Tag: Monroe Township Department of Public Works
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Monroe Township Police Department welcomes five new officers
MONROE – The township welcomed five new police officers, bringing the Monroe Township Police Department’s complement to 66. The new officers graduated from the Cape May Police Academy on July 2, 2020. Police Chief Michael Biennas and Mayor Stephen Dalina introduced the officers on Feb. 24. Biennas said “the new class of recruits joins a…
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Monroe DPW operations suspended after employee tests positive for COVID-19
MONROE – An employee of the Monroe Township Department of Public Works Road Division tested positive for COVID-19, according to reports on Oct. 28. The DPW offices, the DPW yard and all special pickups will be closed through and including Nov. 3. Contact tracing is underway and all notifications have been made, according to the report.…
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Clean Communities Grant helps keep Monroe free of litter
MONROE – Monroe has received a $94,380.34 Clean Communities grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Solid Waste Division. Clean Communities grants are intended to help municipalities and counties across New Jersey promote volunteer and paid clean-up events, purchase equipment, support enforcement activities and education. “Monroe Township prides itself on being a…
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Monroe unveils plan for greenhouse thanks to donations
MONROE – The Friends of the Monroe Township Community Garden accepted a $10,000 grant from Northfield Bank to use toward the construction of an on-site greenhouse. The nonprofit group, which maintains a 176-plot community garden on a two-acre Applegarth Road site, anticipates erecting an approximately 15-foot-by-30-foot greenhouse on the property’s north end by next fall,…
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Monroe seniors support county food drive
PHOTO COURTESY OF MONROE TOWNSHIP The Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS) closed out its annual Fall Harvest Food Drive on Oct. 27 with 7.5 tons of nonperishable items donated by the Monroe Township senior communities of Concordia, Clearbrook, Rossmoor, Encore, Greenbriar, Ponds, Regency and Renaissance. Staff from Monroe Township’s Department of…
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Monroe DPW receives grants for roadside cleanup, equipment maintenance
MONROE – Officials from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded an approximately $89,000 Clean Communities Grant to Monroe Township’s Department of Public Works (DPW). “This is a great example of our township making an effort to offset operational costs while expanding our services,” Monroe Mayor Gerald W. Tamburro said in a prepared…