DECEMBER 25, 2019 • WWW.THEOBSERVER.COM • VOL. CXXXII, NO. 33
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‘TIS THE SEASON TO CELEBRATE! Kearny gets unexpected Christmas present: NJSEA will cap closed Keegan
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By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
et’s call it the Christmas Miracle on Bergen Avenue (with thanks to Deborah Garcia for the title.) What was a year-long battle ended with a unanimous vote that took less than a minute to tally. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority voted unanimously at its monthly meeting on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, to approve a resolution that will keep the Keegan Landfill closed forever — never to open again, under any circumstances. Prior to the vote, one could tell something special might be in the works. About 10 minutes before the official meeting was to commence, NJSEA Chairman John Ballantyne approached The Observer and town photographer Barbara B. Goldberg to inform us that the authority would be entering a closed session after the regular
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