Tag: Upper Freehold Township
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Examiner News Briefs, March 3
Township Committee members in Upper Freehold Township have authorized decreases in three contracts for improvements to local roads that will result in final payments of $829,533, $787,215 and $769,445. On Feb. 4, committee members authorized the decreases with Asphalt Paving Systems for road improvement projects that began in 2019. The original contracts were in the…
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Upper Freehold zoners grant second adjournment to warehouse application
UPPER FREEHOLD – More than 250 residents of the Allentown and Upper Freehold Township area who signed in to a municipal meeting to hear details of a proposed warehouse were left disappointed on the evening of Feb. 15. Representatives of NP Freehold Industrial, LLC, which has filed an application to construct a warehouse on the…
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A Mystery in the Woods: The Ye Olde Robbins Burial Ground
By Thomas K. Robbins It had been raining the entire trip from Havre de Grace, Md., to Allentown in November 2004. I parked near the granite marker on the side of New Canton-Stone Tavern Road (Route 524) and looked for the trailhead. Finding it, I made my way up the hill trying to avoid falling…
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Upper Freehold warehouse application set to be heard Feb. 15
UPPER FREEHOLD – An applicant who will propose the construction of a warehouse on a Route 524 property in Upper Freehold Township is now expected to appear before the Zoning Board of Adjustment on Feb. 15. Representatives of NP Freehold Industrial, LLC, were scheduled to present their application at the zoning board’s Jan. 25 meeting.…
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Allentown mayor pleased with county’s response on no passing zones
ALLENTOWN – A meeting among representatives of Allentown and Monmouth County has resulted in county officials taking action to establish revised no passing zones in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township. During a meeting of the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 21, the members of the governing body unanimously passed a resolution that…
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Allentown basketball players hoping for chance to play 2021 season
Editor’s note: Allentown High School was forced to close on Jan. 21 because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the school. In-person instruction is scheduled to resume on Feb. 3. All current winter sports are on pause until that date. This article was written as the outbreak occurred. The players on the Allentown High School girls…
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Mount elected to serve as Upper Freehold mayor during 2021
UPPER FREEHOLD – LoriSue H. Mount has been elected by her colleagues on the Township Committee to lead Upper Freehold Township as mayor for 2021. Under Upper Freehold’s form of government, the mayor and deputy mayor are not directly elected by voters. The mayor and deputy mayor are elected each January by the members of…
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Upper Freehold Regional supt. hoping for students’ return in January
Students in the Upper Freehold Regional School District’s three buildings will receive fully remote instruction for the remainder of December and may return to a hybrid model of instruction on Jan. 11. On Dec. 4, Superintendent of Schools Mark Guterl announced the decision to use 100% remote instruction until at least Jan. 11. During the…
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Frascella wins re-election in Upper Freehold
UPPER FREEHOLD – Incumbent Republican Dr. Robert Frascella has been re-elected to a new three-year term on the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township. Frascella ran unopposed in the Nov. 3 election to retain his seat on the governing body. The last contested race for a seat on the Township Committee was in 2017. According…