Richland Village

RICHLAND VILLAGE

Richland Village Redevelopment Project - Request for Proposals
****Richland Village Redevelopment Project - Amendment****Deadline 9/12/08

	DOWNLOADABLE RICHLAND VILLAGE BROCHURE CLICK HERE!
	Cape May Seashore LinesNEW *CAPE MAY SEASHORE LINES NUMBER 1-800-984-2055*
	Current Schedule by BVT and Richland Village Information Click Here
	Businesses and Attractions in Richland Village
	Trains and Fire Engines -- Sunday, June 8, 2008
	Cape May Seashore Lines Schedule Click Here
	SANTA TRAIN 2007
	Sea Breeze Lunch Service Available
	MORNING STORIES IN THE PARK
	Newspaper Articles
	Richland Village The Little Town That Could! (New Jersey Municipalities, by Chuck Chiarello, May 2007)
	A Small Town Learns to Do More with Less (New Jersey Municipalities, by Mayor Chuck Chiarello, December 2004)
	Patcong Valley Model Railroad Society 23rd Annual Open House-www.patcongvalley.com
	Video - Patcong Valley Model Railroad in Buena Vista Township, NJ
	Tuckahoe
	TrainWeb Railring
	Travel by Light - www.travelbylight.com
	A direct link to Atlantic County site - http://fivepointsinn.com/tbl/NJ/atlantic/index.htm and http://fivepointsinn.com/tbl/NJ/atlantic/Reviews/buavista.htm

Current Schedule and Richland Village Information by BVT

DOWNLOADABLE RICHLAND VILLAGE BROCHURE CLICK HERE!

Sea Breeze Lunch Service Available

Affordable $8.00 meals on the 11:30 am train from Richland
and the 1:00 pm from Tuckahoe
See menu below:

MORNING STORIES IN THE PARK

Bring your kids to the giant oak tree in Saw Mill Park
in Richland Village and hear stories
read by Eileen Balesteri
every Wednesday this summer
at 11:00 am.

Businesses and Attractions in Richland Village

Patcong Valley Society of Model Railroader

Video - Patcong Valley Model Railroad in Buena Vista Township, NJ

Patcong Valley Society of
Model Railroaders

Visit our website:

www.patcongvalley.com

The HO scale Patcong Valley Model RR Club has relocated to Richland, NJ.

Richland is on Route 40 about 10 miles west of Mays Landing, NJ

Our building is near milepost 38.5 on Route 40 in Richland. We are on the south side of the highway, directly across the road from Richland Carpets. For a web search, look for Route 40 and Fir Avenue.

Website: www.patcongvalley.com

Email: patcongrr@comcast.net

PRESS RELEASE

FROM: Mayor Chuck Chiarello

DATE: August 2, 2006

RE: Train Really Returns to Richland

They say that the third time is the charm. So goes it with the Richland to Tuckahoe Train which officially starts this Saturday, August 5^th leaving Richland at 11:30 am and leaving Tuckahoe at 10:00 am.

“After several false starts all necessary repairs and approvals have been received so that the train can run every Saturday for the rest of the year” said Mayor Chuck Chiarello. “It is better to have all of the problems out of the way and wait a couple of weeks and know that we have smooth sailing ahead then to worry” Chiarello added.

Information about the train can be found on Buena Vista Township website at www.buenavistatownship.org or Cape May Seashore Lines website at www.capemayseashorelines.org or call 609-884-CMSL (2675).

Improvements have been made to the train station and visitors to Richland can now take a short walk and enjoy Saw Mill Park just two blocks away. Food will be available at AJ’s Pub, Memories Lounge and the Richland Ice Cream and Deli. Visitors can shop at the Richland General Store, the Antique Depot and Goodstuff’s Antiques. In the weeks to come the Wine Excursion Train will be starting and many special events are planned.

Train fares will remain at Adults $10; Children 12 and under $5.00; and Infants 1 and under free.

Newspaper Articles

Cape May Seashore Lines Schedule

TUCKAHOE EVENTS or visit www.tuckahoenj.com

Chugging Along: SJ Railroad Museum by Dan Podehl

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State foots bill for snazzier routes to shopping areas 2/4/08

A grant in the amount of $250,000 was awarded last week to Buena Vista. The aid will pay for sidewalks, lighting and accommodations in Richland Village.

For complete details go to: www.thedailyjournal.com

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Buena Vista: Township backs rail line improvements 12/27/07

The Township Committee will be supporting a financial aid request Conrail is making to state government. Conrail is seeking $450,000 to do track repairs.

For complete details go to: www.thedailyjournal.com

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The Holiday Express Area train exhibits thrill children and adults 12/20/07

For nearly 10 months out of the year, the Patcong Valley Society of Model Railroaders works in secret. Only club members with keys can access the clubhouse on Route 40 in Richland to build paper mache mountains, carve out rivers and - best of all - watch their miniature model trains speed down newly-laid tracks.

But the holidays bring out the train lover in everyone. And during these select few weekends in December and January, local model railroad clubs like Patcong Valley invite outsiders to share in their passion.

"Everyone comes to visit," says Patcong Valley member Ralph Cox. "We'll get railroad buffs from all kinds of clubs. Children who just walk around and look. Everyone."

December especially brings visions of Lionel trains running in a circle under the Christmas tree and children unwrapping their first train sets. Most local railroad buffs admit that the holidays were what started their train passions.

"I was born on Dec. 4," says Norm Wescoat, vice president of the South Jersey Railroad Museum in Tuckahoe. "I got my first train set that Christmas."

The Patcong Valley Society of Model Railroaders plans its annual open house weekends to coincide with the winter holidays. During opening weekend earlier this month, the parking lot outside the society's Richland clubhouse was overflowing. Inside, grown men wearing engineer coveralls and striped caps clutched remote controls and kept a sharp eye on the tiny trains that traveled under mountains, through tunnels and past small model cities.

Adults and children shared the same innocent look of wonder as they watched the trains chug by or stopped to examine the detail in a lifelike lumber mill. Some children brought their own stools to stand on so they could peer over the plexiglass siding and see the miniature buildings and trees in the layouts.

Timmy Stewart, 13, of Dorothy dashed back and forth across the room snapping photos with a digital camera and collecting ideas for his own train layout at home.

"I like how they got a lot of track in a little space," Stewart says, eyeing the layouts critically. "But I would put the higher tracks on the inside so people can see them."

In Clermont, Dennis Township, Joe and Flo Jones have already put a few festive touches on Flyertown, a one-man model railroad exhibit on display in a building behind their house. Inside, the flick of a lightswitch revealed wall-to-wall shelves of collectible American Flyer railroad cars dating back to to World War II and beyond. In the center of the room, brightly colored holiday trains, circus trains and replicas of local lines ran along hundreds of feet of track, waiting for the December crowd.

"The same kids come every year," Flo Jones says. "And every year they get bigger and bigger."

The South Jersey Railroad Museum in Tuckahoe - which is open year-round - has also adopted a holiday feel. Strings of lights, a snow-covered holiday train layout and Santa Claus give this year-round train attraction a holiday feel and visitors young and old tour the building.

Luke Neff, 5, wandered from room to room with the air of one who has been there many times before. This was not just a holiday treat for the five-year-old Seaville resident. He drags his parents to the museum at least twice a month.

"His grandfather was really into train collecting, and he left them to Luke," Paula Neff says as her son strolled through the museum. "Now that's all he's into is trains."

Perhaps there are adult-sized coveralls in his future as well.

Model Railroad Attractions

Cape May County

South Jersey Railroad Museum, Mt. Pleasant Ave., Tuckerton. Open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday year-round. Santa Claus will be there each weekend until Christmas. Free. For more information, go to www.sjrails.net.

Flyertown, Route 9, Clermont in Dennis Township. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday year-round. Admission is $2.50 for adults, $1.50 for children ages 5 to 12, and free for children under 5. Visit

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Special event brings crowd to Richland 12/1/07

Friday night The Richland Merchants Association held their Richland Village Christmas Shops Tour that brought crowds to their local stores.

For complete details go to: www.thedailyjournal.com

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Village starts tour to attract area shoppers 11/30/07

The Richland Village Merchants Association will be holding their first Richland Village Christmas Shops Tour tonight.

For complete details go to: www.thedailyjournal.com

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RICHLAND: Wheels on the bus stop at new shelters11/8/07

New bus shelters have been installed for NJ Transit riders on either side of Harding Highway.

For complete details go to: www.thedailyjournal.com

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BUENA VISTA: Richland merchants meet tonight 11/13/07

The Richland Merchants Association meet to discuss the Richland Village Shops Christmas Tour. The event will be held on November 30th from 6 pm to 10 pm.

For complete details go to: www.thedailyjournal.com

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Richland Village merchants unite 11/12/07

The Richland Village Merchants Association is trying to attract more customers to the community.

For complete details go to: www.thedailyjournal.com

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Progress on track at Richland Village 11/10/07

Main Avenue was closed this week due to a siding track being built along side the existing rail line.

For complete details go to: www.thedailyjournal.com

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