Author: PETER ELACQUA, Staff Writer
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Project expected to stabilize streambank on Pleasant Valley Road
MARLBORO – The Marlboro Township Council has introduced an ordinance that would, if adopted, appropriate a $420,236 grant for a Pleasant Valley streambank project. Council members introduced the ordinance on July 11 and set Aug. 15 as the date for a public hearing on the proposal. The grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…
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Independent candidates file to run in Holmdel
HOLMDEL – Cathy Weber and Prakash Santhana have filed to run as independent candidates for Holmdel Township Committee in the November general election. The pair will run against current Mayor Eric Hinds and Board of Education member Chiung-Yin Liu under the slogan “Holmdel First – People over Politics”. According to a press release, the candidates believe…
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Wawa application expected to resume Aug. 13
MARLBORO – Testimony on a plan to construct a Wawa convenience store with a gas station and a medical office building near the intersection of Route 520 and Route 79 has been carried to the Aug. 13 meeting of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment. The application was scheduled to be heard on July 9,…
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Colts Neck officials limit locations where smoking is prohibited in town
COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has adopted an ordinance that will limit smoking in areas around Colts Neck. The ordinance was unanimously adopted during the committee’s June 26 meeting following a public hearing. The new section of the municipal code will prohibit smoking or vaping on or at all municipal properties, including parks and…
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Technical issue delays Wawa hearing until Marlboro zoning board’s July 9 meeting
MARLBORO – Testimony on an applicant’s plan to construct a Wawa convenience store with a gas station and a medical office building near the intersection of Route 520 and Route 79 was not heard as expected during the June 25 meeting of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment. Instead, attorney Edward Liston, who represents the…
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Marlboro Planning Board will hear application for house of worship
MARLBORO – An application proposing the construction of a church on Union Hill Road is scheduled to be heard by the Marlboro Planning Board on July 17. The applicant, The Church in Marlboro, is represented by attorney Salvatore Alfieri. The Church in Marlboro is proposing to construct a 7,680-square-foot, split-level church/house of worship with a…
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Colts Neck officials update loitering, peddling ordinances
COLTS NECK – A pair of ordinances have been adopted by the Colts Neck Township Committee that will update the municipal code. Each ordinance was adopted with a 5-0 vote from committee members following a public hearing. Mayor Thomas Orgo, Deputy Mayor Frank Rizzuto and committeemen J.P. Bartolomeo, Russell Macnow and Michael Viola voted “yes”…
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Proposed ordinance would place limits on smoking in Colts Neck
COLTS NECK – A public hearing on an ordinance that will, if adopted, update Colts Neck’s municipal code will be held tonight, June 26. Following the public hearing, the Township Committee may adopt the ordinance. The new section of the municipal code would prohibit smoking or vaping on or at all municipal properties, including parks…
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Proposal for Wawa, medical offices will continue before Marlboro zoning board
MARLBORO – Representatives of an applicant that is proposing to construct a Wawa convenience store with a gas station and a medical office building are expected to continue presenting testimony about the plan before the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment on June 25. Marlboro North Main, LLC, is represented by attorney Jason R. Tuvel. The…
