Tag: Allentown
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Allentown High School students face drug charges
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer Three Allentown High School students have been charged with drug offenses. On Dec. 14 at 1:10 p.m., troopers from the New Jersey State Police responded to a report of three male students being in possession of illegal substances at the high school, High Street, Allentown, according to state police Sgt.…
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Allentown will pursue storm water drain repairs
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The borough’s engineer has been authorized to proceed with work that will advance a project to repair storm drain infrastructure in Allentown. During a Borough Council meeting on Nov. 29, council members voted to permit the Roberts Engineering Group, Hamilton Township, to undertake the work that is required…
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Allentown wrestlers look for repeat success on the mats
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s wrestling team hopes to recapture the excitement of last season as it prepares to hits the mats this winter. Allentown comes off a 15-8 season, during which the team won its first division championship since 2007, had two wrestlers advance to the state championships, went 12-1 in Mercer County…
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Michaud declared winner of school board seat after recount
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Lara Michaud has won a three-year term on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education as a representative from Allentown. Michaud was appointed to the board in September to complete an unexpired term that will end on Dec. 31. During the campaign season, the three-year term…
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Allentown council commends officer
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Mayor Greg Westfall and members of the Borough Council have commended an Allentown patrolman who arrested a man who was subsequently charged with criminal sexual contact and lewdness in a borough park. At a meeting on Nov. 29, Councilwoman Angela Anthony, who serves as the public safety liaison,…
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Redbirds set to battle for state sectional football crown
By Wayne Witkowski Halfback Joe Mannino, quarterback Jordan Winston and their senior and junior teammates remember two years ago when they were in Allentown High School’s football program that reached the state playoff championship game for the first time, losing in the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group III finals in overtime to Delsea Regional High School.…
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Allentown authorizes bond for treatment plant upgrades
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has adopted an ordinance that appropriates $3,030,000 for significant upgrades to Allentown’s waste water treatment plant and authorizes the issuance of bonds in that amount to finance the project. The bond ordinance was adopted on Nov. 29 with affirmative votes from council President Wil Borkowski,…
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Ravens counting on experience in return to the ice
By Wayne Witkowski The Ravens, a co-op ice hockey team consisting of players from Robbinsville High School and Allentown High Schools going back to the 2011-12 season, is shooting for a strong upswing from last season’s 12-9-3 campaign with a solid nucleus of returning players. The team opens its season Nov. 26 at Jersey Shore…
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Allentown truck ban could face court challenge
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has adopted an ordinance that bans trucks weighing more than 4 tons from Allentown’s streets. The ordinance was introduced on Oct. 25 and adopted at the council’s Nov. 15 meeting with affirmative votes from council President Wil Borkowski, Councilman Robert Strovinsky, Councilwoman Madeline Gavin, Councilwoman…
