Tag: Holmdel

HOLMDEL – Fiscal responsibility, affordable housing and transparency in governance have been the most pressing issues in Holmdel – issues being amplified by the four candidates running in this year’s Republican primary to fill two seats on the township committee. One Democrat has filed in an uncontested primary.

HOLMDEL – After nearly two decades of suburban expansion, shifting land use and increasing environmental concerns, the township’s environmental commission has released the long-awaited update to its Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) – an essential document that provides a detailed inventory of the town’s natural assets and vulnerabilities, essentially a lens for officials to evaluate development decisions in town.

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.