Tag: Manalapan

  • Sidewalks and bicycle paths would enhance project

    Sidewalks and bicycle paths would enhance project

    The delay in the Tennent Road improvements in Manalapan (to 2022) provides an opportunity to provide much needed walking and bike paths that were left out of the original plain. I was a commissioner on the Environmental Commission for many years and in conjunction with the Transportation Committee, we sought to encourage trails in the…

  • Freeholders eye 2022 start for Tennent Road improvements in Manalapan

    Freeholders eye 2022 start for Tennent Road improvements in Manalapan

    MANALAPAN – Plans for improvements to a 3-mile-long corridor on Main Street/Tennent Road in Manalapan are continuing to take shape, but work on the project is not expected to begin prior to 2022. The project was discussed during the Nov. 26 meeting of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in Freehold Borough. Main Street/Tennent Road…

  • Manalapan Police Beat, Dec. 11

    Manalapan Police Beat, Dec. 11

    The Manalapan Police Department reported the following incidents occurred in the township: • On Nov. 25 at 7:22 a.m., officers responded to a self-storage facility on Madison Avenue to investigate a report of a burglary in progress. A 58-year-old Manalapan resident reported observing two suspects with what appeared to be bolt cutters breaking into several…

  • Old Tennent Presbyterian Church drive through tells the story of the birth of Jesus

    Old Tennent Presbyterian Church drive through tells the story of the birth of Jesus

    PHOTOS BY JENNIFER AMATO/STAFF Old Tennent Presbyterian Church in Manalapan held its annual Christmas Drive Through on Dec. 7.    

  • State updates mayor on status of Manalapan Manor residents

    State updates mayor on status of Manalapan Manor residents

    MANALAPAN – An administrator in the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has updated Manalapan officials about the status of residents at Manalapan Manor. Manalapan Manor is a state-licensed residential health care facility on Route 33. According to municipal officials, the facility has been the scene of many calls for police assistance this year. In…

  • Impaired driving enforcement crackdown now underway

    Impaired driving enforcement crackdown now underway

    MANALAPAN – Law enforcement officers in Manalapan will be cracking down on drivers who are impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign. Beginning Dec. 6 and continuing through Jan. 1, local and state law enforcement officers will conduct saturation patrols and…

  • Training will begin for Manalapan MRC-CERT

    Training will begin for Manalapan MRC-CERT

    MANALAPAN – Following major emergencies, first responders who provide fire, medical and community safety services will have to establish priorities for the use of their response resources. Individual preparedness, as well as the ability to safely and effectively assist others, allows members of the community to care for themselves until more help arrives. The federal…

  • Manalapan Planning Board approves assisted living facility

    Manalapan Planning Board approves assisted living facility

    MANALAPAN – An application that proposed the construction of an assisted living facility on Woodward Road has received final approval. On Nov. 14, members of the Manalapan Planning Board voted 9-0 to grant final major subdivision approval and final site plan approval to an application submitted by the Stavola Asphalt Company. Chairwoman Kathryn Kwaak, Vice…

  • Manalapan residents may apply to fill vacancy on school board

    Manalapan residents may apply to fill vacancy on school board

    There is a vacancy on the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education and residents of Manalapan have been invited to apply for a one-year appointment on the panel. James Raffone, who was elected to the board in November 2018 and joined the panel in January, was no longer qualified to be on the board…