Tag: Allentown
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Company will install generator at Allentown waste water treatment plant
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has awarded a contract to Manor II Electric Inc., Holmdel, for the replacement of an emergency generator at the borough’s waste water treatment plant. Officials said 11 firms obtained plans and specifications for the work and 10 contractors submitted bids in March. The project was estimated to cost $299,500 and Manor…
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Allentown will seek bids for waste water treatment plant improvements
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has taken a significant step on the road to upgrading Allentown’s waste water treatment plant by authorizing the Roberts Engineering Group to advertise the project and seek bids from companies that want to do the work. Council members took the action during a meeting on April 10. In 2017, the…
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Allentown girls’ basketball team ends record season
This girls’ basketball season will be long remembered at Allentown High School. The Redbirds enjoyed a winter that saw them soar to a 24-4 record — the most victories the program achieved in one season — and a berth in the Central Jersey, Group 3 state sectional tournament championship game. A major highlight also centered around…
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Allentown has no candidates for council seats at this time
ALLENTOWN – There may be a race for two seats on the Allentown Borough Council in the November election, but as of today residents do not know who among them will be running for office. When the April 2 deadline arrived for Democrats and Republicans to file a nominating petition, no one turned in the…
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Upper Freehold Regional board introduces $42.8M school budget
The Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education has introduced a $42.8 million budget that will fund the operation of the district during the 2018-19 school year. The budget appears to leave Allentown property owners with stable school taxes, but it may hike the school taxes of a person who owns the “average” home…
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Allentown engineer will design new round of streetscape improvements
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials have authorized the borough’s engineer, the Roberts Engineering Group, to complete a design for and seek bids on phase II of Allentown’s historic streetscape project. The Borough Council took the action during a recent meeting. In passing a resolution, officials said the Roberts Engineering Group has completed the topographic survey phase…
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Allentown makes switch in engineer on treatment plant project
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials have ended their relationship with the firm that was hired to oversee the completion of a new waste water treatment plant and hired the company that serves as Allentown’s borough engineer to take over tasks associated with the treatment plant project. Borough Council members unanimously passed a resolution to terminate Allentown’s…
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Allentown streetscape committee will make recommendations for project
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has created a panel that will assist officials in planning the second phase of Allentown’s streetscape improvements and named members to the advisory body. In a resolution, council members said they “recognize the need to get feedback from key borough commissions and community groups as well as residents on Church…
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Allentown council schedules public hearing for 2018 budget
ALLENTOWN – The owner of a home assessed at the Allentown average of $290,270 will pay $2,322 in municipal taxes in 2018, the same as in 2017. Borough officials will collect the same total amount of money from Allentown’s property owners in 2018 – $1.54 million – as they collected to support the budget in…
