Tag: Allentown
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Allentown council members hear details of 2021 municipal budget
ALLENTOWN – The members of the Allentown Borough Council may vote to introduce the 2021 municipal budget during their meeting on March 2. The March 2 meeting will be conducted in a virtual manner during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During the Feb. 16 meeting of the mayor and council, Chief Financial Officer June Madden reviewed…
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A Mystery in the Woods: The Ye Olde Robbins Burial Ground
By Thomas K. Robbins It had been raining the entire trip from Havre de Grace, Md., to Allentown in November 2004. I parked near the granite marker on the side of New Canton-Stone Tavern Road (Route 524) and looked for the trailhead. Finding it, I made my way up the hill trying to avoid falling…
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Allentown officials work to limit impact of neighboring corporate park
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Thomas Fritts has informed residents the developer of the Mercer Corporate Park in neighboring Robbinsville is working with borough officials on several items “to mitigate the impact of the development on Allentown.” Mercer Corporate Park is off Robbinsville-Allentown Road, which is known as Church Street in Allentown. Fritts said portions of the…
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Allentown News Briefs, Feb. 3
Allentown Borough Council members took the following actions during a meeting of the mayor and council on Jan. 19: • Officials authorized payment to the Earle Asphalt Company for repairs at Farmer Drive. According to a resolution, there was an emergency water main leak on Nov. 25, 2020 at Farmer Drive requiring repairs in the…
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Allentown mayor pleased with county’s response on no passing zones
ALLENTOWN – A meeting among representatives of Allentown and Monmouth County has resulted in county officials taking action to establish revised no passing zones in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township. During a meeting of the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 21, the members of the governing body unanimously passed a resolution that…
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Goal of planning effort is to maintain Allentown’s historic integrity
ALLENTOWN – Action is expected to be taken in the upcoming months by Borough Council members who may act to refine and define certain elements of Allentown’s master plan. A master plan is the document that guides the growth and development of a municipality. During the Jan. 19 meeting of the mayor and council, attorney…
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Allentown basketball players hoping for chance to play 2021 season
Editor’s note: Allentown High School was forced to close on Jan. 21 because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the school. In-person instruction is scheduled to resume on Feb. 3. All current winter sports are on pause until that date. This article was written as the outbreak occurred. The players on the Allentown High School girls…
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Mayor: Working together, Allentown had many accomplishments in 2020
ALLENTOWN – During his annual address to residents, Allentown Mayor Thomas Fritts reviewed the accomplishments of the mayor, Borough Council members, municipal employees, municipal professionals and volunteers during 2020. According to the mayor: • Municipal officials kept the tax levy flat; • Allentown received a $7,248 grant from the Monmouth County Historical Commission to replace…
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Allentown government reorganizes; officials look forward to busy 2021
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials in Allentown have a full agenda of projects ahead of them in 2021 and they got the new year’s business underway when they held their annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. The 2021 reorganization meeting marked a first for the historic borough on the far western border of Monmouth County as…
