Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Allentown council members appoint Panckeri as police chief
ALLENTOWN – Daniel Panckeri has been named chief of the Allentown Police Department. Panckeri, a lieutenant who had been leading the police department as Officer in Charge for a decade, was named chief during the 2020 reorganization meeting of the Allentown mayor and Borough Council on Jan. 7. Borough Council President Robert Strovinsky and council…
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Allentown mayor appoints residents to borough positions
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Thomas Fritts has named residents to serve on Allentown’s boards and commissions. He made the appointments during the 2020 reorganization meeting of the borough’s governing body on Jan. 7 in Borough Hall. Named to the Board of Recreation Commissioners were Dianna Bamford, Barbara Pleva, Michael Pleva, Craig Rondinone and Joe Sensi for…
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Judge will hear residents’ comments about NJNG facility in Holmdel
HOLMDEL – A judge will conduct a public hearing on an appeal of a decision of the Holmdel Zoning Board of Adjustment denying the application of New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) for the construction of a proposed regulator station on a 16-acre tract at 960 Holmdel Road. The judge from the New Jersey Office of…
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FRHSD superintendent warns residents about next state aid decrease
The issue of state funding for the Freehold Regional High School District was a topic of Superintendent of Schools Charles Sampson’s regular report during a recent meeting. The Board of Education held its 2020 reorganization meeting on Jan. 6 at the district’s offices in Englishtown. The board oversees the operation of high schools in Colts…
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Holmdel Township Committee introduces ordinance to record, live stream meetings
HOLMDEL – Members of the Holmdel Township Committee are planning to video record and live stream their meetings. To put that plan into motion, the committee members at a meeting on Jan. 14 introduced an ordinance directing video recording and live streaming of public meetings of the Township Committee. A public hearing on the ordinance…
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Monmouth freeholders plan to add parcel to Metedeconk Greenway
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is adding land to the Metedeconk 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. The…
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Fritts takes oath of office as Allentown mayor; Johnson, Payson join council
ALLENTOWN – Thomas Fritts has begun serving his first four-year term as the mayor of Allentown. Municipal clerk Laurie Roth administered the oath of office to Fritts during the Jan. 7 reorganization meeting of the borough’s governing body. Fritts completed his first three-year term on the Borough Council in December and moved into the mayor’s…
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Manalapan-Englishtown school board reorganizes for 2020
Four residents have been sworn in to begin serving terms on the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education. The board held its 2020 reorganization meeting on Jan. 7 at the Pine Brook School, Manalapan. The three winners in the Nov. 5 school board election – incumbents Gerald Bruno and Christine Parisi, and David Kane,…
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Manalapan officials urge state to revoke residential facility’s license
MANALAPAN – In one of its final pieces of business in 2019, the Manalapan Township Committee passed a resolution which calls on the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to revoke the residential health care facility license pertaining to Manalapan Manor. Manalapan Manor, which is located on Route 33, was formerly known as Marianne…
