Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Holmdel environmental commission reviews plan for apartment building
HOLMDEL – The members of the Holmdel Environmental Commission have reviewed a developer’s plan to construct an apartment building on Palmer Avenue and did not express significant concerns with the proposal. Commission members met via Zoom on the evening of Nov. 19 to consider an application for Barclay Square at Holmdel, which is planned to…
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Freeholder Director: County open to discussing truck issues in Allentown
ALLENTOWN – Monmouth County’s top elected official said this week that the Department of Public Works and Engineering “would like to help resolve” Allentown’s issues with trucks passing through the borough “and is open to discussing this matter with all parties involved to develop improvement alternatives.” Monmouth County Freeholder Director Tom Arnone made the comment…
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Dave Segal, former mayor in Freehold Township, passes away in Florida
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Dave Segal, who served on the Township Committee in Freehold Township for more than two decades, has died. Freehold Township officials announced Segal’s passing in a post on Facebook. According to an obituary provided by the Clayton and McGirr Funeral Home, Freehold Township, Segal, who was born in 1937, died on Oct.…
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Middletown mayor thanks voters for approving increase to open space tax rate
MIDDLETOWN – Mayor Tony Perry has thanked voters in Middletown who cast a “yes” vote on a public question that proposed an increase in the local open space tax rate. The public question was on the Nov. 3 ballot and during a Township Committee meeting on Nov. 16, Perry said although the results of the…
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Large majority of residents vote to eliminate run-off elections in Tinton Falls
TINTON FALLS – Run-off elections in municipal races in Tinton Falls will be eliminated after a majority of people who voted on a public question in the Nov. 3 election gave their nod of approval for that course of action. The question residents voted on asked “Shall the Borough of Tinton Falls abandon the holding…
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Holmdel officials approve corrective action plan following municipal audit
HOLMDEL – The Township Committee has approved a corrective action plan in the wake of findings that were noted in an audit report submitted by Suplee, Clooney and Company for the period ending Dec. 31, 2019. Holmdel Chief Financial Officer William E. Antonides Jr. said a corrective action plan was required to be submitted to…
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Stuck trucks continue to vex Allentown residents
ALLENTOWN – Susan Jones’ level of frustration is rising each day as she watches large tractor-trailers from her home at the corner of Church Street and Johnson Drive in Allentown. She said turning trucks have caused damage to her property and she said she worries about the safety of pedestrians and children riding bicycles. Jones,…
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Manalapan-Englishtown board rejects motion to immediately reopen schools five days a week
Members of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education have rejected a motion to bring children back for five-day a week in-school instruction by the end of November. The motion and the vote during the board’s Nov. 10 meeting may have been symbolic because the district’s superintendent of schools said that if the motion…
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Tinton Falls residents appear to have voted to eliminate run-off elections
TINTON FALLS – Voters in Tinton Falls are making their voices heard on a local public question regarding the elimination of run-off elections in Tinton Falls. The question residents voted on during the Nov. 3 election asks “Shall the Borough of Tinton Falls abandon the holding of run-off elections as permitted by the ‘Uniform Nonpartisan…
