Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor

  • Manalapan zoners grant variance for office/warehouse uses in industrial park

    Manalapan zoners grant variance for office/warehouse uses in industrial park

    MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved an application that proposed the construction of office/warehouse space in a residential zone. Ambe Holding, LLC, (Englishtown Industrial Park) applied to the zoning board for preliminary and final major site plan approval regarding a property that is partially in Manalapan and partially in Englishtown. The…

  • Driver charged with DWI after crashing car into Marlboro home

    Driver charged with DWI after crashing car into Marlboro home

    MARLBORO — A resident of the Morganville section of Marlboro was charged with driving while intoxicated after she crashed her vehicle into a home in the township in the early morning hours of April 8. According to a press release issued by Capt. Stephen Levy, the Marlboro Police Department received a 911 call at 1:51…

  • Marion Vinyard, early supporter of Springsteen, passes away at 87

    Marion Vinyard, early supporter of Springsteen, passes away at 87

    Marion Vinyard, who along with her late husband, Gordon “Tex” Vinyard, provided support and a space to practice for the Castiles in their Freehold Borough home in the 1960s, has died. The Castiles were a popular local band who counted Bruce Springsteen and the late George Theiss among their members. Springsteen, 72, is the last…

  • Monmouth Commerce Center plan to be heard in Howell on May 12

    Monmouth Commerce Center plan to be heard in Howell on May 12

    HOWELL — A commercial development application that proposed the construction of warehouses on Randolph Road and was initially denied by the Howell Planning Board will be back before the board on May 12. According to information posted on a Planning Board agenda, Monmouth Commerce Center, LLC, as the applicant, and Lawrence Katz and Felix Pflaster,…

  • Former school board member appointed to fill vacancy on Manalapan-Englishtown panel

    Former school board member appointed to fill vacancy on Manalapan-Englishtown panel

    Ryan Green, who is a former member of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education, has been appointed to fill an open seat on the board. Green was appointed in a unanimous vote of board members during the panel’s April 5 meeting. John D’Amato of Manalapan, who won election to a three-year term on…

  • Hazlet school board introduces $65M budget for 2022-23

    Hazlet school board introduces $65M budget for 2022-23

    HAZLET — The Hazlet Township Public Schools Board of Education has introduced a $65.64 million budget to fund the operation of the school district during the 2022-23 school year. The budget was introduced during a meeting held March 21. A public hearing on the budget has been scheduled for May 2 at Raritan High School.…

  • Matawan-Aberdeen school board introduces 2022-23 budget

    Matawan-Aberdeen school board introduces 2022-23 budget

    The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education has introduced a $92.86 million budget to fund the operation of the school district during the 2022-23 school year. The budget was introduced during a meeting held March 28. A public hearing on the budget has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. April 25 at the Lloyd Road…

  • Details presented for three private schools proposed in Jackson

    Details presented for three private schools proposed in Jackson

    JACKSON – Testimony regarding an applicant’s plan to construct three private schools on a 13.5-acre tract on Leesville Road is expected to continue on May 16 before the Jackson Planning Board. The applicant, Lees Village, LLC, is proposing to build two two-story elementary schools and one two-story high school at 31 Leesville Road in a…

  • Holmdel Township Committee names Antonides interim administrator

    Holmdel Township Committee names Antonides interim administrator

    HOLMDEL – The members of the Township Committee have appointed William E. Antonides Jr., who is Holmdel’s chief financial officer, to serve as the municipality’s interim township administrator. Cherron Rountree, the previous township administrator, left her position in Holmdel at the end of February. At that time the committee members appointed an individual from a…