Tag: Middletown

LINCROFT – The Church of St. Leo the Great filed a civil lawsuit earlier this month against its former finance director, accusing him of misappropriating more than $1.5 million in parish funds over a period of at least six years and using the money to cover personal expenses ranging from home renovations to sports tickets.

MIDDLETOWN – The township planning board denied Fair View Cemetery’s proposal to build a crematorium last week, ending a series of hearings that drew packed meeting rooms and prompted an outpouring of residents’ concerns.

MIDDLETOWN – The Monmouth County Mosquito Control Division conducted a community-wide adult mosquito control operation in sections of Middletown Township this week after mosquitoes collected locally tested positive for West Nile virus.

RED BANK – Borough officials have approved a new financial agreement with the developer of the Locust Landing apartment complex that will enable the borough to claim up to 40 credits toward its fourth-round affordable housing obligation.

MIDDLETOWN – At its July 14 meeting, the township committee heard about difficulties in managing a surge in public requests for police body-worn camera footage that has inundated the department’s records bureau.

MIDDLETOWN – The future of the former Circus Liquors property remains up in the air following a recent court ruling.

MIDDLETOWN – The township’s planning board unanimously approved an application this week for a large-scale residential building at 331 Newman Springs Road, part of the River Centre South Redevelopment Plan.

LINCROFT – The Middletown Township Commit- tee on Monday introduced an ordinance to acquire the 15.4-acre former Lincroft Presbyterian Church property, located at 270 Everett Road, across from West Front Street Park.

LINCROFT – Officials gathered this week for a groundbreaking ceremony, celebrating the long-awaited conversion of a one-way service road behind the Acme shopping center in Lincroft into a two-way thoroughfare – a move aimed at addressing persistent traffic safety concerns along Route 520 (Newman Springs Road).

LINCROFT – In a long-awaited move aimed at curbing mounting traffic safety concerns along Newman Springs Road (County Route 520), the township acquired an easement to convert the access road behind Acme into a two-way street.