• Keyport serves as dogs’ best friend

    Keyport serves as dogs’ best friend

    Creating a canine-friendly evening complete with vendors, music and a late-night movie, the Keyport Bayfront Business Cooperative served as the host to its third annual “Dog’s Night Out.” “We are always looking to bring people into town and walk, shop and dine. This seemed like a great opportunity to accomplish that while supporting animal lovers…

  • Residents disagree on affordable housing options in Sayreville

    Residents disagree on affordable housing options in Sayreville

    SAYREVILLE – A plan from borough officials to meet Sayreville’s affordable housing regulations is being met with concerns from residents. At a Borough Council meeting on June 26, members of the public spoke about four introduced ordinances related to affordable housing. If adopted, the ordinances will amend the borough’s affordable housing ordinance, add a new…

  • Red Bank council  introduces housing ordinance

    Red Bank council introduces housing ordinance

    The Red Bank Borough Council introduced an ordinance, which if eventually passed, will amend the borough code to allow any non-conforming structure damaged due to a natural incident to be rebuilt without a variance. “Briefly, what prompted the ordinance is that a resident’s house recently burned down. The house was in an industrial zone. Under the current…

  • Allentown to establish affordable housing regulations

    Allentown to establish affordable housing regulations

    ALLENTOWN – In introducing an ordinance that establishes regulations having to do with affordable housing, municipal officials said they are trying to provide a level of protection for Allentown. The ordinance was introduced on June 27 and has been scheduled for a public hearing during the Borough Council’s July 18 meeting. Affordable housing is defined…

  • South River Library to provide satellite location for the summer

    South River Library to provide satellite location for the summer

    SOUTH RIVER – Aiming to provide more educational services to residents on the northern side of the borough, South River Library Director Evalina Scheidegger is introducing a satellite library program. “Our goal is to make library services accessible to as many residents as possible, as was determined during our strategic planning process,” Scheidegger said. The…

  • New auto dealership to rise in Freehold Township

    New auto dealership to rise in Freehold Township

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Route 9 building that housed a Chevrolet dealership for more than 40 years is expected to be demolished and replaced with a new structure that will return the sale of Chevrolet vehicles to Freehold Township. During a meeting on June 15, the Planning Board voted to direct its attorney to prepare…

  • Howell approves school administrators’ pacts

    Howell approves school administrators’ pacts

    HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education has approved a new five-year contract for Superintendent of Schools Joseph Isola and one-year pacts for three top administrators. Isola’s new contract will run from the start of the 2017-18 school year through the end of the 2021-22 school year. Isola’s initial annual salary under…

  • First Reformed Church of South River to hold evening Bible school

    First Reformed Church of South River to hold evening Bible school

    The First Reformed Church of South River is offering a free evening Bible school focusing on what it means to be a neighbor in a community as diverse as South River. The program will be held from 6-8 p.m. Mondays, July 17-31 and Aug. 7 at the church, 40 Thomas St., South River. Each evening, children…

  • Reed, rain top Wall Stadium Twin Modified races

    Reed, rain top Wall Stadium Twin Modified races

    Two-time and defending Freehold Ford Modified stock car driving champion Steven Reed of Jackson and a sudden downpour later in the evening topped the scheduled Twin 35-lap Modified main events at Wall Stadium Speedway July 8. The rain, which suddenly began falling just after 9 p.m., also claimed a companion 25-lapper for the O’Shea Auto…

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