Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Biotechnology High School identified as emergency evacuation center
Monmouth County officials have identified another location that could serve as an emergency evacuation center in the event of a public health emergency. During a recent meeting, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders authorized the execution of a memorandum of understanding between the county, on behalf of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management,…
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Allentown council authorizes bids to solicit for new water meters
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials have selected the type of water meter they want to install in 700 homes and have authorized the borough engineer to advertise for bids for the purchase and installation of the new equipment. During a meeting on June 12, Allentown Borough Council President Thomas Fritts, Councilman Rob Schmitt, Councilwoman Johnna Stinemire,…
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Superintendent sends best wishes to Allentown seniors
ALLENTOWN – Before they graduated on June 20, the 300 students in the Allentown High School Class of 2018 received a congratulatory message from the man who has watched their progress in the Upper Freehold Regional School District for more than a decade. Superintendent of Schools Richard Fitzpatrick, who has been out of school for…
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School board president asks for financial support for armed guards in wake of threat
ALLENTOWN – Patricia Hogan, the president of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education, made an impassioned plea at the June 12 meeting of the Allentown Borough Council. Speaking to the borough’s elected officials several hours after police officers rushed to the district’s schools in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township in response to…
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Freehold Township planners grant extension for Route 9 adult community
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A developer’s plan to build an adult community and restaurants on a Route 9 tract is not expected to materialize for at least another year. The property targeted for development is on Route 9 south between the jughandle for Three Brooks Road and Route 524 (Elton-Adelphia Road). The parcel borders homes on…
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Freehold Township resident will challenge Pallone for seat in U.S. Congress
Businessman Rich Pezzullo of Freehold Township has been nominated to run for a seat in the U.S. Congress as the Republican challenger to Democrat Frank Pallone, who has represented central New Jersey in Washington, D.C., for a generation. Pezzullo formally accepted the Republican nomination to face Pallone in New Jersey’s Sixth Congressional District shortly after…
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Attorney: Bids for treatment plant exceeded what Allentown could pay
ALLENTOWN – The two bids Allentown officials received from companies that sought a municipal contract to refurbish the waste water treatment plant in the borough were each more than $1 million in excess of the borough engineer’s estimate for the work. More than a dozen companies obtained a bid package for the project, but on…
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Narrow vote results in defeat for Shake Shack in Freehold Township
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – An applicant’s plan to build a Shake Shack fast casual restaurant on Route 9 north did not pass muster with a majority of the Freehold Township Planning Board when the matter came to a vote on June 7. Following a presentation by representatives of Leemilt’s Petroleum Inc. to construct the Shake Shack…
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Independent candidates file to run for Allentown Borough Council
ALLENTOWN – There will be a contested election for two three-year terms on the Allentown Borough Council on Nov. 6. Although no political parties will be represented in the race on Election Day, four residents have filed nominating petitions to run as independent candidates for the two available seats on the governing body. According to…
