Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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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…
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Allentown council supports fire company’s bid for $128K grant
ALLENTOWN – In a unanimous vote, the members of the Allentown Borough Council have passed a resolution supporting the Hope Fire Company’s grant application seeking funding for the purchase of personal protective equipment. Council members took the action on Nov. 13. The Hope Fire Company, which is based in Upper Freehold Township, serves a 48-square-mile…
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Landscape architect will design Ashby Park in Allentown
ALLENTOWN — The Allentown Borough Council has voted unanimously to hire E&LP Associates as the landscape architect for the planned Sgt. George Ashby Memorial Park. E&LP Associates was selected from a group of eight companies that responded to a request for proposals that was issued by Allentown, according to a resolution council members passed on…
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Freeholders will purchase 30-acre parcel for addition to Metedeconk greenway
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will purchase a 30-acre property on Fort Plains Road in Howell and add the land to the Metedeconk River Greenway. During a meeting on Nov. 20, the freeholders authorized the acquisition of the Einsiedler property at 766 Fort Plains Road, Howell, at a cost of $700,000, upon satisfactory title…
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Election officials confirm passage of $7.18M school construction referendum
Final results posted by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office on Nov. 19 confirmed the passage of a $7.18 million construction referendum proposed by the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education. Initial results posted after the Nov. 6 election showed the referendum passing by a count of 2,123 “yes” votes to 2,068 “no” votes.…
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Final count confirms Strovinsky, Drennan winning council seats
ALLENTOWN – While the final vote count changed, the results of the race for two seats on the Allentown Borough Council did not as newcomer Michael Drennan and incumbent Councilman Robert Strovinsky won three-year terms on the governing body. The terms will run from January 2019 through December 2021. Final results posted by the Monmouth…
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Voters in Manalapan and Englishtown reject proposal for window safety film
Voters in Manalapan and Englishtown have rejected a public question the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education placed on the Nov. 6 ballot. The board asked residents of the two towns that comprise the district to authorize an expenditure of $160,000 to install impact-resistant window safety film at all of the district’s schools. Safety…
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Pallone turns back challenge from Freehold Township resident
An area resident came up short in his bid to unseat a longtime member of the U.S. Congress and represent a portion of central New Jersey in Washington, D.C. On Election Day, Nov. 6, Republican businessman Rich Pezzullo, a resident of Freehold Township, conceded the race for Congress in New Jersey’s Sixth Congressional District to…
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Monmouth freeholders preserve open space in county’s panhandle region
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is spending money to preserve open space in the western portion of the county. The freeholders took two actions at their meeting on Nov. 8 that affect one property each in Millstone Township and in Upper Freehold Township. First, the freeholders passed a resolution authorizing the acquisition of land…
