Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Allentown may increase membership on Economic Development Council
ALLENTOWN – A public hearing has been scheduled for the Aug. 14 meeting of the Allentown Borough Council on an ordinance that proposes to increase the number of people who may serve on the town’s Economic Development Commission. The ordinance was introduced by the council on July 10. The ordinance proposes increasing the number of…
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Sudden reduction in state aid leaves school districts scrambling to revise budgets
Administrators in four local school districts are facing an Aug. 1 deadline to tell state officials how they will revise the budget they have in place for the 2018-19 school year after a sudden reduction in the state aid being provided to those districts was announced on July 13. In the Freehold Regional High School…
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Allentown asks Gov. Murphy for help in routing trucks away from historic borough
ALLENTOWN – A municipal panel that is seeking ways to mitigate the impact of heavy trucks and thousands of motor vehicles that pass through Allentown on a daily basis is asking Gov. Phil Murphy to review the situation and to provide whatever assistance he can. In a June 25 letter to Murphy, Patricia Brown, a…
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Allentown council supports restoration of 1774 mill deed
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has authorized the expenditure of municipal funds to restore a deed of historical significance. On July 10, council members authorized an expenditure not to exceed $3,000 to help fund the restoration of an Aug. 12, 1774, deed. Council members said the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Colonial Wars…
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School board, Allentown still talking about police in schools
ALLENTOWN – Borough officials and administrators in the Upper Freehold Regional High School District remain in discussions regarding the school district’s request to Allentown for support that would allow the district to place a police officer in its buildings beginning in September. The issue of school security was discussed by council members in closed session…
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Manalapan makes change to allow new facility on Marianne Manor property
MANALAPAN – With eyes focused on the future, the Manalapan Township Committee has made a zoning change on a property that is currently occupied by a private residential healthcare facility. Marianne Manor is overseen by the state Department of Community Affairs. The private residential healthcare facility is on Route 33 eastbound near the highway’s intersection…
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Allentown council declines payment of firm’s extra charges
ALLENTOWN – In a unanimous vote, the Allentown Borough Council has declined to make an additional payment to the company that completed a project at the municipal waste water treatment plant. During a meeting on July 10, council President Thomas Fritts, Councilman John A. Elder III, Councilman Rob Schmitt, Councilwoman Angela Anthony and Councilwoman Johnna…
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Manalapan rezoning would permit construction of affordable housing
MANALAPAN – The Township Committee has set Aug. 22 as the date for a public hearing on an ordinance that will, if adopted, establish a Special Economic Development/Affordable Housing (SED/AH) overlay zone on property at Route 33 west and Woodward Road. On July 11, committee members voted 4-0 with one abstention to introduce the ordinance…
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Monahan making second bid for seat on Allentown council
ALLENTOWN – Four residents are running for two three-year terms on the Allentown Borough Council in the Nov. 6 municipal election. None of the four are running with a political affiliation; all are independent candidates. The terms of Councilman Robert Strovinsky and Councilwoman Johnna Stinemire will end on Dec. 31. Stinemire is not seeking re-election.…
