Community Corner
'SAVE THE MANSION' MEETING TO BE HELD MAY 10, 12:30 AT THE HIRAM BLAUVELT ART MUSEUM
A citizen's group which has been actively trying to save the Atwood-Blauvelt Mansion in Oradell has planned a meeting for Saturday, May 10, at 12:30 PM at the Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, 705 Kinderkamack Road, in Oradell. Various members of the group will give an update on the situation as it stands today and will answer questions about some of the proposed plans for the property, the largest and most iconic open space in Oradell.
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Scheduled to speak are Robert J. McConnell, president of the Historical Committee; Ray Stubblebine, photographer, author and historian; Kevin Wright, a past president of the Bergen County Historical Society, Secretary of the New Bridge Landing Commission and Special Consultant for the Bellis Family Foundation, owners and curators of the Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum; and Paul and JoAnn Young, who have been active in the struggle to save the mansion for the past 7 years.
Also invited are Assemblywoman Connie Wagner, 38th District NJ; Freeholder John Felice; Riverkeeper, Bill Sheehan; Walter Gallas, Field Director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Oradell Mayor Joe Murray, Former Mayor of Oradell, Diane Didio; T. Robbins Brown, Bergen County Historic Preservation Trust Fund, Victoria Michitech of the Alliance of Nonprofits, in Harringrton Park,
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The meeting is being held in order to gather new ideas and suggestions for saving the mansion, and negotiating with CareOne, a nursing home corporation, who gained ownership of the property, the mansion and the two acre great lawn, after a long legal battle with the Wells family, the previous owners of the mansion.
Community leaders have been invited to meet with CareOne in the very near future to discuss plans for a possible purchase of the property and to share suggestions of how to work together to preserve the mansion, which is one of the most historic and iconic buildings in Bergen County and the state of New Jersey.
For more information, please contact Paul Young, 201-262-7814, or 201-394-6508.