Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Allentown council expects to enter into contract for emergency medical services
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council intends to award a 24-hour emergency medical services contract to Capital Health by entering into a shared services agreement with neighboring Upper Freehold Township. According to a resolution council members passed in a 5-0 vote on Jan. 21, officials in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township “have been working together to…
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Friends, family members pay respects to Stephanie Parze
Mourners made their way to St. Rose of Lima Church in Freehold Borough on the morning of Jan. 31 to remember the life of and pay their respects to Stephanie Nicole Parze. A casket bearing the young woman’s body was carried into the church by pallbearers at 9:30 a.m. as her family members and others…
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Allentown picks professionals to work on greenbelt preservation effort
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has appointed four professionals to Allentown’s greenbelt defense team. The action at the council’s Jan. 21 meeting came after officials moved in late 2019 to allocate funding for the defense of the greenbelt at Allentown’s borders. Council President Robert Strovinsky and council members Martha Johnson, Dan Payson, Michael Drennan and…
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Prosecutor confirms body found in Old Bridge is Stephanie Parze
The remains of Stephanie Parze, the Freehold Township woman who has been missing since Oct. 31, have been located and identified. On the morning of Jan. 27, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced that a body that was found in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, on the afternoon of Jan. 26 had been identified as Parze,…
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Freeholders authorize purchase of parcel for Metedeconk River Greenway
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is adding land to the Metedeconk River Greenway. The 457-acre greenway protects water quality and wildlife habitat along the Metedeconk River, a natural border between Monmouth and Ocean counties, according to the Monmouth County Park System. The greenway helps protect and buffer floodplains from adjacent land use and development.…
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Manalapan: Former school board member pleads guilty in Superior Court
Joseph L. Tringali of Manalapan has pleaded guilty to one count of third degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, but he is not expected to serve jail time for the crime. A spokesman for Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said Tringali, 47, pleaded guilty on Jan. 20 in front of state Superior Court Judge Joseph W.…
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Redesigned ‘gateway signs’ will welcome visitors to Allentown
ALLENTOWN – Borough Council members have voted to accept the wording that is expected to be included on new “gateway signs” that will be placed at six locations in Allentown. The signs were a topic of discussion during the council’s Jan. 21 meeting at Borough Hall. Allison Arnone, who chairs the Parks and Public Spaces…
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Freehold Township Planning Board approves addition to hospital
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Members of the Freehold Township Planning Board have granted site plan approval and variance relief to the administrators of CentraState Medical Center to build an addition to the hospital. The medical center is located on West Main Street (Route 537). Representatives of the medical center appeared before the board on Jan. 16…
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Applicant revises aspects of proposal for Manalapan warehouse project
MANALAPAN – A civil engineer outlined several revisions to the proposed Manalapan Logistics Center before a packed meeting room in the Manalapan municipal building. Countryside Developers Inc. is proposing to build two warehouses on Route 33 near Pegasus Boulevard. A decision on the application was not reached during the Planning Board’s Jan. 9 meeting and…
