Neighbors attend race track hearing - 2004-03-04
Baldwin Borough residents and environmentalists concerned about health effects from development of
a thoroughbred racetrack, casino, retail and housing
development in the city's Hays neighborhood urged Allegheny County officials Thursday night to strictly monitor pollution levels.

"The impact on those who live in the vicinity of the project will be significant," Rachel Filippini, program coordinator for the Group Against Smog & Pollution, told officials of the county Health Department's Air Quality Program at a public hearing in the Baldwin Borough Municipal Building.
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New Jersey officials working on plan to lease Monmouth, Meadowlands - 2004-03-04
Officials at the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority are awaiting an amendment from state legislators, which will allow the quasi-governmental body to continue with their plans to lease Monmouth
Park and the Meadowlands to another racetrack operator.

Meanwhile, the final details of an Atlantic City casino purse subsidy deal worth between $20 and $25 million over three to four years are still being hammered out.
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