Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Voters reject three proposals from Manalapan-Englishtown school board
Voters in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District rejected three construction proposals totaling $34.56 million that the Board of Education placed in front of them on Dec. 11. The first referendum question, totaling $3.5 million, proposed constructing four kindergarten classrooms at the Lafayette Mills School, making improvements to the kitchen area and redesigning the front parking…
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Allentown council will create Green Team to study sustainability issues
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council was expected to take action at its meeting on Dec. 11 to adopt an ordinance establishing a Green Team Advisory Committee. The advisory committee, which is generally referred to as the Green Team, will study and advise borough officials on issues of environmental and energy sustainability and meeting the goals…
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Mediterranean style of buildings an issue for Manalapan planning board
MANALAPAN – As testimony regarding the proposed Manalapan Crossing development concluded at the Nov. 29 meeting of the Manalapan Planning Board, the panel’s chairwoman and other members gave voice to a previously unexpressed view. “I like stucco, but not the Mediterranean terra cotta look. We are not in Florida, we are in the northeast,” the…
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Administrative cuts discussed in Manalapan-Englishtown school district
The reality of New Jersey’s new school funding law continued to be felt in the meeting room of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education on Dec. 4 at district headquarters in Englishtown. Board members grappled with a report from Superintendent of Schools John J. Marciante Jr. in which he said $3 million in…
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Manalapan-Englishtown voters will decide on $34.5M in school construction projects
Three proposals totaling $34.56 million will be on the ballot in Manalapan and Englishtown during a special election to be held on Dec. 11. The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education is asking voters in the two towns that comprise the district to approve the construction of new kindergarten classrooms, maintenance work and air…
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Manalapan-Englishtown school board opts to retain courtesy busing for 2019-20
Members of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education have decided to retain courtesy busing for the 2019-20 school year. During a meeting on Nov. 6, a consensus among board members was reached to provide bus service for all of the district’s approximately 5,100 pupils during the 2019-20 school year. Providing bus service to…
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Monmouth freeholders endorse plan for Route 537 improvements
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has endorsed a preliminary engineering plan for a project that will improve a congested stretch of Route 537 in Freehold Township. The freeholders took the action during a recent meeting. The plan that the freeholders are supporting includes refinements in what is referred to as the Preliminary Preferred Alternative…
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Residents of Millstone and Manalapan plead with planners to reject warehouse application
MANALAPAN – An applicant who wants to construct two warehouses at Route 33 and Smithburg Road, Manalapan, is expected to present revised plans on Dec. 17 when the Manalapan Planning Board resumes a public hearing on the plan. Joseph Skeba is seeking preliminary major site plan approval to construct two warehouses: Building A would total…
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Freehold Regional will join lawsuit suing state over school funding
The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education is joining a lawsuit that targets the New Jersey Department of Education in a fight for additional state funding. During a meeting on Nov. 19, board members voted 8-0 to take the action. Rebecca Policastro, the communications and district projects coordinator for the FRHSD, said board…
