The Bloomfield Planning Board unanimously approved an application from a military veteran who wants to open a retail cannabis dispensary at 368 Broad Street during their public meeting this week.
The application from Emerald Tea Company sought conditional use and minor site plan approval to operate a class 5 retail adult cannabis dispensary in a neighborhood business B-2 zone.
Times have changed. Stockton University will host a free online webinar at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 10 titled “Destination Cannabis: Evolving Cannabis Hospitality & Tourism for a Mainstream Audience.” The discussion will revolve around legal recreational cannabis use, its impact on resort destinations and opportunities for New Jersey hospitality and tourism businesses and beyond.
Comparing the implementation of current regulations to building an airplane while trying to fly it, and voicing concerns that too much is happening too quickly for the burgeoning industry, The Jersey City Municipal Council appears to take breath when it comes to approving operations for cannabis businesses.
I recently read your (TAPinto) article on cannabis retailers in Mount Laurel. The vast majority Mount Laurel residents are unaware that the local government is approving marijuana dispensaries in our town. It's concerning because our town is heavily family centric, and many of the towns activities are youth based.
The sites that you listed in your article are in close proximity to youth based centers and there are daily activities with hundreds of kids in that immediate area.
New Jersey’s approach to adult-use cannabis is nothing new: allow existing medical operators to fuel the takeoff as state regulators vet and approve aspiring market entrants.
And, so far, New Jersey’s supply chain and protections for its medical program—concerns that contributed to a two-month delay in launching adult-use sales—have remained unharmed as the legal market continues to grow, according to Columbia Care Vice President of Operations Volley Hayhurst and TerrAscend President and Chief Operating Officer Ziad Ghanem.
Shigh LLC is owned by a Washington Township resident who is moving closer to opening a cannabis dispensary in her home town!
Cindy Ortiz is the CEO of Shigh LLC, and earlier this year the State of New Jersey approved their cannabis dispensary license application.
On Tuesday March 7th she and her team will be appearing before the Washington Township Planning Board, looking for a “site plan waiver” for their planned location on the Black Horse Pike.
But what's going on with the rest of the country?
Say What?
A TAPinto Red Bank article that posted the Planning Board’s agenda yesterday morning set off a firestorm within the Red Bank Fire Department.
Red Bank Fire Department Chief Wayne Hartman, said in a written statement that, the “Red Bank Fire Company has no association with the Red Bank Fire Department in any way aside from sharing a name likeness.”
NJ Supreme Court’s Decision in State v. Gomes
The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed. It held that “persons who received pre-CREAMMA conditional discharges for specified marijuana offenses — just like persons who had pre-CREAMMA convictions for those marijuana offenses — are no longer categorically precluded from future admission into PTI.” Going forward, prosecutors and reviewing courts must consider the merits of their PTI applications, without regard to the existence or circumstances of the earlier marijuana-related conditional discharges.
In an early morning phone call from Red Bank Fire Department Chief Wayne Hartman, it was learned that the Red Bank Fire Company has no affiliation with the Red Bank Fire Department.
Hartmanin a written statement provided to TAPinto Red Bank, asked that we remove the RBFD logo which we did.
Information on the Red Bank Fire Company could not be obtained.