HALEDON — A cannabis dispensary tied to a reality TV star is facing an uphill fight to open on Haledon Avenue as a competitor attempts to derail its plan.
The new business venture by Frank Catania, known for recurring appearances on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” could become the second shop to sell legal marijuana in the 1.2-square-mile borough.
But the application is hung up before the Planning Board, which raised several concerns at a recent public hearing.
Its proposed location is 490 Haledon Ave., the address of a Dunkin’ restaurant.
It would be called The Dispensary, though its paperwork was filed under Cattino Real Estate Holdings, a North Haledon entity run by Catania, and This Budz 4 U, a Wayne-based limited liability company.
Catania, a bodybuilder and the ex-husband of Dolores Catania, a regular on “Real Housewives,” opened dispensaries in Union and in the Somerset section of Franklin Township in the past two weeks.
The Haledon board decided not to vote on the plan, asking an attorney for the business, Daniel Lagana, to return with more information next month.
