Perry will serve as Middletown mayor; Hibell selected as deputy mayor
Perry will serve as Middletown mayor; Hibell selected as deputy mayor
MIDDLETOWN – Committeeman Tony Perry has been elected by his fellow members of the Township Committee to serve as Middletown’s mayor for a third consecutive year.
Perry was elected mayor during the committee’s 2021 reorganization meeting on Jan. 3. The meeting was held at the municipal building and was broadcast live to the community.
Municipal officials said this marks the first time in more than 45 years that a committee member has served as mayor for three years in a row. Thomas J. Lynch served as mayor from 1972-74.
Allentown mayor names members of ad hoc traffic committee
Allentown mayor names members of ad hoc traffic committee
ALLENTOWN – During the final meeting of the mayor and Borough Council in 2020, Mayor Thomas Fritts reiterated a promise he had made to residents at various times during the year.
Once again, Fritts said 2021 will be “the year of traffic” in Allentown as municipal officials continue to pursue solutions to a problem that has vexed residents for years – the steady flow of truck traffic on the borough’s streets all day, every day.
During the Dec. 15 meeting that was held in a virtual manner during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Fritts announced that the new year would see the formation of an internal ad hoc traffic and parking committee.
Recount confirms Jones, Regan are winners in Eatontown election
Recount confirms Jones, Regan are winners in Eatontown election
The recount was held on Dec. 28.
In the Nov. 3 municipal election, the two available terms on the governing body were sought by Jones, Regan, Republican James Corcoran and Democrat Mariel Hufnagel. Regan was the only incumbent council member on the ballot.
When the election results were certified by the Monmouth County Board of Elections on Nov. 20, Jones, with 3,250 votes, and Regan, with 3,228 voters, were the apparent winners as the borough’s voters tapped one Democrat and one Republican.
Hufnagel received 3,218 votes and trailed Regan by 10 votes. Corcoran received 3,105 votes, according to results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office.
Title of county commissioner will replace freeholder as panel reorganizes for 2021
Title of county commissioner will replace freeholder as panel reorganizes for 2021
The five officials who comprise Monmouth County’s governing body will reorganize for 2021 in a meeting to be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Collins Arena on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
The 2021 reorganization meeting will mark a milestone in Monmouth County government as the panel changes its centuries-old name from the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders to the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners.
The name change complies with legislation Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law in 2020 that became effective on Jan. 1. The legislation requires the title of “chosen freeholder” to be changed to “county commissioner” and all “boards of chosen freeholders” to be known as “boards of county commissioners.”
New chief of law enforcement announced for Monmouth County SPCA
New chief of law enforcement announced for Monmouth County SPCA
A former Eatontown police chief has been named the new chief of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA), Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.
Michael D. Goldfarb of Middletown has been named the MCSPCA’s new chief of law enforcement and will be responsible for overseeing the enforcement of animal cruelty cases in the county, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
Goldfarb succeeds Ross Licitra, who has been the MCSPCA’s chief of law enforcement since May 2015.