Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Decision due on cell tower application in Freehold Township

    Decision due on cell tower application in Freehold Township

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A decision on a company’s plan to build a cellular communications tower on Route 537 is expected to be delivered at the July 7 meeting of the Freehold Township Planning Board. Testimony from the applicant’s representatives and comments from members of the public concluded at the board’s…

  • Manalapan bond ordinance provides for improvements

    Manalapan bond ordinance provides for improvements

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – A series of 2016 capital improvements will be completed in Manalapan following the adoption of a bonding ordinance by the Township Committee. At their meeting on June 15, committee members voted 5-0 to appropriate $3.39 million for improvements and the acquisition of equipment. Bonds or notes in the…

  • Sport shorts

    Sport shorts

    The Cougar Basketball Camp, sponsored by Colts Neck Parks and Recreation, will be held in three sessions at Colts Neck High School. Session I is June 27-July 1 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. for girls ages 7-14. Session II is July 11-15 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. for boys and girls ages 7-17. Session III is July…

  • A family that always sees the can as half-empty

    A family that always sees the can as half-empty

    By Lori Clinch Although we are painfully close to being empty nesters, we still get to enjoy the company of our children from time to time. They come and as they go, they like to leave telltale signs of their aforementioned presence that they were here. There is always at least one stray sock left…

  • Seniors from 1966 will reunite at Aug. 27 gala, Must run June 29

    Seniors from 1966 will reunite at Aug. 27 gala, Must run June 29

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer Memories of their high school years in Freehold Borough and in Howell will come flooding back to the members of the graduating class of 1966 when they reunite over the weekend of Aug. 26-28. The seniors who graduated in 1966 were a memorable class in the young Freehold Regional High…

  • Marlboro Planning Board approves 17 homes

    Marlboro Planning Board approves 17 homes

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Planning Board has granted final approval to an applicant who proposed to build 17 homes off Nolan Road, near the Marlboro Memorial Middle School. On June 15, the board granted approval to an application filed by Captiva Holdings. The 32.5-acre parcel will have 17 homes developed on…

  • Residents express concern over rezoning of Jackson street

    Residents express concern over rezoning of Jackson street

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer JACKSON – Changes in Jackson’s master plan that took effect in 2010 are causing headaches for a group of homeowners today because their once rural residential properties are now designated for limited commercial use. Several residents of Johnson Lane stood before the Township Council on June 14 to question the…

  • Eight Marlboro homes hit in recent burglaries

    Eight Marlboro homes hit in recent burglaries

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – Police are working to solve a series of burglaries that occurred in Marlboro between Feb. 1 and June 17. Marlboro Police Capt. Fred Reck said eight residential burglaries, seven vehicle burglaries, two commercial burglaries and two additional burglary attempts occurred during that time. Jewelry and money were taken…

  • Allentown master plan to be updated

    Allentown master plan to be updated

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – An ordinance authorizing a $25,000 emergency appropriation that will be used to hire professional consultants who will prepare a master plan update was adopted by the Borough Council on June 14. A master plan is a series of documents that contains the land use regulations that frame a community’s…