Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Warehouse application in Manalapan carried to new year
MANALAPAN – Residents filled the meeting room at Manalapan town hall on Oct. 24, but they will have to return in January if they want to tell members of the Planning Board what they think about a developer’s proposal to build two warehouses on Route 33 near Pegasus Boulevard. No public comment was taken on…
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Allentown council awards contract for waste water treatment upgrades
After several years of discussion and planning, the members of the Allentown Borough Council took a significant step toward upgrading the municipality’s infrastructure when they voted 5-0 on Oct. 22 to award a contract for the construction of new waste water treatment facilities. Council President Thomas Fritts called the governing body’s action a “monumental” achievement…
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Four candidates bid for two seats on Allentown Borough Council
ALLENTOWN – Four residents are running for two three-year terms on the Allentown Borough Council in the Nov. 5 general election. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Democratic Councilman Rob Schmitt is seeking re-election to a third term. Thomas Braunworth and Martha Johnson are running for council seats on the Allentown…
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Manalapan-Englishtown board member: School district consolidation not a certainty
Pending legislation that would force certain New Jersey school districts to consolidate with other school districts will die if it is not enacted by January, according to a local school board member. During the Oct. 15 meeting of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education, board member Janet Lewis reported on an Oct. 10…
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Allentown council designates target enforcement zones for 2020
ALLENTOWN – Members of the Borough Council have voted 6-0 to designate five target enforcement zones in Allentown beginning on Jan. 1. Officials said the goal of the initiative to put the brakes on drivers who speed through town. Council members passed a resolution designating the target enforcement zones on Oct. 8 after discussing the…
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Fritts, Westfall seek four-year term as mayor in Allentown election
ALLENTOWN – Greg Westfall, who is serving the final year of his first four-year term as Allentown’s mayor, and Thomas Fritts, who is the president of the Borough Council, are vying for the mayor’s position in the Nov. 5 municipal election. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. In 2015, Westfall ran…
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Lack of a ruling on Manalapan crematorium case is frustrating
I am trying to understand how an employee can be asked to do something on her job and after two years of inaction still decline to tell her boss – the public – why she has not done what she was asked to do. In October 2017, attorneys representing the Manalapan Township Committee and the…
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Freeholders award contract for Sharon Station Road project
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has awarded a contract to Lucas Brothers Inc., Morganville, to undertake a major road improvement project in Upper Freehold Township. During a meeting on Oct. 10, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and freeholders Lillian Burry, Susan Kiley, Gerry Scharfenberger and Patrick Impreveduto voted to award an $18.52 million contract to…
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Four candidates seek two Township Committee seats in Manalapan
MANALAPAN – At least one newcomer to municipal government will win a three-year term on the Township Committee in the Nov. 5 election in Manalapan. At present, all five seats on the governing body are held by Republicans. Manalapan’s elected officials are Susan Cohen, Jack McNaboe, Mary Ann Musich, Kevin Uniglicht and Barry Jacobson. The…
