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1,028 residents ask that ravine be preserved

On December 5, 2006, the Friends of Wyckoff, presented a petition with 1,028 signatures of Wyckoff residents to the Wyckoff Township Committee asking that the Deep Voll Ravine be preserved as open space. We had requests for lawnsigns (Request Lawnsign) from all over Wyckoff, neighboring towns and even from out of state. Many people have an emotional attachment to Deep Voll Ravine and want it preserved. more

Wyckoff builds, Hawthorne suffers

A growing number of Hawthorne residents and elected officials are expressing concern that ongoing development on tributaries feeding the Goffle Brook, including the Deep Voll Brook in the ravine, are contributing to the flooding in the borough that now occurs after virtually every major rainstorm.  The elimination of wooded areas that recharge water and the increasing creation of impervious surfaces—roads, driveways, and roofs—are sending much more water downstream. Read letter

Blauvelt descendants want development reduced

The Association of Blauvelt Descendants on August 1, 2007 wrote to Gordon Stanley of the Wyckoff Planning Board expressing concern that, if approved, the Barrister ravine subdivision may result in the delisting of the Cairns-Blauvelt house from the National Registry of Historic Places. The house, built about 1765, is located opposite the proposed subdivision at the corner of Grandview and Ravine Avenues. Read letter

Washington’s surveyor mapped the ravine

In July of 1777 General George Washington asked surveyor Robert Erskine to create a set of maps of the area for him to use to plan troop movements. On one of these maps, the Deep Voll Ravine…read the full account here.

99 condos, affordable housing, Freeholder involvement “illegal ,” and other Ravine myths

99 Condos?Planning Board and Township Committeeman J. Fiorenzo said that there were once “99 condo’s” planned for the ravine tract, which was zoned for affordable housing. The truth requires a much longer sound bite. Only one of the four lots in the proposed subdivision, the lot previously owned by the Mason family, was zoned for affordable housing. more

Save the Ravine Alliance hires top environmental attorney

The Save the Ravine Alliance has engaged Stuart Lieberman of the firm Lieberman & Blecher (see www.liebermanblecher.com) ensure both sides of the story of this development are told. more