Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Allentown government reorganizes; officials look forward to busy 2021
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials in Allentown have a full agenda of projects ahead of them in 2021 and they got the new year’s business underway when they held their annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. The 2021 reorganization meeting marked a first for the historic borough on the far western border of Monmouth County as…
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Perry will serve as Middletown mayor; Hibell selected as deputy mayor
MIDDLETOWN – Committeeman Tony Perry has been elected by his fellow members of the Township Committee to serve as Middletown’s mayor for a third consecutive year. Perry was elected mayor during the committee’s 2021 reorganization meeting on Jan. 3. The meeting was held at the municipal building and was broadcast live to the community. Municipal…
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Allentown mayor names members of ad hoc traffic committee
ALLENTOWN – During the final meeting of the mayor and Borough Council in 2020, Mayor Thomas Fritts reiterated a promise he had made to residents at various times during the year. Once again, Fritts said 2021 will be “the year of traffic” in Allentown as municipal officials continue to pursue solutions to a problem that…
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Title of county commissioner will replace freeholder as panel reorganizes for 2021
The five officials who comprise Monmouth County’s governing body will reorganize for 2021 in a meeting to be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Collins Arena on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. The 2021 reorganization meeting will mark a milestone in Monmouth County government as the panel changes its centuries-old name…
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Marlboro Boy Scout completes Eagle project at community garden
MARLBORO – A Marlboro resident has added an improvement to the Marlboro Community Garden as part of his efforts to attain the rank of Eagle Scout. Sidharth Raj, 17, is a Boy Scout in Troop 85, which is chartered by the Robertsville Volunteer Fire Company in the township. For his Eagle Scout project, Sidharth designed…
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Torsiello to join Allentown council; Elder to begin second term in Jan. 5 reorganization
ALLENTOWN – Erica Torsiello will begin serving her first term on the Allentown Borough Council and John A. Elder III will begin serving his second term on the council when municipal officials conduct the 2021 reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. The reorganization meeting will be conducted in a virtual manner on Zoom during the ongoing…
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Manalapan-Englishtown administrators will evaluate staff availability after break
Administrators in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District will use Jan. 4, Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 – the first three days schools will be back in session following winter break – “to determine if there are any staffing issues, as well as to assess the level of (coronavirus) infection in the student population,” according to…
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Allentown officials update progress on treatment plant project
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials have informed residents that Pact Two, LLC, the contractor working on Allentown’s waste water treatment plant improvement project, “is nearly complete with structural and concrete improvements at the primary clarifiers. … The primary clarifiers will be filled with clean water … to test for leaks.” Improvements to the borough’s waste water…
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Allentown council votes to create administrator’s position
ALLENTOWN – Members of the Allentown Borough Council have adopted an ordinance that creates the new position of borough administrator. Council President Rob Strovinsky, Councilman John A. Elder III, Councilman Michael Drennan, Councilwoman Martha Johnson and Councilman Dan Payson voted “yes” on a motion to adopt the ordinance during a meeting that was conducted via…
