Planning board grants second 7-year extension to NJM
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
by Stephen Pistone
G AZETTE S TAFF W RITER
HAMMONTON—During its
meeting on March 20, the Ham-
monton Planning Board unani-
mously approved a second
seven-year extension of prelimi-
nary major site plan approval for
Phase 2 of an expansion to the fa-
cilities at New Jersey Manufactur-
ers (NJM) Insurance Co., located
at 840 12th St. (Block 1202, Lot
11, M1 and HB zoning districts on
the town tax map).
Attorney Robert Bucknam, of
Archer and Greiner, attended the
meeting to represent NJM, which
initially received the board’s ap-
proval to commence the develop-
ment of a 147,360-square-foot
expansion that was divided into
two phases.
Phase 1, which has since been
Pastore Orchards honored
completed, according to Buck-
nam, included the construction of
a pedestrian walkway, additional
parking areas with 631 total
spaces, an employee café, 631
parking spaces and “various other
site improvements” that are cur-
See PLANNING, Page 10
Courtesy Photo
At the New Jersey Agricultural Society Annual Dinner Benefit Gala “A Taste of New Jersey,” Pastore Orchards was pre-
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acres, more than 100 acres dedicated to blueberries, 255 acres to vegetables, 12 acres to blackberries and 30 acres
for peaches, for which the farm has always been known for by local and area residents. The farm also features an ex-
pansive roadside market in Elm. The event was held on March 23 at The Boathouse on Mercer Lake in West Windsor
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