Via Middletown Matters Weekly Newsletter:
Middletown-Lincroft Rd Overnight Closures Start Tuesday, September 22nd
Middletown-Lincroft Road (Rt 520) between Sunnyside Road and Four Winds Drive will be closed for 4 nights starting at 9:00 pm on Tuesday night, September 22, to allow for improvements a Garden State Parkway overpass. The road will be closed nightly from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am until Saturday morning, September 26. Work is weather dependent-
There will be no vehicular or pedestrian traffic allowed during the construction periods. The road will returned to a secure and safe condition at 5:00 am each morning.
The closure is required to permit the Garden State Parking to make necessary repairs to overpass at Mile Marker 112. Work includes repairs to the steel structure and replacement of I-beams. Construction will resume until early October. Follow posted detours. Seek alternate routes. Please contact Middletown Traffic Safety at 732-615-2045 for more information.
West Front Street Overnight Closures Start September 28 For Paving
Starting at 8:00pm on Monday, September 28th, West Front Street from Half Mile Road to Hubbard Avenue will be closed for 4 nights for paving. The road will be closed nightly from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am until Friday morning, October 2nd. Work is weather dependent.
NJ Natural Gas will be milling and paving West Front Street from Half Mile Road to Hubbard Avenue. This is the final phase of the improvements to the NJ Natural Gas infrastructure on West Front Street. The road will closed to vehicular traffic during the construction periods. Follow posted detours. Call Middletown Traffic Safety at 732-615-2045 for more information.
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Friday, September 18, 2015
Middletown Rabies Alert
Via Middletown Matters Weekly Newsletter:
The Middletown Township Health Department has received laboratory confirmation of 2 skunks testing positive for Rabies. These skunks were both killed in separate instances by dogs, which required that they be tested. Luckily, both dogs were licensed and up to date on their rabies vaccinations. One skunk was found on Cherry Tree lane near Nottingham Lane, the other was found in the area of Pelican and Lyon Roads.
Residents should not be interacting with wildlife. If you come across a sick or injured animal, keep your distance and please contact Animal Control at 732-615-2097 immediately or contact the Police Department after hours and on weekends. Please make sure all domestic animals (dogs, cats, and livestock) are currently vaccinated with a Rabies shot. Do not let your pets run free off leash, even in the woods, to ensure they do not come in contact with wildlife that may be rabid. Remember, Rabies is a fatal disease. The best course of defense is the vaccination of your pets and not handling or interacting with wildlife.
We would like to remind everyone that the Middletown Township Health Department will be providing free rabies vaccinations for dogs on October 17, 2015. The clinics will be held at the Croydon Hall Gym, 900 Leonardville Road in Leonardo.
For more information, do not hesitate to contact Animal Control at 732-615-2097.
The Middletown Township Health Department has received laboratory confirmation of 2 skunks testing positive for Rabies. These skunks were both killed in separate instances by dogs, which required that they be tested. Luckily, both dogs were licensed and up to date on their rabies vaccinations. One skunk was found on Cherry Tree lane near Nottingham Lane, the other was found in the area of Pelican and Lyon Roads.Residents should not be interacting with wildlife. If you come across a sick or injured animal, keep your distance and please contact Animal Control at 732-615-2097 immediately or contact the Police Department after hours and on weekends. Please make sure all domestic animals (dogs, cats, and livestock) are currently vaccinated with a Rabies shot. Do not let your pets run free off leash, even in the woods, to ensure they do not come in contact with wildlife that may be rabid. Remember, Rabies is a fatal disease. The best course of defense is the vaccination of your pets and not handling or interacting with wildlife.
We would like to remind everyone that the Middletown Township Health Department will be providing free rabies vaccinations for dogs on October 17, 2015. The clinics will be held at the Croydon Hall Gym, 900 Leonardville Road in Leonardo.
For more information, do not hesitate to contact Animal Control at 732-615-2097.
Got Drugs? Free Medication Disposal Sept. 26 at Police Headquarters
Via Middletown Matters Weekly Newsletter:
On Saturday, September 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the Middletown Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its tenth opportunity in five years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to Middletown Police Headquarters at 1 Kings Highway, Middletown, NJ, 07748. (The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps, only pills or patches.) The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Scharfenberger Robo Calls Residents at 10:30 PM To Explain The Importance Of Recycling
It seems as though I am not the only resident in Middletown to receive a "Robo" call from mayor Scharfenberger last night (mine came just before 9pm) many others received them also, some as late as 10:30 pm. I have been the recipient a number of emails this morning complaining about this Robo call.
The thinly veiled campaign phone call to residents was disguised as a public service message from the mayor, informing residents about the the importance of recycling and the Township's Recycle to Save program.
One emailer said that they went to Town Hall, ran into Heidi Blunt, the Twp Clerk, and complained about the phone call that they received from Gerry Scharfenberger at 10:30pm last night. She was told by Heidi Blunt that she had received many complaints today from people being called late at night about this. Blunt stated however, that an outside company was outsourced for this process and that they(township) were looking into the problem today to prevent this from happening again.
Another wanted to know if "...those robo-calls have a cost associated with them?" and that they had "..already sent a message to GS via his election website (since I couldn't find an email address/fax for the Mayors office) expressing my extreme displeasure... last night was such a thinly-veiled campaign message that it sent me over the edge..."
A few emailers are wondering what was so important about the recycling message that it necessitated a Robo call in the first place, after all the Townships newsletter Middletown Matters already devoted a full page to the Recycle to Save program in its latest issue that has been showing up in residents mail boxes along with a half page commentary by Scharfenberger himself talking about the budget as well as the recycling issue.
The one emailer raises a good point, what was the cost of these phone calls? The timing and necessity of the Robo call raises the specter of Gerry using taxpayer dollars to fund a portion of his re-election campaign which is of course unethical and illegal.
I would like to know the cost to the township was for last night's phone call and if Gerry Scharfenberger has any intention of reimbursing the taxpayers for them.
The thinly veiled campaign phone call to residents was disguised as a public service message from the mayor, informing residents about the the importance of recycling and the Township's Recycle to Save program.
One emailer said that they went to Town Hall, ran into Heidi Blunt, the Twp Clerk, and complained about the phone call that they received from Gerry Scharfenberger at 10:30pm last night. She was told by Heidi Blunt that she had received many complaints today from people being called late at night about this. Blunt stated however, that an outside company was outsourced for this process and that they(township) were looking into the problem today to prevent this from happening again.
Another wanted to know if "...those robo-calls have a cost associated with them?" and that they had "..already sent a message to GS via his election website (since I couldn't find an email address/fax for the Mayors office) expressing my extreme displeasure... last night was such a thinly-veiled campaign message that it sent me over the edge..."
A few emailers are wondering what was so important about the recycling message that it necessitated a Robo call in the first place, after all the Townships newsletter Middletown Matters already devoted a full page to the Recycle to Save program in its latest issue that has been showing up in residents mail boxes along with a half page commentary by Scharfenberger himself talking about the budget as well as the recycling issue.
The one emailer raises a good point, what was the cost of these phone calls? The timing and necessity of the Robo call raises the specter of Gerry using taxpayer dollars to fund a portion of his re-election campaign which is of course unethical and illegal.
I would like to know the cost to the township was for last night's phone call and if Gerry Scharfenberger has any intention of reimbursing the taxpayers for them.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Middletown GOP Candidate Massell Proposed Tax on Homeowners Who Cut Down Trees
Middletown Planning Board member and GOP Candidate for Township Committee, Steve Massell, recently proposed to the township committee that homeowners should be taxed for cutting down trees on their properties.
During the public comments portion of the May 18th Middletown Township Committee Meeting, Massell read from a front page article of the Asbury Park Press, the first paragraph of a story entitled “Justices OK tree-clearing fee in Jackson”.
The paragraph stated that the “The state Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Jackson's tree-removal ordinance, which requires property owners to replace any healthy tree taken down or pay into a fund dedicated to planting trees and shrubs on public property.”
Massell said that he was upset at seeing sections of town “clear-cut” by developers in order to build housing developments like Harmony Glen, which is off of Harmony road, behind the Shoprite. He felt that by charging homeowners upwards of $800 per tree (to be put in a general fund for tree and shrub replacement like the Jackson tree-removal ordinance calls for), would be a good way to dissuade developers from building in town. He never thought of the cost to the average homeowner that would like to build a single family home on a private lot or the homeowners that would like to expand their existing homes. Deputy Mayor Scharfenberger pointed out to Mr. Massell that as a member of the planning board, he should be aware that the township already has ordinances in place to force developers into replanting a certain number of trees that had been clear-cut once a new development has been completed.
Steve Massell then left the podium, mumbling to himself something about how he still thought it would be a good idea if the township committee considered the Jackson ordinance, which surprises me. One would have thought that Massell would have first talked about this with his fellow GOPers before presenting his idea in front of the committee, after all Pam Brightbill and Tony Fiore sit on the planning board with Massell.
I have a couple of things I would like to point out to Steve Massell:
First, as a Planning Board member, you have a say in how builders develop property in town. When a builder brings prints to the planning board for approval why don’t you insist that a property could not be clear-cut? Have builders submit plans that leave some trees and shrubbery in place, I am sure that an architects could handle planning such a development.
Second, in the winter 2005 edition of Middletown Matters, then Mayor Tom Hall address the issue in the Mayor’s Message titled “Keeping the trees was not an option for the Crestview Drive & Route 35 site”.
He stated, “…can’t help but notice a new landscape. The stretch of woods located next to the revamped shopping center has been replaced with a barren, unattractive construction site.” “…I share the sentiments conveyed by many in phone calls, letters and conversations: I’d rather keep the trees. However, that’s simply not an option.”
So Steve, before you propose a tax on residents make sure that you do your homework first and check with the other members of your party before presenting such an idea, particularly since as a Planning Board member, you can already take steps against clear-cutting
During the public comments portion of the May 18th Middletown Township Committee Meeting, Massell read from a front page article of the Asbury Park Press, the first paragraph of a story entitled “Justices OK tree-clearing fee in Jackson”.
The paragraph stated that the “The state Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Jackson's tree-removal ordinance, which requires property owners to replace any healthy tree taken down or pay into a fund dedicated to planting trees and shrubs on public property.”
Massell said that he was upset at seeing sections of town “clear-cut” by developers in order to build housing developments like Harmony Glen, which is off of Harmony road, behind the Shoprite. He felt that by charging homeowners upwards of $800 per tree (to be put in a general fund for tree and shrub replacement like the Jackson tree-removal ordinance calls for), would be a good way to dissuade developers from building in town. He never thought of the cost to the average homeowner that would like to build a single family home on a private lot or the homeowners that would like to expand their existing homes. Deputy Mayor Scharfenberger pointed out to Mr. Massell that as a member of the planning board, he should be aware that the township already has ordinances in place to force developers into replanting a certain number of trees that had been clear-cut once a new development has been completed.
Steve Massell then left the podium, mumbling to himself something about how he still thought it would be a good idea if the township committee considered the Jackson ordinance, which surprises me. One would have thought that Massell would have first talked about this with his fellow GOPers before presenting his idea in front of the committee, after all Pam Brightbill and Tony Fiore sit on the planning board with Massell.
I have a couple of things I would like to point out to Steve Massell:
First, as a Planning Board member, you have a say in how builders develop property in town. When a builder brings prints to the planning board for approval why don’t you insist that a property could not be clear-cut? Have builders submit plans that leave some trees and shrubbery in place, I am sure that an architects could handle planning such a development.
Second, in the winter 2005 edition of Middletown Matters, then Mayor Tom Hall address the issue in the Mayor’s Message titled “Keeping the trees was not an option for the Crestview Drive & Route 35 site”.
He stated, “…can’t help but notice a new landscape. The stretch of woods located next to the revamped shopping center has been replaced with a barren, unattractive construction site.” “…I share the sentiments conveyed by many in phone calls, letters and conversations: I’d rather keep the trees. However, that’s simply not an option.”
So Steve, before you propose a tax on residents make sure that you do your homework first and check with the other members of your party before presenting such an idea, particularly since as a Planning Board member, you can already take steps against clear-cutting
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