Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Allentown officials working out details of traffic initiatives
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Thomas Fritts said he is committed to making 2021 “the year of traffic enforcement” in Allentown. During the Oct. 13 meeting of the mayor and Borough Council, Fritts discussed two traffic enforcement initiatives municipal officials have been attempting to advance in recent years. One initiative involves local speed enforcement zones and the…
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Testimony focuses on use of Manalapan site for warehouses vs. distribution center
MANALAPAN – A planner testifying on behalf of an objector has told the Manalapan Planning Board that the number of vehicles entering and leaving a commercial site on Route 33 may depend on how the use of the property is defined. Countryside Developers Inc. is proposing to build what it describes as two warehouses on…
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State, county and Colts Neck will purchase preservation easement
The state, Monmouth County and Colts Neck are pooling their resources to purchase a farmland preservation easement on a property in Colts Neck. During a recent meeting, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders passed a resolution authorizing the release of the funding for the acquisition of the easement on a 25.7-acre parcel known as the…
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Four candidates in race for two seats on Borough Council in Allentown
ALLENTOWN – Four residents of Allentown are seeking two three-year terms on the Borough Council in the 2020 election. The residents running for office are Democrat Robert H. Schmitt Jr. and independent candidates John A. Elder III, Linda Cotte and Erica Torsiello. Cotte has lived in Allentown for 22 years and ran for a council…
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Discussion about proposed Taco Bell in Manalapan expected to resume
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 are expected back before the Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment on Oct. 15. Yum & Chill TB Holdings, LLC, is proposing to demolish a Shell gas and service station…
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Officials: Work at Allentown treatment plant remains on schedule
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials reported this week that the construction of Allentown’s new waste water treatment plant on Breza Road remains on schedule. The news comes several weeks after Borough Council members authorized the latest payments for work that has been completed on the project by Pact Two, LLC. Regarding the ongoing construction, officials said…
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Clark Mills School achieves Blue Ribbon status
The Clark Mills School in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, which educates children in first through fifth grade, has earned the Blue Ribbon designation for high student achievement from the U.S. Department of Education. The award is for 2020. Clark Mills was one of nine New Jersey public schools – and the only school in…
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EPA finalizes change to cleanup plan for Imperial Oil Superfund site in Marlboro
MARLBORO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a change to its September 1992 plan to address groundwater contamination at the Imperial Oil Co. Inc./Champion Chemical federal Superfund site off Tennent Road near Route 79 in the Morganville section of Marlboro. Groundwater data collected since the remedy for site soils was completed at…
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Discussion of trucks’ use of overpass dominates Manalapan Planning Board hearing
MANALAPAN – Large trucks using an overpass near the Village Grande adult community to access Route 33 west was the primary topic of the Manalapan Planning Board’s Sept. 24 meeting when a hearing on the proposed Manalapan Logistics Center continued. Countryside Developers Inc. is proposing to build two warehouses on an 86-acre property on Route…
