Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor

  • Owner ready to move forward with construction of Old Silver Tavern

    Owner ready to move forward with construction of Old Silver Tavern

    MANALAPAN – The long-awaited construction of a new Old Silver Tavern on Freehold-Englishtown Road (Route 522) in Manalapan may be ready to get underway. That was the message delivered to the members of the Planning Board by attorney Frank Accisano on June 27. Accisano represents James Lawson, who plans to build a new restaurant at…

  • Board grants approval for office-warehouse on Sobechko Road

    Board grants approval for office-warehouse on Sobechko Road

    MANALAPAN – Following a one-hour hearing, an applicant who proposed to construct a 2,400-squre-foot storage/warehouse and office facility at 12 Sobechko Road, Manalapan, received the go-ahead to do so from the Planning Board. Sobechko Road runs between Pension Road and Route 527 (Englishtown-Old Bridge Road), through the Englishtown Auction Sales property. On June 27, attorney…

  • Board’s chairman asks for full-time zoning officer to be hired in Tinton Falls

    Board’s chairman asks for full-time zoning officer to be hired in Tinton Falls

    TINTON FALLS – The chairman of the Tinton Falls Zoning Board of Adjustment has informed municipal officials that residents are not adhering to zoning regulations and that a full-time zoning officer needs to be hired in a community that is still developing. Ron Battista, who chairs the zoning board, addressed Mayor Vito Perillo and Borough…

  • Tinton Falls council renews liquor licenses

    Tinton Falls council renews liquor licenses

    TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council has renewed liquor licenses for business and organizations in the municipality. Officials took the action during their meeting on June 18. The license renewals are for the perird from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Council members renewed the following plenary retail consumption licenses: Twin Brook at Tinton…

  • Keyport council awards contract for solid waste collection

    Keyport council awards contract for solid waste collection

    KEYPORT – The Keyport Borough Council has awarded a one-year contract to Suburban Disposal for solid waste and recyclable materials collection and disposal for the borough. Councilman Joseph Sheridan, Councilman Isaiah Cooper, Councilman Matthew Goode, Councilwoman Victoria Pacheco, Councilman Dennis Fotopoulos and Councilwoman Delia McDermott voted to award the contract to the company during a…

  • Keyport council renews liquor licenses for businesses, clubs

    Keyport council renews liquor licenses for businesses, clubs

    KEYPORT – The Borough Council has renewed the liquor licenses of businesses and organizations in Keyport for the period beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2020. Councilman Joseph Sheridan, Councilman Isaiah Cooper, Councilman Matthew Goode, Councilwoman Victoria Pacheco, Councilman Dennis Fotopoulos and Councilwoman Delia McDermott voted to renew the liquor licenses during a…

  • Manalapan officials renew liquor licenses for businesses, organizations

    Manalapan officials renew liquor licenses for businesses, organizations

    MANALAPAN – The Township Committee has renewed liquor licenses that are held by corporations and clubs in Manalapan. Committee members took the action during a recent meeting. The liquor licenses were renewed from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. The following licenses were renewed: Knob Hill Bowling, LLC (Country Lanes); Battleground Country Club, LLC…

  • Monmouth County freeholders to acquire easement, open space parcels

    Monmouth County freeholders to acquire easement, open space parcels

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is continuing to pursue its stated goal to acquire and preserve properties throughout the region. At their meeting on June 26, the freeholders took action on three properties in western Monmouth County. First, the freeholders authorized a county cost share for a development easement purchase in Millstone Township by…

  • Board chairmen ask Allentown officials to create a park committee

    Board chairmen ask Allentown officials to create a park committee

    ALLENTOWN – The residents who lead four committees in Allentown are asking the town’s elected officials to create a new body that would be responsible for the development and improvement of all borough-designated parklands. Nancy Tindall, who chairs the Allentown Environmental Commission, wrote on behalf of Jan Meerwarth, the chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission,…