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Howell council members adopt $54.84 million budget for 2021 HOWELL – It took two tries, but the members of the Howell Township Council, by a one-vote margin, have adopted a $54.84 million budget to fund municipal operations for 2021. A public hearing on the budget was held during the council’s May 11 meeting. Several residents voiced concern about an increase in the line item for the five council members’ salaries from $37,500 to $60,000 (i.e., a possible raise in a council member’s salary from $7,500 to $12,000). When the public hearing was closed, a motion was made to adopt the budg...

Attorneys raise issues with ordinance that would limit warehouses in Howell Attorneys raise issues with ordinance that would limit warehouses in Howell A public hearing on the ordinance began during the council’s May 11 meeting. If the ordinance is adopted, permitted uses such as assembly and packaging, and/or the manufacturing of food, textile products, apparel, lumber and/or wood products, furniture, stone, glass and clay would still be permitted in the SED zone. The proposed ordinance states that retail uses will continue to be permitted as an accessory use in the SED zone only to those...

Bar goers get a different kind of shot at Jersey Shore nightclub as part of COVID vaccine efforts Updated May 13, 2021; Three summers ago, Lilly Panitch and Brandon Hameier met at the famed D’Jais bar in Belmar as patrons downed shots of alcohol. On Wednesday, the couple got a different kind of shot there— their COVID-19 vaccine shots. Sitting beside a row of wooden stools and underneath party lights, nurses jabbed each of them with their first Pfizer doses. In a corner, a bar worker was setting up a DJ booth in preparation for the nightclub’s opening later this month.

View Comments BELMAR - D'Jais on Wednesday turned its bar into a COVID vaccination center, inoculating upwards of 200 mostly young New Jerseyans in a move designed to slow down the pandemic and clear the way for a close-to-normal summer. The 20-somethings, who normally line up outside for nights of dancing and drinking, instead lined up for a Pfizer shot — and a VIP card that will give them discounts to the club this summer. "We're in the business of putting people together, not keeping people apart," D'Jais' owner Frank Sementa said. D'Jais teamed up with Ocean Health Initiatives to adm...

Howell residents question proposed pay raise for Township Council members Howell residents question proposed pay raise for Township Council members HOWELL – Two Howell residents have made their feelings known about a proposed salary increase for the members of the Township Council. The $54.84 million municipal budget that has been introduced for 2021 shows the total salaries and wages line item for the Township Council increasing from $37,500 to $60,000. The budget has not been adopted and may be revised until the May 11 public hearing. Residents Tina Smilek and Steve Morlino addressed the...