Tag: Monmouth County

  • Biotechnology High School identified as emergency evacuation center

    Biotechnology High School identified as emergency evacuation center

    Monmouth County officials have identified another location that could serve as an emergency evacuation center in the event of a public health emergency. During a recent meeting, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders authorized the execution of a memorandum of understanding between the county, on behalf of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management,…

  • Monmouth County will provide shared services on naval base

    Monmouth County will provide shared services on naval base

    The signing of an Intergovernmental Support Agreement on May 23 will permit Monmouth County to provide shared services to Naval Weapons Station Earle, including traffic signal maintenance, unimproved road maintenance, snow and ice control, and storm drainage repairs among other services. This is not only the first shared services agreement in New Jersey between a…

  • Residents may comment on planned road improvements

    Residents may comment on planned road improvements

    Public hearings will be conducted in Howell and Freehold Township on May 31 to give residents the opportunity to learn about and comment on a road project that will touch both municipalities. Monmouth County is proposing safety improvements which will include realignment and road widening to approximately 1.94 miles of Halls Mill Road, Elton-Adelphia Road…

  • County clerk reminds residents they can vote by mail for June 5 primary election

    County clerk reminds residents they can vote by mail for June 5 primary election

    Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is reminding residents the primary election is on June 5 and that early voting is possible. “Voting by Mail is an available option for all registered voters,” Hanlon said. “Any registered voter can vote by mail for any reason, and every valid vote cast by mail will be included…

  • County plans intersection improvements at border of two towns

    County plans intersection improvements at border of two towns

    Monmouth County officials are developing a plan to improve an intersection at the border of Freehold and Millstone townships. The “V” intersection where Route 524 (Stagecoach Road) meets Route 537 (Monmouth Road) is expected to be redesigned and improved according to a plan being developed for the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders. Both roads are…

  • Prosecutor: Operation ‘Heading Back’ takes down regional drug operation

    Prosecutor: Operation ‘Heading Back’ takes down regional drug operation

    Operation “Heading Back” has scored what law enforcement authorities are calling the largest drug operation takedown in the 30-year history of the Ocean County Special Operations Group. During a March 9 press conference in Toms River, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced the culmination of a multi-jurisdictional narcotics investigation conducted by the Ocean County…

  • Legislators introduce bill to include Monmouth in pilot program

    Legislators introduce bill to include Monmouth in pilot program

    State Assemblywoman Joann Downey and Sen. Vin Gopal (both D-Monmouth) have introduced legislation to include Monmouth County in the state pilot program that makes it easier for municipalities in participating counties to enter into shared services agreements for certain professional employees. If the bill is passed in the Legislature and signed into law by Gov.…

  • Teachers can receive classroom equipment for Plants for Pollinators program

    Teachers can receive classroom equipment for Plants for Pollinators program

    The Freehold Soil Conservation District will provide free “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” Resource Kits to teachers in Middlesex and Monmouth County. The program is designed to help students discover the importance of native pollinators and to study the relationship between plants and pollinators. Selected teachers will receive indoor growing kits complete with a…

  • Official seeks support for solar farm in Howell

    Official seeks support for solar farm in Howell

    HOWELL – Deputy Mayor Robert Nicastro will ask his fellow members of the Township Council to support a plan put forth by Monmouth County to place solar energy panels at a former landfill in Howell. Nicastro said he and Jim Herrman, who is Howell’s director of community development, met with county representatives to discuss the former…