Tag: Eatontown

  • Eatontown starts new year with vacancy on council

    Eatontown starts new year with vacancy on council

    EATONTOWN – The Eatontown Borough Council began the new year with a vacancy after Bridget Harris resigned from her position on Dec. 31. During the municipality’s annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 1, Mayor Anthony Talerico said Harris resigned after serving one year of her first three-year term as a councilwoman. Talerico did not say why Harris…

  • Eatontown reaches third round affordable housing settlement

    Eatontown reaches third round affordable housing settlement

    EATONTOWN – Municipal officials in Eatontown have authorized a settlement agreement regarding the municipality’s legal obligation to provide opportunities for the development of affordable housing in the community. “We have reached a proposed settlement agreement for the borough’s affordable housing obligation, as well as how to meet that obligation,” said attorney Andrew Bayer, who handles…

  • Gallery owner has exciting plans for artists’ space in Fort Monmouth buildings

    Gallery owner has exciting plans for artists’ space in Fort Monmouth buildings

    EATONTOWN – Six World War II era buildings on the Fort Monmouth property in Eatontown will begin their transformation next spring into an arts hub the purchaser of the property has described as “Woodstock without the pot.” That was the notion offered by Kenneth Schwartz, who purchased four acres at the former U.S. military installation…

  • Grape Beginnings offers fun and enjoyable experience when making wine

    Grape Beginnings offers fun and enjoyable experience when making wine

    Grape Beginnings was started out of a passion for the enjoyment of quality wines, but not wanting to pay the high prices associated with them. It is our mission at Grape Beginnings to help you make a quality wine, at a reasonable price, one that you would be proud to put your very own private…

  • Voters approve upgrades at Monmouth Regional High School

    Voters approve upgrades at Monmouth Regional High School

    A $22.3 million referendum that proposed improvements to Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, has been approved by voters. The total vote on the Nov. 6 referendum was 6,894 “yes” votes to 5,151 “no” votes, according to results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office. The results are unofficial until they are certified by…

  • Residents suing Eatontown Planning Board over mall redevelopment approval

    Residents suing Eatontown Planning Board over mall redevelopment approval

    EATONTOWN – A group of residents who live near the Monmouth Mall are suing the Eatontown Planning Board and Eatontown Monmouth Mall LLC following the board’s approval of a redevelopment plan at the regional shopping center. A lawsuit filed by attorney Edward Liston on Sept. 27, representing dozens of residents, claims the Planning Board’s July…

  • Former Eatontown mayor launches write-in campaign

    Former Eatontown mayor launches write-in campaign

     Gerry Tarantolo, who served as Eatontown’s mayor from 1999 to 2014, is confident he can win a new four-year term as mayor. He will seek the mayor position as a write-in candidate in the Nov. 6 election. Earlier this year, Democrat Patricia May Kelly received the nomination from the Democratic Party to run for mayor,…

  • Republicans bid for Borough Council seats in Eatontown

    Republicans bid for Borough Council seats in Eatontown

    EATONTOWN – Republican candidates James Corcoran and Vito Paolantonio Jr. are two of seven candidates who seek to fill two open seats on the Eatontown Borough Council. The winners in the Nov. 6 election will serve three-year terms beginning in January. In addition to Corcoran and Paolantonio, the candidates are Democrats Jasmine Story and Lisa…

  • Independent candidates want a voice on Eatontown Borough Council

    Independent candidates want a voice on Eatontown Borough Council

    EATONTOWN – Independent candidates Ralph J. Anderson, Christine Caruso and Virginia M. East are three of seven candidates who seek to win two open seats on the Eatontown Borough Council. The two winners in the Nov. 6 election will serve three-year terms beginning in January. In addition to Anderson, Caruso and East, the candidates are…