Tag: Holmdel

HOLMDEL – Discussions over a proposed tree removal and replanting ordinance dominated the latest township committee meeting, eclipsing the appreciation officials received for open space preservation.

HOLMDEL – In the next 10 years, the township will build 106 affordable housing units, a number hailed as a “huge win” by township officials compared with the 133 units originally proposed by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) last year under the state’s Fair Share Housing Act.

HOLMDEL – When the lights dim at the Garden State Film Festival March 29, audiences will witness a deeply personal 20-minute documentary that transforms an unimaginable tragedy into a mission of awareness and hope.

HOLMDEL – Facing a critical shortage of volunteer emergency medical technicians that left over a third of emergency calls unanswered, the township committee unanimously approved a shared services agreement with the Monmouth County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to ensure residents receive timely medical response.

HOLMDEL – The township committee made significant strides in supporting both schools and open space preservation, earning widespread appreciation from residents at the latest township meeting.

HOLMDEL – When the hit Apple TV+ series “Severance” needed a distinctive setting to bring its dystopian corporate world to life, the show’s producers found the perfect backdrop in an unlikely place: Bell Works. 

HOLMDEL – The potential elimination of courtesy busing for students took center stage at a recent township committee meeting, where board of education (BOE) officials requested increased financial support from the township to address the district’s upcoming budget gaps.

HOLMDEL – An applicant returned a scaled-down concept plan to the zoning board, to develop medical office buildings in Holmdel near the Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth cancer center (MSK) in Middletown but resistance from neighbors continues.

HOLMDEL – There is no denying that California still holds the title, but “Monmouth County, New Jersey is going to become Hollywood East,” predicts Rumson resident and producer George Kolber, whose recent film “Miranda’s Victim” was shot entirely in Monmouth County.

HOLMDEL – The township committee adopted a resolution in compliance with the state’s fair share housing law, reducing the state’s estimate of affordable housing number by 35 units. The resolution, which passed unanimously at the committee’s Jan. 30 meeting, was adopted “under protest” as the township continues its legal challenge to the state’s housing requirements.