Tag: Howell

  • Improvements to local roads at issue in warehouse project in Howell

    Improvements to local roads at issue in warehouse project in Howell

    HOWELL – Planning Board members will continue to hear testimony about an application that proposes the construction of 1.2 million square feet of warehouse space on Randolph Road in Howell when they meet on Jan. 30. Monmouth Commerce Center, the applicant, and Lawrence Katz and Felix Pflaster, as owners, are proposing to construct nine warehouses…

  • Howell zoning board approves warehouse-office building

    Howell zoning board approves warehouse-office building

    HOWELL – The Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved an application filed by a businessman who proposed to construct warehouse and office space on Route 33. The applicant, 1294 Equities, LLC, was seeking a use variance and preliminary and final major site plan approval to construct a flex warehouse/office building and parking lot at…

  • Sakoutis application expected to be heard by Howell zoners on March 9

    Sakoutis application expected to be heard by Howell zoners on March 9

    HOWELL – On March 9, members of the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment are expected to hear an application that has been stalled for nearly two years. Board members previously said they are unhappy with a business operator’s lack of progress on an application for more than a year following the issuance of a zoning…

  • Monmouth freeholders plan to add parcel to Metedeconk Greenway

    Monmouth freeholders plan to add parcel to Metedeconk Greenway

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is adding land to the Metedeconk Greenway. The 457-acre greenway protects water quality and wildlife habitat along the Metedeconk River, a natural border between Monmouth and Ocean counties, according to the Monmouth County Park System. The greenway helps protect and buffer floodplains from adjacent land use and development. The…

  • Business owner sentenced to three years in prison

    Business owner sentenced to three years in prison

    A local business owner has been sentenced to three years in state prison for inappropriately touching several individuals who were customers and employees at his store, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Brian Young, 53, the owner of Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More, Howell, was sentenced on Jan. 10 by state Superior Court…

  • Knights of Columbus seek participants for free throw contest

    Knights of Columbus seek participants for free throw contest

    HOWELL – The Father Cetkowski Council of the Knights of Columbus (Howell-Jackson) will conduct its annual free throw shooting contest at Mother Seton Academy, Route 9, Howell, on Jan. 25. Youngsters from the area may sign up now to take part in the event. All boys and girls ages 9 through 14 are invited to…

  • Mangano, Bonjavanni, Gurman sworn in to seats on Howell school board

    Mangano, Bonjavanni, Gurman sworn in to seats on Howell school board

    HOWELL – Three incumbent members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education began serving new terms when the board reorganized for 2020 on Jan. 2. Cristy Mangano and Mark Bonjavanni were sworn in to begin serving three-year terms. Laurence Gurman was sworn in to begin serving a one-year term. Gurman, who had been…

  • Howell councilman wants to address next round of affordable housing

    Howell councilman wants to address next round of affordable housing

    HOWELL – Township Councilman John Bonevich believes the members of the Howell Township Council need to begin thinking about 2026, which will mark the start of the next round of the municipality’s affordable housing obligation. Affordable housing is defined as housing that is sold or rented at below market rates to individuals and families whose…

  • Howell council reorganizes for 2020, makes appointments to town boards

    Howell council reorganizes for 2020, makes appointments to town boards

    HOWELL – The five members of the Howell Township Council held their reorganization meeting on Jan. 7 in the municipal building and looked forward to the business of a new year. Howell’s governing body consists of Mayor Theresa Berger, Councilwoman Evelyn O’Donnell, Councilman John Bonevich, Councilwoman Pamela Richmond and Councilman Thomas Russo. Berger is serving…