LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The township’s decision to cut an additional $300,000 from the school district’s defeated budget has resulted in a slew of additional cuts and the elimination of two more jobs — bringing the total job losses to 53.
LACEY TOWNSHIP - The township's school board, still flummoxed that voters rejected a 2010-11 budget that did not raise taxes, reluctantly voted Monday night to lay off 30 of its 692 employees.
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - The Township Committee introduced a $19.7 million budget Thursday night that raises taxes by 2.9 cents per $100 of assessed value and puts any layoffs in the hands of employee unions.
Municipalities throughout the area have developed numerous ways to deal with their budget crises.
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - Southern Regional School District officials said Sunday they have reached a tentative agreement that will decrease the number of layoffs necessary to close a $2.6 million budget gap because of a loss of state aid for the 2010-11 school year.
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - The attorney for the township police union has notified Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Grasso of a delay in the local council introducing the 2010 budget.
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - Township Business Administrator James Moran revealed Thursday morning what township officials are calling a bare-bones budget due to increases in health benefits, higher than expected snow-removal costs and other expenditures nearing $2 million.
Ocean County this week began accepting mixed recyclable material, which it will begin processing at its Lakewood facility next week, Freeholder Director James F. Lacey announced Wednesday.
Ship Bottom police have arrested three men and charged them with the March 18 burglary of a 22nd Street home.
LACEY TOWNSHIP - Police Chief William Nally pitched the Township Committee a budget Wednesday night that included four new police officers.
TOMS RIVER — A Superior Court judge refused Tuesday to order the reinstatement of five Stafford Township police officers, saying he wasn’t going to make a decision about their financial situation and whether the budget-cutting move was warranted.
TUCKERTON - The Tuckerton Board of Education recently introduced a $4.4 million budget that calls for the elimination of five jobs, a handful of services and a 3.9 percent increase in the tax levy.
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP — The township’s police union and five township police officers who were laid off March 31 have filed a three-count lawsuit against the township, business administrator and Mayor John McMenamin, a former police lieutenant, demanding that their positions be reinstated immediately.
Two Ocean County municipalities hope there's enough David Breeden to go around this spring.
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