Tag: Colts Neck
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Colts Neck school board introduces budget for 2019-20 school year
COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has introduced a $26.17 million budget to support the operation of the school district during the 2019-20 school year. The tentative budget was introduced by the board during a meeting on March 18. A public hearing on the budget has been scheduled for…
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State, county and township will share cost of development easement
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will partner with Colts Neck and the state to purchase a development easement on a Colts Neck farm. During a recent meeting, the freeholders passed a resolution stating their support of and commitment to acquire the development easement on the 26-acre Mosley farm at 164 Laird Road. The $910,000…
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Colts Neck zoners will hear application for car wash
COLTS NECK – An application proposing the construction of a car wash and a commercial building on Route 34 is expected to be heard by the Colts Neck Zoning Board of Adjustment this month. Testimony is scheduled to be presented during the zoning board’s 8 p.m. March 21 meeting at Town Hall, 124 Cedar Drive.…
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Colts Neck High School mock trial team will compete in state finals
COLTS NECK – Students from Colts Neck High School will compete against students from Mainland Regional High School of Atlantic County in the state finals of the Vincent J. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition. The competition will take place on April 11 at the New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick. The winner will represent New Jersey…
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Police still investigating Route 18 murder
It is nearly one year since a Neptune City man was found shot dead in his car on Route 18 in Colts Neck and authorities from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Colts Neck Police Department are still asking anyone with information about the incident to come forward, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni…
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Grand jury indicts brother in Colts Neck family killings
A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment against the brother of a Colts Neck man who was found dead along with his wife and two children just days before Thanksgiving, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Feb. 25. The lengthy indictment charges Paul J. Caneiro, 51, of Ocean Township, with…
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Ward promoted to sergeant in Colts Neck Police Department
COLTS NECK – Officer Thomas Ward has been promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Colts Neck Police Department. Mayor Thomas Orgo swore in Ward to his new position during the Feb. 13 meeting of the Township Committee. Ward joined the police department in 2011. He graduated from Rutgers with a degree in criminal…
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Lions Club’s effort will create Lions Sensory Den in Colts Neck
COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck Lions Club has raised $122,000 to construct a playground for individuals who are blind and visually impaired. The new playground at the Dorbrook Recreation Area, 353 Route 537, Colts Neck, will be named the Lions Sensory Den and will be an extension to the existing Challenger Place playground. The…
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Santucci sworn in as police chief in Colts Neck
COLTS NECK – Paul Santucci is the new police chief in Colts Neck. He was sworn in to the position by Mayor Thomas Orgo during the Jan. 30 meeting of the Township Committee at the municipal courthouse. The meeting room was filled to capacity as residents turned out to support the new police chief. Colts…
