Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Applicant seeks OK to replace vacant Getty station with Shake Shack restaurant
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – An applicant’s plan to construct a Shake Shack restaurant in Freehold Township was met with questions, but no immediate strong objections, from members of the Freehold Township Planning Board during the panel’s May 3 meeting. Leemilt’s Petroleum Inc., the owner of the property, is seeking preliminary and final major site plan approval…
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Manalapan-Englishtown school board adopts $94.02 million budget
The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education has adopted a $94.02 million budget to fund the operation of the district from July 1 through June 30, 2019. The budget was adopted by the board on May 1. District administrators project raising $67 million in taxes from residential and commercial property owners in Manalapan and…
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Manalapan planners approve new house of worship for Ahl’e Baith Foundation
MANALAPAN – A religious organization that has had a presence in Manalapan since the 1990s has received municipal approval to construct a new house of worship in the township. Representatives of the Ahl’e Baith Foundation, whose members practice the Shia religion, appeared at the April 26 meeting of the Planning Board. The foundation was represented…
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Allentown parking lot plan on hold as borough continues to seek funding
ALLENTOWN — A plan to develop a municipal parking lot in Allentown remains without funding. During the April 10 meeting of the Borough Council, Wil Borkowski, a former member of the governing body, asked for an update on a plan officials have discussed during the past year. The project in question would be to construct…
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Manalapan Planning Board holds off on Four Seasons at Manalapan Brook vote
MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Planning Board has held off on a possible vote to approve the construction of an adult community on Route 33. Attorney Gerald Sonnenblick, representing K. Hovnanian Shore Acquisitions, concluded his presentation regarding the Four Seasons at Manalapan Brook project during the April 26 meeting of the board. In describing the planned…
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Manalapan committee adopts $33.8 million municipal budget
MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has adopted a $33.8 million budget to fund the operation of Manalapan during 2018. The budget was adopted on April 25 in a 5-0 vote with support from Mayor Jack McNaboe, Deputy Mayor Susan Cohen, Committeewoman Mary Ann Musich, Committeeman David Kane and Committeeman Kevin Uniglicht. In commenting on the…
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Planners approve additional apartments at Wemrock Senior Living community
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – An approved age-restricted affordable housing project will be expanded from 67 to 75 apartments pending memorialization of a resolution by the Freehold Township Planning Board. In 2017, the board approved an application submitted by PIRHL Acquisitions LLC, Wemrock Senior Living to construct a three-story apartment building on Business Route 33 near an…
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Plan to install solar panels at medical center passes muster with planning board
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Members of the Planning Board have directed their attorney to prepare a positive resolution for an application that proposed the construction of a solar panel array over the parking lots at CentraState Medical Center, West Main Street, Freehold Township. The board took its action on April 19 and the resolution will be…
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Pedestrian bridge will be constructed at Lake Topanemus Park
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Members of the Planning Board have given a thumbs up to the construction of a pedestrian bridge at Lake Topanemus Park, Pond Road, Freehold Township. An application proposing the bridge was unveiled to the board on April 19 by attorney Kerry Higgins and engineer William Wentzien, representing Freehold Borough. Lake Topanemus is…
