Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Holmdel school board ratifies contract with HTEA
HOLMDEL – The Holmdel Township Schools Board of Education has unanimously approved a new contract with the Holmdel Township Education Association (HTEA). The HTEA represents teachers, secretaries, buildings and grounds personnel, instructional support personnel, nurses’ assistants and bus drivers in the 3,000-pupil K-12 district. The new contract is retroactive to the start of the 2019-20…
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Four public bodies join to purchase development easement on Route 79 farm
Four government entities are joining forces to purchase a development easement on a qualified farm on Route 79 in Marlboro and Freehold Township. The purchase of the easement means the property will never be developed. During a recent meeting of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, the members of the county’s governing body passed a…
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Allentown council meetings will remain remote through December
ALLENTOWN – Meetings of the Allentown mayor and Borough Council will continue to be conducted in a remote manner at least through December. Councilman John A. Elder III, in a report to the mayor and council on Oct. 27, said that because the coronavirus pandemic is continuing in New Jersey, the borough’s governing body will…
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Proposed Siloam Road improvements await funding approval
A Monmouth County road that has been the scene of several fatal accidents over the years is still in line for improvements. In late 2019, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders authorized the submission of an application for federal funding assistance for road improvements and resurfacing on Siloam Road in Freehold Township. Siloam Road is…
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Manalapan MRC-CERT receives funding from national association
MANALAPAN – The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, has announced the recipients of the 2020 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) COVID-19 Operational Readiness Awards. These awards, made possible through a cooperative agreement with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and…
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Allentown council awards contract for Pondview Drive upgrades
ALLENTOWN – Long-awaited improvements to Pondview Drive will be completed following the awarding of a contract to a Monmouth County firm by the Allentown Borough Council. During a meeting on Oct. 13, council members awarded a construction contract for the Pondview Drive improvement project to the Earle Asphalt Company, Wall Township. According to a resolution,…
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Legendary harness driver Kelly passes at age 85
Harold Kelly, 85, a harness racing driver who was a fixture at Freehold Raceway for a half-century, died on Oct. 19. According to an obituary posted online by the Higgins Memorial Home, Freehold Borough, Kelly was raised on a farm in western Pennsylvania and always had a passion for horses. He began his professional driving…
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Marlboro mayor condemns incident of harassment
MARLBORO – Mayor Jonathan Hornik has reaffirmed his position that “expressions of bias or intolerance are not welcome” in Marlboro and that “any crimes committed in this regard will be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law.” Hornik addressed the matter in an Oct. 20 letter to residents following an incident that occurred nine…
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Taco Bell application in Manalapan carried to Dec. 17
MANALAPAN – Representatives of an applicant that is proposing to construct a Taco Bell restaurant at the corner of Route 9 south and Taylors Mills Road did not appear before the Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment as scheduled on Oct. 15. When the Oct. 15 meeting began, the zoning board’s attorney, Ron Cucchiaro, announced that…
