Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Company suing Freehold Township over Shake Shack denial
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A company that was denied permission to build a Shake Shack fast casual restaurant on Route 9 north in Freehold Township has filed a legal action against the Planning Board. During 2018, Leemilt’s Petroleum Inc. sought approval to construct a Shake Shack on the site of a former Getty gas station at…
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Cohen elected to serve as Manalapan mayor in 2019
MANALAPAN – Republican Township Committeewoman Susan Cohen has taken the gavel and will serve as Manalapan’s mayor for 2019. Cohen was elected to the position by her fellow members of the Township Committee when officials held the 2019 reorganization meeting on Jan. 2. Republican Committeeman Jack McNaboe was elected to serve as deputy mayor. Prior…
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Manalapan-Englishtown regional board will reorganize Jan. 8
The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education will hold its reorganization meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School (MEMS), Millhurst Road, Manalapan. Lori Semel, Joanne Schechter and James Raffone will be sworn in to begin serving three-year terms on the board. Semel, of Englishtown, and Schechter and Raffone, of…
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Stinemire concludes service on council
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Greg Westfall and Allentown Borough Council members recognized Johnna Stinemire as she participated in her final meeting as a member of the governing body on Dec. 11. Stinemire was elected as a councilwoman in November 2015 and served from Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31. During her term, Stinemire served as the…
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Health network will supplement Allentown First Aid Squad
ALLENTOWN – The new year will bring a change in emergency medical responses in Allentown: the Robert Wood Johnson Health Network Inc. will provide basic life support ambulance services during the day. The Allentown First Aid Squad will continue to provide basic life support ambulance services during the night. In December, Allentown Borough Council members…
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Millstone Boy Scouts complete projects to attain rank of Eagle Scout
MILLSTONE – Five young men who are members of Boy Scout Troop 116 in Millstone Township have attained the rank of Eagle Scout. The scouts who achieved the honor are Cole Meier, William Jacob Rears, Tommy White, Joshua Ian Matthew Siedman and Joseph Anthony Rogero. Rears and White are now in college, Meier and Rogero…
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Restored historic deeds receive permanent home in Allentown council chambers
ALLENTOWN – Two documents that tell part of Allentown’s history now have a permanent place in the meeting room at Borough Hall. Two deeds of sale – one from 1743 and one from 1774 – have been restored, framed and hung on the wall where members of the public who visit the municipal building can…
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Wawa, Chick-fil-A will be initial tenants at Route 9 development
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A Wawa convenience store and a Chick-fil-A restaurant are expected to be constructed on a vacant Route 9 parcel following a positive outcome at a meeting of the Freehold Township Planning Board. During a Dec. 6 meeting, representatives of M&M Realty Partners at Freehold LLC testified about their proposed Elton Plaza development…
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Proposal for two warehouses receives preliminary approval from Manalapan planners
MANALAPAN – A plan proposing the construction of two warehouses totaling almost 1 million square feet of space has received preliminary major site plan approval from the Manalapan Planning Board. At the conclusion of the fourth hearing on an application filed by Joseph Skeba, board members voted 8-1 on Dec. 17 to allow the project…
