Tag: Allentown
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Change in engineer draws ire of sewer committee members
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Questions over which firm will handle the submission of an application seeking funding for the construction of a new waste water treatment plant has become a point of contention in Allentown. In a statement he read during the Sept. 13 meeting of the Borough Council, Mayor Greg Westfall…
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Allentown officials will monitor potential impact of school budget
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials said they will keep close tabs on all of the variables that will be used to determine how much money Allentown property owners will pay to support the operation of the Upper Freehold Regional School District in the 2017-18 academic year. Allentown and Upper Freehold Township…
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Allentown mayor seeks traffic study
By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Mayor Greg Westfall has asked the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) to conduct a traffic study in Allentown as borough residents and business owners continue to deal with a steady stream of traffic that traverses the community every day. In a Sept. 7 letter to NJTPA Executive…
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Millstone’s Palladino falls short of record in Muhlenberg football loss
By Wayne Witkowski ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Senior quarterback Nick Palladino of Millstone has achieved many milestones with others ahead for him on Muhlenberg College’s football team. But he fell short of one Sept. 24 when Johns Hopkins University, which won the game, 30-24, survived a long drive that came up shore for Muhlenberg, ignited by Palladino…
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Allentown runners prepare for Shore Coaches cross-country meet
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s girls’ cross-country team is keeping pace with another solid season behind junior Devon Hoernlein heading into the New Balance Shore Coaches Cross-Country Invitational Oct. 1 at Holmdel Park. “We were fourth last year in [NJSIAA] Central Jersey, Group III, and we’ve gotten even stronger,” Rick Smith, who coaches the…
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Energy program expected to result in savings for Allentown
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – In a move officials expect will save money on the operation of borough-owned properties, Allentown has joined an energy aggregation program through the New Jersey Sustainable Energy Meeting. Borough Council members Wil Borkowski, Johnna Stinemire, Angela Anthony and Madeline Gavin voted to take the action at the council’s…
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Allentown shows defensive improvement in gridiron loss to Shawnee
By Wayne Witkowski A 26-yard reception by Ryan Locke in the end zone called back by a holding penalty at the end of the game proved costly, as Allentown High School’s football team suffered a 17-10 loss at Shawnee High School Sept. 16. Allentown rallied back in the fourth quarter when Ricky Mottram ran 9…
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Youngster will raffle quilt to benefit Lions Club
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – A young resident of Allentown is doing her part to assist an organization that offers programs to support the community. Ava Strovinsky, 12, a seventh-grader at the Stone Bridge Middle School, is creating a quilt she will raffle off in October. Ava said all proceeds from the raffle…
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Redbirds look to handle pressure as field hockey season begins
By Wayne Witkowski Defender Melanie Scibilia, a cornerstone to Allentown High School’s drive to the field hockey NJSIAA Group III state championship game last fall, is off to a collegiate career at Penn State University as one of nine graduated players from last year’s Redbirds — seven of them starters. Also graduated is Kayla Peterson,…
