Author: MARK ROSMAN, Managing Editor

  • Testimony on Stavola application expected to resume on Feb. 10 in Manalapan

    Testimony on Stavola application expected to resume on Feb. 10 in Manalapan

    MANALAPAN – A public hearing on an applicant’s proposal to construct retail and restaurant space at the intersection of Route 33 west and Woodward Road in Manalapan is expected to resume at the Feb. 10 meeting of the Planning Board. The meeting will be conducted in a virtual manner during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The…

  • Graime elected president of Manalapan-Englishtown school board

    Graime elected president of Manalapan-Englishtown school board

    Brian Graime has been elected to serve as president of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education for 2022. Graime succeeds Dotty Porcaro in the position. Porcaro served as president for the eight preceding years. She remains a member of the school board. The board held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. The…

  • Drennan, Darling begin serving terms on Allentown council

    Drennan, Darling begin serving terms on Allentown council

    ALLENTOWN – Michael Drennan and Nikki Darling began serving three-year terms on the Allentown Borough Council after they took the oath of office during the borough’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. Drennan is serving his second three-year term on the council and Darling is serving her first three-year term on the council. Both residents won…

  • Qazi, DiNuzzo, Milman sworn in to start terms on Marlboro council

    Qazi, DiNuzzo, Milman sworn in to start terms on Marlboro council

    MARLBORO – The three Republicans who unseated a trio of Democratic incumbents have been sworn in to begin serving four-year terms on the Marlboro Township Council. In the November 2021 general election, Republicans Antoinette DiNuzzo, Michael Milman and Juned Qazi defeated incumbent Democrats Jeff Cantor, Scott Metzger and Carol Mazzola. Cantor served on the council…

  • Manalapan officials elect Cohen to serve as mayor for 2022

    Manalapan officials elect Cohen to serve as mayor for 2022

    MANALAPAN – Committeewoman Susan Cohen has been elected by her fellow members of the Township Committee to serve as Manalapan’s mayor for 2022. Cohen was tapped for the position during Manalapan’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. Cohen has served as mayor several times during her tenure on the governing body, most recently in 2019. The…

  • Impreveduto joins Holmdel committee; Buontempo tapped for mayor’s position

    Impreveduto joins Holmdel committee; Buontempo tapped for mayor’s position

    HOLMDEL – Republican Rocco Impreveduto has taken his seat on the Holmdel Township Committee and has begun serving a three-year term on the municipality’s governing body. In the November 2021 election, Impreveduto was elected to his first term as he defeated Democrat Rahul Diddi to win the one available term that was on the ballot.…

  • Heller elected president of Marlboro K-8 school board

    Heller elected president of Marlboro K-8 school board

    MARLBORO – Randy Heller has been elected to serve a one-year term as president of the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education for 2022. Heller was elected during the board’s reorganization meeting held Jan. 4. Prior to the election of the board’s president and vice president, the four individuals who won terms on the…

  • Freehold Township resident’s alleged killer may face trial in 2022

    Freehold Township resident’s alleged killer may face trial in 2022

    A trial is tentatively scheduled to take place later this year for the Sayreville, Middlesex County, man who is accused of murdering a Freehold Township resident nearly four years ago. Jamil S. Hubbard of Sayreville was indicted on March 11, 2019, on charges of first degree murder, first degree felony murder, first degree armed robbery,…

  • Investigation continues into Marlboro crash that claimed life of young man

    Investigation continues into Marlboro crash that claimed life of young man

    MARLBORO – The circumstances surrounding a motor vehicle collision that claimed the life of a young man from Freehold Township remain under investigation by the Marlboro Police Department. In response to a Jan. 4 inquiry from the News Transcript, Marlboro Police Capt. Stephen Levy said, “The investigation regarding the fatal crash that occurred on Nov.…