Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor
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Drennan, Strovinsky win three-year terms on Allentown council
ALLENTOWN – Newcomer Michael Drennan and incumbent councilman Robert Strovinsky won three-year terms on the Allentown Borough Council in the Nov. 6 election. According to results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, Drennan and Strovinsky, who each received 438 votes, claimed the terms that will run from January 2019 through December 2021. Drennan…
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Upper Freehold Regional board awaits confirmation of referendum’s approval
The Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education is waiting for Monmouth County to certify the results of its $7.18 million construction referendum, which appears to have been approved by voters in the Nov. 6 election. Unofficial results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office show the referendum passing by a count of…
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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…
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Pallone turns back challenge from Freehold Township resident
A longtime Democratic incumbent reclaimed his seat in New Jersey’s Sixth Congressional District. On Election Day, Nov. 6, Republican businessman Rich Pezzullo, a resident of Freehold Township, conceded the race for Congress to Frank J. Pallone Jr., a resident of Long Branch. Pallone’s new term will run from January 2019 through December 2020. The Sixth…
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Monmouth County awards contract for repairs to damaged bridge in Howell
HOWELL – The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has taken action to ensure repairs will be made to a bridge in Howell that was damaged during the summer. On Oct. 25, the freeholders awarded an emergency $1.574 million contract to Lucas Construction Group Inc. to perform repairs to bridge HL-59 on Ramtown-Greenville Road over Muddy…
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Manalapan-Englishtown voters will decide three referendum questions
The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education has set Dec. 11 as the date for a referendum that will ask voters in the towns that comprise the district to vote on three proposals. “We are not combining projects that do not go together,” Superintendent of Schools John J. Marciante Jr. said in explaining why…
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Allentown officials search for solution to deal with hazardous trees
ALLENTOWN – Trees on private property that are causing issues for neighboring lots remain an ongoing problem for Allentown officials. During a recent meeting of the mayor and Borough Council, Mayor Greg Westfall said he spends a significant amount of time dealing with the issue. “Monmouth County has removed some trees that were in the…
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Allentown council honors borough’s crossing guard
ALLENTOWN – Borough officials have thanked a long-serving employee and recognized her for decades of dedicated service to Allentown. During a Borough Council meeting on Oct. 23, officials saluted Alice Stanhope and honored her on 40 years of service with the Allentown Police Department. According to a resolution, Stanhope was hired on Oct. 10, 1978,…
