Tag: Holmdel
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Independent News Briefs, Oct. 13
The Middletown Lions Club is hosting the Last Hurrah Halloween Hullabaloo Auto and Motorcycle Show on Oct. 30 from noon to 4 p.m. at Texas Roadhouse, 2105 Route 35 North, Holmdel. The rain date is Nov. 6. The show is a charitable event which benefits Lions vision, hearing and health initiatives, including free vision screenings,…
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Holmdel residents casting ballots on proposed increase in LOSAP benefits
HOLMDEL – Residents participating in the 2021 general election are being asked via a public question if they want to increase benefits to local volunteer first responders in a Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP). The 2021 general election is being held with vote-by-mail ballots, with early in-person voting later this month and with in-person…
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Holmdel officials ask voters to approve open space tax rate increase
HOLMDEL – Residents participating in the 2021 general election are being asked in a public question if they want the tax rate that supports the Holmdel Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund to be increased from 2.5 cents per $100 of equalized valuation to 3.5 cents per $100 of…
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Holmdel residents will vote on proposal to create charter study commission
HOLMDEL – Residents who participate in the 2021 general election will have the opportunity to vote on a local public question which asks if they want to create a charter study commission whose members would examine Holmdel’s current form of government and possibly recommend changes in the township’s form of government. The 2021 general election…
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Resident asks voters to support LOSAP question
Holmdel voters will soon have a unique opportunity to support the township’s volunteer first responders. The Nov. 2 election ballot will include a public question asking if Holmdel should increase the benefits paid into an incentive program called the Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP). This is part of a state effort designed to encourage…
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Holmdel officials will seek county funding for ‘connectivity’ project
HOLMDEL – The members of the Holmdel Township Committee have voted to apply for funding from the Monmouth County Municipal Open Space Grant Program to help fund a local project. During a meeting on Sept. 14, Mayor Greg Buontempo, Deputy Mayor Cathy Weber, Committeeman Prakash Santhana and Committeeman D.J. Luccarelli voted “yes” on a motion…
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Community members invited to Operation HOPE fundraiser
An equine-assisted therapy program directed by a Holmdel resident and a Freehold Township resident will host a fundraiser to assist rescue animals and the first responders and military veterans who receive free therapy services. According to its website, Operation HOPE (Hold On Pain Ends) has an “equine-assisted mental health program (that) serves clients with a…
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Resident asks for support in bid to serve on panel
The Holmdel Township Committee has adopted an ordinance to put a question on the ballot this November asking to form a charter commission. The commission would assess the current Holmdel model of government, examine alternatives and make recommendations, if appropriate, for changes. Such recommendations would then be voted on and approved, or not, by the…
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Holmdel residents file to run for seats on charter study commission
HOLMDEL – Five residents have thrown their hats into the ring to run for five seats on a charter study commission in Holmdel. Municipal Clerk Wendy Patrovich confirmed to the Independent that municipal officials have received petitions from the following residents who wish to serve on the charter study commission: Janet M. Berk, Gerald Buffalino,…