By John Pacenti
The Manalapan Town Commission voted to proceed with the foreclosure of an office building at State Road A1A and East Ocean Avenue. The office at 131 S. Ocean Blvd. sits at the northeast corner of the Plaza del Mar property.
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All remains the same on the Manalapan Town Commission after it saw quite a shake-up a year ago.
Four seats — including the mayor’s — were up for grabs in 2025 and only the incumbents filed to qualify by the Nov. 19 deadline.
That means Mayor John Dee
‘Radical’ solution to quorum issue saves budget from loss
By Jane Musgrave
Manalapan has a new town commissioner and she’s the same as the old one.
Commissioner Cindy McMackin was sworn in at the town’s Aug. 9 meeting, replacing, well, herself.
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New commissioners sworn in — Mayor John Deese was sworn in, along with four other commissioners who came on board after five commissioners resigned rather than comply with new state financial disclosure requirements for elected municipal officials.
By Anne Geggis
If Manalapan property owner Billy Joel gifted town commissioners concert tickets — as the piano man did for commissioners years ago — accepting them wouldn’t be a problem, Town Attorney Keith Davis explained to a Town Commission filled
Commissioners seek ways around new law on personal finances
By Larry Barszewski
Manalapan commissioners want to know if there’s any way local elected officials can get around a new state law — other than by resigning their seats by Dec. 30 — that req
By Dan Moffett
MANALAPAN — Louis DeStefano served two terms as an elected official on the Manalapan Town Commission, but perhaps his greatest public service was as the community’s unofficial spiritual counselor. When illness struck friends and
By Dan Moffett
There will be no March election in Manalapan because all Town Commission candidates went unopposed.
But residents will see a sweeping overhaul of government leadership just the same.
Three new commissioners, a new mayor a
By Dan Moffett
MANALAPAN — Over the years, Manalapan’s Ronald Barsanti gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to help poor families, but he also helped them with his hammer and saw.
“Ron was a skilled carpenter who knew a lot about woodworking,”
By Emily J. Minor
MANALAPAN — John J. Murphy, a proud Catholic Irishman whose young parents emigrated to America when they were still teenagers, died May 24 with his beloved wife, Pamela, at his side. He was 81.
A self-made businessman, Mr.
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners unanimously approved a minor change to their sign code that could have a major impact on business development in the town.
The commission voted to allow commercial tenants with more than 15,000 square f
Manalapan Town Clerk Lisa Petersen administers the oath of office to Commissioner-Elect Clark Appleby,
left, Commissioner-Elect Ronald Barsanti and Vice-Mayor Louis De Stefano in the Manalapan
Commission Chambers on March 25.
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