Tag: Manalapan

  • Three of six area school districts face loss of state aid during 2021-22

    Three of six area school districts face loss of state aid during 2021-22

    Gov. Phil Murphy has unveiled his Fiscal Year 2022 budget, which includes proposed funding for New Jersey’s public school districts during the 2021-22 academic year. In terms of state aid, some school districts have come out winners and will see an increase in their support from Trenton, while some school districts have come out losers…

  • Manalapan planning board will examine sites for possible redevelopment designation

    Manalapan planning board will examine sites for possible redevelopment designation

    MANALAPAN – Acting on the direction of the Township Committee, the Manalapan Planning Board will conduct a study of certain properties in the municipality to determine if those parcels qualify to be a redevelopment area as defined by the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law. State law permits a municipal governing body to authorize its planning…

  • Change societal ways with the Golden Rule

    Change societal ways with the Golden Rule

    The culture and politics of our nation has declined. Identity politics and group thinking overtakes. The mainstream media only reports the “safe” issues while salient developments are not reported. Instead of concentrating on each individual’s liberty and freedom, there is a propensity to examine such inherent rights from a group perspective. “Diversity” and “inclusiveness” are the…

  • Taco Bell decision in hands of Manalapan zoning board members

    Taco Bell decision in hands of Manalapan zoning board members

    MANALAPAN – March 18 could be the night when the future of a proposed Taco Bell restaurant is decided by the members of the Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment. Yum & Chill TB Holdings, LLC, is proposing to demolish a Shell gas and service station at the corner of Route 9 south and Taylors Mills…

  • Niesz promoted to chief of Manalapan Police Department

    Niesz promoted to chief of Manalapan Police Department

    MANALAPAN – Edward Niesz, who has served in the Manalapan Police Department for 24 years, has been promoted to the rank of police chief. Niesz succeeds Michael Fountain, who retired at the end of January after serving 27 years with the department. Fountain became Manalapan’s police chief on April 1, 2016. In a press release,…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Feb. 10

    News Transcript News Briefs, Feb. 10

    The Township Committee in Freehold Township has authorized a shared services agreement with Spring Lake through which Freehold Township will provide information technology services to the eastern Monmouth County municipality. In other business during a recent meeting, committee members rejected bids for a Gravel Hill Road water storage tank project. The rejected bids were in…

  • Manalapan officials award garbage, recycling contract to Suburban Disposal

    Manalapan officials award garbage, recycling contract to Suburban Disposal

    MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Township Committee, in a 5-0 vote, has awarded a three-year contract for solid waste and recyclable materials collection and disposal to Suburban Disposal Inc., Fairfield. The contract is in the amount of $7.23 million, according to a resolution that was passed at a recent meeting by Mayor Jack McNaboe, Deputy Mayor…

  • Pinebrook Crossing proposes mix of market rate, affordable housing

    Pinebrook Crossing proposes mix of market rate, affordable housing

    MANALAPAN – A well-known development company in New Jersey is proposing to build Pinebrook Crossing, a mix of market rate and affordable housing, at Wilson Avenue and Sobechko Road in Manalapan. Initial testimony regarding the proposed residential development was presented by representatives of K. Hovnanian at Manalapan V, LLC, during the Jan. 28 meeting of…

  • Resident offers support for Congressman Smith

    Resident offers support for Congressman Smith

    I am so proud to be represented by Congressman Chris Smith in not only New Jersey, but also in Washington, D.C. I know I can always place trust in Congressman Smith to help me resolve issues and be there to support me. Congressman Smith and his staff have gone above and beyond to help myself…