Tag: Manalapan

  • Applicant will seek approval for Taco Bell on Route 9 in Manalapan

    Applicant will seek approval for Taco Bell on Route 9 in Manalapan

    MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment is expected to hear a pair of applications at its meeting on July 16 that propose commercial development in the community. The meeting will be held remotely beginning at 7:30 p.m. Information about how to join the meeting will be posted on the township’s website. Attorney Peter…

  • Manalapan officials propose to create zones for affordable housing

    Manalapan officials propose to create zones for affordable housing

    MANALAPAN – The Township Committee is expected to conduct public hearings on three ordinances that will, if adopted, help Manalapan meet its obligation to provide opportunities for the development of affordable housing in the community. The ordinances were introduced on June 10. The public hearings will be held during the committee’s July 8 meeting. The…

  • Amateur radio ‘Field Day’ to demonstrate science, skill and service

    Amateur radio ‘Field Day’ to demonstrate science, skill and service

    MANALAPAN – Members of the Manalapan Township ARES Group will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise on June 27-28 from their home locations this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to exercise appropriate social distancing. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations…

  • Area resident admits role in mortgage fraud scheme

    Area resident admits role in mortgage fraud scheme

    A Manalapan resident has admitted her role in a scheme to defraud a financial institution of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced on June 16. Blanca A. Medina, 54, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark federal court to a one-count information charging her with conspiracy to…

  • Development of five homes gains preliminary approval in Manalapan

    Development of five homes gains preliminary approval in Manalapan

    MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Planning Board has granted preliminary approval to an application that proposed the construction of five homes in a new cul de sac that will intersect with Smithburg Road in the southern portion of the municipality. Final approval for the project will be sought by the applicant at a later date. During…

  • Manalapan officials adopt overlay zone for affordable housing at Iron Ore Road

    Manalapan officials adopt overlay zone for affordable housing at Iron Ore Road

    MANALAPAN – Market rate housing and affordable housing will be permitted at a location in Manalapan under the terms of an ordinance that was adopted during the May 27 meeting of the Township Committee. The ordinance establishes an affordable housing overlay zone on a 57-acre parcel in Manalapan’s SED-2W (special economic development) and R-AG/4 (agricultural)…

  • Gurrieri steps down after successful run as Manalapan football coach

    Gurrieri steps down after successful run as Manalapan football coach

    Ed Gurrieri made the best decision he ever made 23 years ago. He had recently retired from the New York Police Department and decided to move his family out of Staten Island, N.Y., and to Manalapan. He had experience as a football player and coach when he was hired as the defensive coordinator of the…

  • Township Committee introduces bond ordinance for improvements in Manalapan

    Township Committee introduces bond ordinance for improvements in Manalapan

    MANALAPAN – The Township Committee has introduced a bond ordinance that will, if adopted, appropriate $3.24 million for improvements in Manalapan. The ordinance was introduced on May 13. A public hearing on the ordinance has been scheduled for the committee’s June 10 meeting. Four votes from the five-member governing body are required to adopt a…

  • Manalapan officials set to vote on Route 33 affordable housing zone

    Manalapan officials set to vote on Route 33 affordable housing zone

    MANALAPAN – Market rate housing and affordable housing would be permitted to be constructed at a location in Manalapan under the terms of an ordinance that is expected to be considered for adoption at the May 27 meeting of the Township Committee. During a meeting on May 13, committee members conducted a public hearing on…