Tag: municipal government

  • Englishtown officials planning to improve water system

    Englishtown officials planning to improve water system

    ENGLISHTOWN – The Englishtown Borough Council has introduced a bond ordinance appropriating $100,000 for water system capital improvements and services related to the development of an asset management plan. Council members introduced the bond ordinance on Oct. 24. A public hearing on the ordinance is scheduled for Nov. 19. The council may adopt the ordinance…

  • Middletown will not pursue grant to develop playing fields at Stevenson Park

    Middletown will not pursue grant to develop playing fields at Stevenson Park

    Municipal officials in Middletown have decided to withdraw an open space grant application seeking funds that would have been used for the first phase of a multi-phase concept plan to develop athletic fields at Stevenson Park. The announcement of the application withdrawal that will be carried out was made on Oct. 23 by Township Committeeman…

  • Freeholders present World War I service flag to Jackson council

    Freeholders present World War I service flag to Jackson council

    JACKSON – A representative of the Ocean County Board of Freeholders has presented a World War I service flag to the Jackson Township Council. Nick Wood, curator from the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission, presented the Great War service flag to Jackson officials on behalf of the freeholders during the council’s Oct. 22 meeting.…

  • Allentown council honors borough’s crossing guard

    Allentown council honors borough’s crossing guard

    ALLENTOWN – Borough officials have thanked a long-serving employee and recognized her for decades of dedicated service to Allentown. During a Borough Council meeting on Oct. 23, officials saluted Alice Stanhope and honored her on 40 years of service with the Allentown Police Department. According to a resolution, Stanhope was hired on Oct. 10, 1978,…

  • Jackson council states support for fire district, JTMUA

    Jackson council states support for fire district, JTMUA

    JACKSON – In accordance with a request from the state, Jackson’s mayor and Township Council have expressed their support for the continued funding of the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority (JTMUA) and Jackson Fire District No. 3. During a meeting on Oct. 23, Township Clerk Ann Marie Eden told officials and members of the public…

  • Hopewell Township property owners may receive credit on tax bill

    Hopewell Township property owners may receive credit on tax bill

    Some Hopewell Township property owners are getting a credit on their property tax bill because of problems with the timely delivery of their 2018-19 tax bill, as a result of issues with the U.S. post office in Pennington. Many property owners did not receive their tax bill in time and some did not receive them…

  • Toms River council approves position of full-time kennel aide

    Toms River council approves position of full-time kennel aide

    The Toms River Township Council has established the position of a full-time kennel aid. The council also authorized a salary for this position. On Oct. 23, council members adopted two ordinances to provide for the full-time position. The kennel aide position will be part of the Division of Animal Control and the base salary will…

  • Six candidates seeking two seats on Jackson Township Council

    Six candidates seeking two seats on Jackson Township Council

    JACKSON – Six candidates are seeking two four-year terms on the five-member Jackson Township Council in the Nov. 6 election. Jackson has a nonpartisan government and candidates do not run for office under the banner of a political party. Councilwoman Ann Updegrave, who has served on the council since 2006, is not seeking re-election. The…

  • Ferro, Dothard seek one-year term on Millstone governing body

    Ferro, Dothard seek one-year term on Millstone governing body

    MILLSTONE – Republican Al Ferro and Democrat Ray Dothard are seeking a one-year term on the Township Committee in Millstone Township in the Nov. 6 election. Ferro was appointed to an open seat on the committee during the summer and he and Dothard are seeking to serve the final year (2019) of that term. Dothard…