Tag: Mayor Thomas Fritts
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Allentown mayor sets meeting to discuss regional development issues
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Thomas Fritts has scheduled a meeting to be held from 7-9 p.m. May 4 at the Newell Elementary School, High Street, during which residents of several communities and officials will discuss development in the region that surrounds Allentown. Fritts announced the May 4 event during the April 26 meeting of the mayor…
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Speed enforcement zones now in place in Allentown
ALLENTOWN – Borough Administrator Laurie Roth has reported that Allentown’s public works employees have installed signs warning motorists they will have to appear in municipal court if they are ticketed for speeding in designated areas of the community. The installation of the signs comes several years after Allentown officials initially began discussing the idea of…
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Allentown residents raise concern over possible traffic signal
ALLENTOWN – Residents of Allentown spent two hours asking questions and offering comments about the possible construction of the first traffic signal in the borough. During a meeting of the mayor and Borough Council on Feb. 8 that was held on Zoom during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, residents presented their thoughts to Monmouth County Engineer…
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Examiner News Briefs, Jan. 19
Allentown Mayor Thomas Fritts announced the following mayoral appointments during the borough’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 4: • Environmental Commission: Bill Cotte for the chairman position, with a term ending Dec. 31, 2022; Patricia Brown and Janice Buchalski, with terms ending Dec. 31, 2024; • Planning Board: Borough Councilman Daniel Payson, with a term ending…
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Allentown mayor pleased with Robbinsville land preservation announcement
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Thomas Fritts, writing in a post on the Allentown Together Facebook page on June 10, has expressed his appreciation for a land preservation effort that appears to be taking shape in neighboring Robbinsville. Fritts wrote, “For months, I have been meeting and discussing a variety of topics with our neighbors. Robbinsville Mayor…
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Mayor: Working together, Allentown had many accomplishments in 2020
ALLENTOWN – During his annual address to residents, Allentown Mayor Thomas Fritts reviewed the accomplishments of the mayor, Borough Council members, municipal employees, municipal professionals and volunteers during 2020. According to the mayor: • Municipal officials kept the tax levy flat; • Allentown received a $7,248 grant from the Monmouth County Historical Commission to replace…
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Allentown government reorganizes; officials look forward to busy 2021
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials in Allentown have a full agenda of projects ahead of them in 2021 and they got the new year’s business underway when they held their annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. The 2021 reorganization meeting marked a first for the historic borough on the far western border of Monmouth County as…