Tag: Allentown
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School district representatives describe revised referendum for Allentown officials
ALLENTOWN – Representatives of the Upper Freehold Regional School District have formally notified Allentown’s mayor and Borough Council that a school referendum to be placed before voters on Nov. 6 is $2.31 million less than a referendum voters rejected on Sept. 26, 2017. Board of Education President Patricia Hogan, Business Administrator Margaret Hom and Acting…
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Allentown residents may comment on master plan
ALLENTOWN – During its regular meeting at 7 p.m. June 4, the Allentown Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the borough’s proposed master plan. The master plan has been prepared for the board by Thomas A. Thomas and T. Andrew Thomas of Thomas Planning Associates, the board’s planners. The public hearing will be…
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Allentown council will hire attorney to investigate employee complaints
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council will hire an independent counsel to investigate a series of employee complaints and resignations. During a recent meeting, members of Allentown’s governing body passed a resolution stating their intention to employ an outside attorney for that purpose. The resolution states the employee complaints and multiple resignations have been filed with…
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Freiberger to serve as grand marshal of Allentown Memorial Day parade
ALLENTOWN – Bob Freiberger, a former member of the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township and a well-known individual in Monmouth County agricultural circles, will serve as the grand marshal of the 2018 Memorial Day parade in Allentown. The Allentown Lions Club will host the parade, rain or shine, at 10:30 a.m. May 28. Parade…
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Allentown bids to rally in its pursuit of a second straight state baseball title
Brett Carroll Staff Writer Issues must be first settled before the Allentown High School baseball team can focus on repeating as the Group 3 state tournament champion. Allentown has run into some inconsistent play that has left the coach, Bob Nice, looking for answers. “A little bit of everything,”Nice said about what has been the…
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Allentown council will seek details on possible school referendum
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials are planning to invite representatives of the Upper Freehold Regional School District to attend an Allentown Borough Council meeting to discuss the projects that may be included in a school district referendum. During the May 8 meeting of the governing body, Councilman John A. Elder III reported that after seeing a…
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Upper Freehold Regional school board adopts $38.7M budget for 2018-19
The Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education has adopted a $38.7 million budget that will fund the operation of the district during the 2018-19 school year. Following a discussion among district administrators and board members and a public hearing, the budget was adopted on April 25. The budget appears to leave Allentown property…
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Allentown parking lot plan on hold as borough continues to seek funding
ALLENTOWN — A plan to develop a municipal parking lot in Allentown remains without funding. During the April 10 meeting of the Borough Council, Wil Borkowski, a former member of the governing body, asked for an update on a plan officials have discussed during the past year. The project in question would be to construct…
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Allentown Borough Council adopts $2.45 million budget for 2018
ALLENTOWN – With a unanimous vote, members of the Borough Council have adopted a $2.45 million municipal budget to fund the operation of Allentown during 2018. The owner of a home assessed at the borough average of $290,270 will pay $2,322 in municipal taxes in 2018, the same as in 2017. The budget was adopted…
