Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Monmouth County signs emergency declaration; extends restriction for public access through April 3
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders held a press conference on March 20 to announce the signing of a Monmouth County Emergency Declaration. “Our top priority remains the safety of our residents and our employees during this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic,” Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone said. “We feel that a Monmouth County Emergency Declaration is…
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Monmouth County supports national scenic byway nomination
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is lending its support to an initiative in Upper Freehold Township to nominate the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway as a National Scenic Byway. The freeholders passed a resolution of support during their meeting on March 12. According to the resolution, the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway is a…
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A milestone in life will be marked quietly
This sure is not the column I was expecting to write for an edition of this newspaper that will be published two days before a milestone birthday in my life. I suppose the good news is that on March 27, I will be able to line up with the rest of my now fellow “seniors”…
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Monmouth County freeholders introduce budget for 2020
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has introduced a $452.8 million budget to fund the operation of the county during 2020. The budget was introduced during a meeting on March 12 in Freehold Borough. Voting “yes” on a motion to introduce the budget were Freeholder Director Thomas Arnone and freeholders Lillian Burry, Patrick Impreveduto, Sue…
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Manalapan-Englishtown board plans to move district offices to MEMS
The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education is planning to move the district’s administrative offices to the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School (MEMS) on a permanent basis. The plan to move the administrative offices out of the former Main Street School at 54 Main St., Englishtown, was discussed during the March 17 board meeting held…
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Earle Asphalt awarded $27M contract for Halls Mill Road improvements
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has awarded a $27 million contract to the Earle Asphalt Company to construct long-planned improvements in Freehold Township and Howell. On March 12, the freeholders awarded the contract to the Earle Asphalt Company, Wall Township. The road improvements will be made to Halls Mill Road and county Route 524…
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Manalapan resident hospitalized with coronavirus
MANALAPAN – Deputy Mayor Susan Cohen, who serves as Manalapan’s public information officer, has reported the township has one presumptive positive case of COVID-19, that of a 53-year-old male who is hospitalized. “Our health officer has made requests to the state health department to have additional family members tested,” Cohen said in a message on…
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Allentown environmental panel will investigate options for possible plastics ban
ALLENTOWN – The Allentown Environmental Commission will begin to research how borough officials may eventually adopt an ordinance that would ban single-use plastic items in the community. Three members of the commission, Chairwoman Nancy Tindall, Vice Chairman Bill Cotte and Secretary Patricia Brown, appeared before the mayor and Borough Council on March 10 to seek…
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Allentown events cancelled; URFSD schools closed March 12
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Thomas Fritts has announced that two events scheduled to be held during March in Allentown have been cancelled in the face of the ongoing coronavirus illness that has spread to parts of New Jersey. In a notice to Allentown residents, Fritts wrote, “As mayor, my primary responsibility is to ensure the safety…
