Author: Greater Media

  • Office space addition approved at Route 9 complex

    MARLBORO — An office park on Route 9 will be expanding following an approval by the Marlboro Planning Board. Representatives of Toubin Realty II, LLC, came before the board on May 20 seeking approval for the construction of a 7,635-squarefoot addition to an existing one-story building on the site. Attorney Kenneth Pape, representing the applicant,…

  • Mom completes handoff of gardening chore

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Spring is in full swing, and summer is waiting in the wings. We are enjoying long days, warm nights and gentle breezes. I love the flowers, the trees, the lush lawns and green bushes. What I am not in love with are the weeds that are mass-producing and waging…

  • Drainage an issue in proposal for 18-home site in Marlboro

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — A public hearing is expected to continue before the Marlboro Planning Board on July 1 on an applicant’s plan to construct 18 single-family homes in a new cul-de-sac off Texas Road. A May 20 hearing on the Monarch Pointe, LLC, application was halted when board members expressed significant…

  • DATEBOOK

     The Italian American Cultural Society of New Jersey will host a dinner meeting at 7 p.m. June 11 at Valentino’s Restaurant, 4241 Route 9 North, Freehold Township. The cost is $30 for members, and for June only, $30 for nonmembers. Cash is preferred. No credit cards. Details: 917- 709-8008 or 917-743-3311.  The Novo…

  • ON CAMPUS

    The following local residents graduated from Rowan University, Glassboro, during the 2015 commencement exercises: From Manalapan: Rachel Bari Ackerman, Haley Mara Aimone, Jack Archie Annunziato, Randy David Berman, Alexandra Calogera, Ioannis Dokouslis, Justin Howard Fishman, Rose Esther Kravetz, Nicholas Carney Kreiger, Josh W. Levine, Veronica P. Schumann, Cary Smith III, Daniel Reilley Smith, Brandon James…

  • Howell police participate in body camera pilot program

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Police officers in Howell, MIddletown and Wall Township are wearing body cameras in a pilot program being overseen by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. In an effort to provide additional safety to law enforcement officers and citizens, three Monmouth County police departments are taking part in a program that…

  • Marlboro school board honors staff members

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Outstanding staff members in the Marlboro K-8 School District were honored by the Board of Education at a recent meeting. During a May 26 meeting at the Defino Central Elementary School, the board recognized seven staff members for their efforts on behalf of the district’s students. The staff…

  • ‘Ben Franklin’ brunch set for Metlar-Bodine

    The Metlar-Bodine House Museum will feature Brunch With Ben Franklin & Friends 1-3:30 p.m. July 5 at the museum, 1281 River Road, Piscataway. This tented event will take place on the grounds of the museum, rain or shine. Guests will feast on 18th-century fare and beverages, while 18th-century music is performed live by a trio…

  • Birds of a feather

    “Majestic Peacock” by Gnaneshwari Palamuthi Students of Lakshmi Durga at the Heera Art Center created the artwork for “Birds and Flowers,” an exhibit at the South Brunswick Public Library. The works are in media such as acrylic colors, watercolors, oil pastels, mixed media, graphite and colored pencils. “Bird Chimes” by Ankitha Ungarala “Eastern Goldfinch and…