Tag: Colts Neck

COLTS NECK – The 84- acre Spinella Farm has been permanently protected from development through a conservation easement in a partnership of the U.S. Navy, Monmouth County, Colts Neck Township and the Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF), local officials said.

COLTS NECK – Blending history with economic innovation, state representatives ushered in a new law aimed at revitalizing New Jersey’s oldest distilling sites.

COLTS NECK – External threats and infighting among township officials fueled by conflicts over affordable housing plans have set a contentious political stage as the township enters primary season.

PISCATAWAY – Fans don’t fill out brackets for New Jersey high school basketball like they do for NCAA’s March Madness, but if they did, no one would have had Colts Neck going the distance in Group 3 as a fourth seed.

COLTS NECK – While the township is gearing up to meet its state-mandated affordable housing obligations, the school board is expressing “deep disappointment” about how these mandates will impact the district over the next 10 years. But the township mayor assured school board members at their recent meeting that the housing mandates will be manageable, and that the township has been preparing for the changes for the past year.

COLTS NECK – “Cheers to the hostess whose welcome is most cordial and whose cordial is most welcome.”

As voters head to the polls in just a few weeks and mail-in ballots have already been sent, many residents across the country will face an unusual situation: they won’t have a choice in their local elections. Thousands of local races are going uncontested, meaning only one or even no candidates are running for an open position. This trend is evident across the nation, and the Two River area is no exception.

A former U.S. Army financial counselor, Army Reserve major and Colts Neck resident was sentenced to 151 months in prison last week for defrauding Gold Star families of their survivor bonuses. Alongside his prison term, Caz Craffy will forfeit $1.4 million, be subject to three years of supervised release and pay an undetermined amount of restitution.

COLTS NECK – With 10 starters gone from the offense and eight more from the defense, Colts Neck will have a new identity in 2024.

Kushner Companies broke ground on its 360-unit residential rental community, Livana Square, previously Colts Neck Manor, after winning a critical state permit that held up the development’s progress for years.