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Colts Neck officials adopt $13.6 million municipal budget for 2021 COLTS NECK – The members of the Township Committee have adopted a 2021 municipal budget that totals $13.67 million and will be supported by the collection of $8.28 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners. Officials will appropriate $2.4 million from Colts Neck’s surplus fund (savings) to be used as revenue in the budget and expect to receive $1.98 million in state aid. The 2021 budget was unanimously adopted by committee members on April 28. In 2020, Colts Neck’s adopted budget tot...

Judge calls out disrespectful suspect accused of attacking cops with hatchet: What did you call me? Updated 4:26 PM; Today 3:57 PM Michael Viola, 22, charged police officers with a hatchet before they opened fire on him, according to the district attorney. He's pictured here in a 2018 mugshot. Facebook Share Viola, 23, apparently doesn’t have much respect for the judge on his case, either. He’s been jailed since leaving the hospital after the Dec. 31, 2019 police shooting on Grant Boulevard. Viola is charged with multiple counts of menacing a police officer and weapons possession. On Th...

Colts Neck Township Committee introduces $14 million budget Colts Neck Township Committee introduces $14 million budget COLTS NECK – The members of the Township Committee have introduced a 2021 municipal budget totaling $14 million that will be supported by the collection of $8.28 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners. Other revenue in the budget includes the appropriation of $2.4 million from the township’s surplus fund (savings) and the receipt of $1.98 million in state aid. The budget was introduced on March 31 and a public hearing has been sc...

News Transcript News Briefs, Jan. 27 Freehold Regional High School District’s energy conservation partnership with Cenergistic, a nationwide sustainability company, culminated in a 31% decrease in energy use by the time the 2020-21 school year began in September 2020, according to a press release from the school district. The 31% energy reduction from the program equates to avoiding carbon emissions produced by eight million miles of automobile travel, according to the press release. “Our Cenergistic partnership has resulted in our district conserving energy effectively within our buildin...

Viola elected to serve as Colts Neck mayor for 2021; Buss joins governing body COLTS NECK – Township Committeeman Michael Viola will serve as Colts Neck’s mayor for 2021 following his election to that one-year position during the Jan. 2 reorganization meeting of the governing body. In Colts Neck’s form of government, residents do not directly elect a mayor. Each January, the Township Committee members select one person on the governing body to serve as mayor for the year. As the reorganization meeting began, Viola and Tara Torchia Buss were sworn in to begin serving three-year terms. Vi...