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Solar Sour Grapes?: Rebuilding For The Future
Solar Sour Grapes?: Rebuilding For The Future
Solar
And the pitch
sour
grapes?
Pinelands Commission’s application
and fees have winery owner crying foul
By KATRINA GRANT type of project and didn’t have to
The Shamong Sun file an application or pay a fee.
You know their budget has been
Valenzano Winery recently cut like everywhere else, and I
began a $750,000 solar panel proj- think when they heard about this
ect that was due to be completed project they thought they could
in June. However, due to disagree- get some revenue from it. Last
MELISSA DIPENTO/The Sun ments on filing an application time we had to go through this
Seneca freshman Brett Lyons readies to fire a rocket during a recent freshman baseball game and fees between the winery and with them it cost $250,000 dollars
against Lenape. the New Jersey Pinelnds Com- and it took three years.
mission, the project has been “If that’s going to happen
halted. again, we are just going to aban-
“We heard about this a few don the project.”
Rebuilding for the future weeks after the project was start-
ed,” spokesman for the New Jer-
sey Pinelands Commission Paul
Leakin said. “Because the solar
panels are not exclusive for agri-
The New Jersey Pinelands
Commission maintains that it is
not for money and that it sup-
ports the project and solar energy,
but what is at issue is the com-
By KATRINA GRANT see many opportunities in it. growing to do,” Manna said. “We culture, they will be used by the mercial catering hall. Valenzano
The Shamong Sun They know they have players who are doing a lot of conditioning commercial catering hall also, an however, thinks that the agency
work hard and are invested in with them, getting them into application has to be filed. The fee should have told them about the
Tennis season has begun, and making the team the best it can shape. is for us to review the file.” application before the project
this year the Seneca High School be. “Our only returning player “The real question is why did- started.
team is in rebuilding mode. Last “Our team is very motivated, played second doubles last year, n’t they say anything before the “It makes no sense,” Valenzano
year, the team graduated two top they practice hard,” Manna said. and this year he is playing first project was started,” the winery’s said. “Why should an environ-
players who played first and sec- “I think with a little more expe- singles,” Johnson said. “So it is Tony Valenzano said. “There mental agency be taxing or mak-
ond singles for all four years and rience they will be able to take the like learning a whole new game.” have been four other companies ing money off of solar panels?
lost some players to injuries. team to a different level,” John- Whatever challenges the team in the area that have done this please see GRAPES, page 5
Coach Sue Johnson sees many op- son said. faces, the coaches and the players
portunities to rebuild the team The coaches also see a lot of are up for them. With the team
and bring its current record up. growth opportunity with their being mostly underclassmen they
“This is a rebuilding year for top three players being sopho- will continue to improve and will Sun Score rolls on
us, we are rebuilding,” Johnson mores. They work the team hard rebuild the team into a strong,
said. “We have one person who is and are trying to get everyone ac- competitive one. If you’re not visiting our Sun Score page every week, you’re missing
a senior, we have a pretty young customed to playing new posi- “We have a good team,” said out. We’re giving away a $50 prize every week. There’s no cost to
team.” tions. Johnson. “They are all at the enter, and only a few hoops to jump through. Visit sunne.ws/contest.
Although the team is young, “Our top three players are same level and they all challenge You just might be the next person to grab a really nice item from our
Johnson and coach Mike Manna sophomores, so we have a lot of each other.” prize pool.
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Solar sour grapes?
GRAPES For now the project that was
slated to finish in a few weeks is
Continued from page 1 at a standstill. Valenzano feels
that this will have a negative ef-
fect on solar energy in the
This is good for the environment, Pinelands.
this is something that will en- “You won’t see businesses
hance it.” doing it, if this is what they have
“We support solar energy,” to go through,” Valenzano said.
Leakin said. “We support eco- “This will be the end of solar en-
nomic development, as long as ergy in the Pinelands, it will be
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