Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Holmdel Township Committee members adopt rules for new off-leash dog area
HOLMDEL – The Holmdel Township Committee has adopted an ordinance that establishes rules and regulations for a new off-leash dog area at Bayonet Farms. The ordinance was adopted during the committee’s April 13 meeting. Mayor Greg Buontempo, Deputy Mayor Cathy Weber, Committeeman Prakash Santhana, Committeeman Tom Critelli and Committeeman D.J. Luccarelli voted “yes” on a…
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Holmdel officials adopt ordinance with rules for keeping, raising chickens
HOLMDEL – Members of the Holmdel Township Committee have adopted an ordinance that regulates the animal control of fowl. Mayor Greg Buontempo, Deputy Mayor Cathy Weber, Committeeman Prakash Santhana, Committeeman Tom Critelli and Committeeman D.J. Luccarelli voted “yes” on a motion to adopt the ordinance during the committee’s meeting on April 13. No member of…
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Middletown officials introduce ordinance to increase open space tax rate
MIDDLETOWN – The Township Committee has introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, implement a voter-approved increase to the annual collection rate of the Middletown Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund. The ordinance was introduced during the committee’s April 5 meeting and is scheduled for a public hearing and a…
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Allentown council members adopt 2021 municipal budget
ALLENTOWN – The members of the Allentown Borough Council have adopted a municipal budget for 2021 that totals $3.13 million and will be supported through the collection of a $1.68 million local tax levy. The budget was adopted during the council’s April 6 meeting, which was conducted in a virtual manner during the ongoing coronavirus…
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Toll Brothers proposes housing development on Iron Ore Road in Manalapan
MANALAPAN – Representatives of Toll Brothers Inc. are expected to return before the Manalapan Planning Board on April 8 to resume a public hearing regarding a proposed residential community on Iron Ore Road. Toll Brothers is seeking preliminary and final major subdivision and site plan approval to consolidate several parcels and to subdivide the property…
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Holmdel ordinance proposes rules for keeping, raising chickens
HOLMDEL – Members of the Holmdel Township Committee have introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, regulate the animal control of fowl. According to the ordinance which was introduced on March 23, Holmdel residents “have a renewed desire to keep and raise chickens in their backyards for reasons that include the creation of a healthy…
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Holmdel ordinance proposes rules for new off-leash dog area
HOLMDEL – The Holmdel Township Committee has introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, establish rules and regulations for the off-leash dog area at Bayonet Farms. Generally, dogs in Holmdel must be kept on a leash, however, an off-leash area named the Alexander Ching Memorial Dog Park has been established by the township at Bayonet…
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Voters may be asked to approve Freehold Regional High School District referendum
Later this month, the members of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education may announce a plan to place a facilities improvement referendum before voters in the district’s eight sending municipalities. The possibility of placing a referendum on the ballot was mentioned during the board’s March 11 meeting by Superintendent of Schools Charles…
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Allentown council adopts ordinance to regulate invasive plants
ALLENTOWN – Members of the Allentown Borough Council have adopted an ordinance in a bid to regulate invasive species of vegetation in the community. The ordinance was adopted during the March 16 meeting of the governing body. The purpose of the ordinance “is to preserve and protect private and public property from the damaging spread…
