was what a shame it is that we live in an area and age where any kind of guard is necessary in a grocery store. |
User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 305
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 1:20 pm: |
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that was my point I go there all the time and I have never felt unsafe in any way. So i do not understand why there is a guard and I really do not understand why everyone in the town complains that we do not have a supermarket! We have a HUGE pathmark in town! Personally i do not think a supermarket belongs in the center of town. I understand that we are getting A SPECIALTY MARKET and that is a great idea for the center of town. but i have a feeling alot of people are going to be complaining that the prices are going to be high there. |
John Ace
Citizen
Username: Johnnyace
Post Number: 29
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 1:28 pm: |
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Dave wrote ... "The old Shoprite (Liquors) is being renovated into a Whole Foods or some kind of local market. ..."
Actually, the market is going into the big hulking empty building immediately east of the railroad tracks on South Orange Avenue. Cripes, it's been empty so long that people forget there was onfce a market there.
The market that's going into the old market isn't going to be along the lines of Pathmark. It's supposed to be a fancy foods kinda place, not a place where you do your big weekly shop. |
Brett Weir
Citizen
Username: Brett_weir
Post Number: 918
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 1:48 pm: |
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User58- A local resident was carjacked and shot about ten years ago in broad daylight. She survived but was severely injured. Pathmark used to hire S.O. cops but stopped for some reason. |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2609
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 2:59 pm: |
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Pathmark is a dump. Until recently Pathmark hired a South Orange Police Officer to stand outside and keep an eye on things. Only go there when I'm desperate, which is even less now that the police officer is gone...
Kings is a ripoff (except for produce). Would much rather drive to the Shop-Rite or Pathmark in Livingston... |
jayjay
Citizen
Username: Jayjayp
Post Number: 241
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 8:27 pm: |
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Pathmark and the A&P are both dumps. It would be great if they would just bulldoze those places. I thought Pathmark was going into bankruptcy or something, and A&P never does what it takes to draw in consumers. Its pathetic. Just travel to other states and see what the supermarkets are like there. Try Wegman's or Giant or some of the Stop & Shops. I like the idea of boycotting these miserable places, which I do with my wallet. I, too, shop in Shop Rite in Livingston, but begrudgedly. Remember that the owners of that Shop Rite owned the dumpy Shop Rite in South Orange and never invested a penny to improve it. |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 2821
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 9:10 pm: |
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So...can we assume that construction on the new market didn't start this week....again? |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 2832
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 - 10:57 am: |
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I'll take that as a "no".
From Meeting Minutes Sept 12:
President Calabrese then updated the Board as follows: 1) Mr. Beifus has everything in place
to start construction except for a water permit from East Orange Water which he will be
receiving tomorrow and, therefore, should be starting construction hopefully by September
26th; 2) the supermarket and condominium on Vose Avenue has been experiencing difficulty
with the environmental condition of the site and easements and is also hopefully looking to
start construction by September 26th;
I admit no YEAR was given, but most people assume an update given on Sept 12 about events to happen 2 weeks later are reasonably certain to begin as scheduled and in that same YEAR.
I can only imagine what the next update will be? |
Neen
Citizen
Username: Neen
Post Number: 180
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 - 11:48 am: |
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Would it make sense to lobby the A&P to improve this location? Other A&Ps are very nice and I would happily shop at this one if it were better. |
Sitoyan
Citizen
Username: Sitoyan
Post Number: 94
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 - 1:08 pm: |
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A&P is in Maplewood. Pathmark is in South Orange. The municipal dividing line is between the two. |
Daniel M. Jacobs, PP, AICP
Supporter
Username: Conrail
Post Number: 69
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 - 1:49 pm: |
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Just a reminder that roughly 1/2 of your property tax bill comes from the School Board, which serves both towns, so commercial property taxes collected in Maplewood serve SO children (and homeowners) too! |
Josh Holtz
Citizen
Username: Jholtz
Post Number: 102
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 - 4:10 pm: |
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Drove by the Flat Iron building on Vose and saw utility work being done - had high hopes - but it looked like a separate issue from the Village Market construction. |
tom vilardi
Citizen
Username: Tlv350
Post Number: 24
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 - 6:09 pm: |
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Read the post about "environmental issues", not sure if it was in reference to the old shoprite site or the buildings further along Vose.
If it is in re. to the Vose buildings and they have "environmental issues", just be prepared for a long haul. Years ago I asked about the buildings and was told the old Shoprite Liquors location had been an automobile dealership/repair facility in the early part of the 20th C. Being that the properties back up on the RR Tracks you never know what "interesting" things (like old car batteries, lead, oil, etc.) will be uncovered once the entire parcel is scraped for impending construction.
Tom |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 2834
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 - 7:44 pm: |
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Quote:just be prepared for a long haul
You mean the past SIX years wasn't already the long haul?  |
Parkingsux
Citizen
Username: Parkingsux
Post Number: 163
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Friday, October 7, 2005 - 8:03 pm: |
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Make a parking lot out of it! |
Debra Davidson
Citizen
Username: Peanutslady
Post Number: 47
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 2:10 am: |
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What Flat Iron Building on Vose? The Flat Iron Building is in New York City. |
Hamandeggs
Citizen
Username: Hamandeggs
Post Number: 60
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 7:51 am: |
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Flat Iron is a type of building, not just a specific Manhattan building. There is one on Vose, btw SO Ave and the po. |
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