Tag: Colts Neck
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Burry authors book about Colts Neck historic sites
COLTS NECK – Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry, who is a resident of Colts Neck, has announced the release of her first book, “A Tour of Historic Colts Neck,” a guide for individuals who want to visit the 13 historic sites that have been designated in the township. The book includes a map showing the…
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Ash beetle taking a toll on trees in Colts Neck
By Kevin O’Brien Ash trees continue to die from the ash beetle. We have thousands of ash trees in the Colts Neck area. If a dead tree is in a neighbor’s yard and leaning or close to a neighbor’s property or where children play, Colts Neck officials will not apply the dead tree ordinance and…
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State, county and Colts Neck will purchase preservation easement
The state, Monmouth County and Colts Neck are pooling their resources to purchase a farmland preservation easement on a property in Colts Neck. During a recent meeting, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders passed a resolution authorizing the release of the funding for the acquisition of the easement on a 25.7-acre parcel known as the…
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Messinger, Pometti vie for Marlboro seat on Freehold Regional school board
There is a contested race for the Marlboro representative’s seat on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education in the November 2020 election. The winner will serve a three-year term on the board. The board members oversee the operation of the district’s high schools in Colts Neck, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan…
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Colts Neck police warn residents to remove key fobs from vehicles, lock cars
COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck Police Department is advising residents to remove the key fob from their vehicles and to lock their vehicles following an increase in thefts. In an Oct. 6 post on social media, police department officials wrote, “There has been a steady increase in motor vehicle thefts and vehicle burglaries in…
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GOP officials oppose Dem governor’s order for vote by mail election
Elected officials in three western Monmouth County municipalities have put their opposition on the record to an executive order that requires New Jersey voters to primarily use a mail-in ballot to cast their vote in the Nov. 3 election. The presidential election between incumbent Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, who served as…
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Colts Neck K-8 schools will begin new year on Sept. 8
COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District will offer a hybrid model of in-person and remote instruction and an all-remote model of instruction for students when the 2020-21 school year begins on Sept. 8. New Jersey’s schools were ordered to close in mid-March by Gov. Phil Murphy at the start of the 2020…
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Prosecutor: Investigators still working on Route 18 murder case
Despite the passage of more than two years, investigators are working to ensure the murder of Earl Sanders on Route 18 in Colts Neck does not become another cold case. In a July 29 press release, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said the investigation into Sanders’ murder remains active and he urged anyone with…
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Colts Neck officials adopt $12.4M municipal budget for 2020
COLTS NECK – Members of the Colts Neck Township Committee have adopted a 2020 municipal budget that totals $12.46 million and will be supported by the collection of $7.8 million in taxes from the community’s residential and commercial property owners. To support the budget, officials will appropriate $1.6 million from Colts Neck’s surplus fund (savings)…
