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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Englishtown Awarded County Grant to Help Buy 17 Main Street

The Monmouth County Municipal Open Space Program awarded Englishtown $95,000.

Englishtown will be awarded a $95,000 grant by the Monmouth County Municipal Open Space Program to help offset the cost of purchasing 17 Main Street. The Englishtown Borough and Council approved a resolution to apply for the grant on Aug. 22. The Borough would like to purchase 17 Main Street in order to convert into a municipal parking lot. The acquisition of this property qualfies for the Open Space Program since the lot would provide parking spaces for patrons of Sanford Park and Lake Weamaconck, therefore making it beneficial for recreational use within the municipality. The Monmouth County Municipal Open Space Program does a 50 percent matching for all projects up to $250,000. Since the Englishtown Council has put forth an offer of $…

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Borough Adopted Ordinance Authorizing Acquisition of 17 Main St. and Parking Lot at 17 Main Street to Benefit Recreational Use

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Parking Lot at 17 Main Street to Benefit Recreational Use

Englishtown is applying for an Open Space grant to purchase 17 Main Street to turn it into a parking lot.

A public hearing on Englishtown’s application for an Open Space grant was held last week. The Englishtown Council plan on applying for a Monmouth County Municipal Open Space grant for the purpose of acquiring 17 Main Street, the lot adjacent to the Englishtown Municipal Building. The governing body would like to turn this piece of land into a parking lot. Since the parking lot would provide much needed spaces for Sanford Park and Lake Weamaconck patrons the acquisition of the property qualifies for the open space grant. The application is a 50 percent match, meaning the county would put up half of the project’s amount and the Borough would be required to put up the other half. The Council has put in an offer to purchase 17 Main Street at $…

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Englishtown to Apply for Land Acquisition Grant to Help Fund Parking Lot, Englishtown Municipal Building, and Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Schools Administration Building

Scott S

1:53 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012

My municipal taxes for Englishtown went up 14% on the new tax bill. Is that not enough? the municipal portion of my tax bill has grown more the last few years than any other tax, including the schools. Lets think before we spend more money.   more ›

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