Author: HAILEY RUDERMAN, Staff Writer

  • Marlboro council members vote to keep police dispatch operations in-house

    Marlboro council members vote to keep police dispatch operations in-house

    MARLBORO — Police dispatch services in Marlboro will continue to be provided by the Marlboro Police Department and will not be outsourced to Monmouth County’s operation. During a Township Council meeting on Nov. 10, the members of the governing body unanimously voted “yes” to update Marlboro’s existing dispatch communications system and to permit the police…

  • Applicant seeks use variance from Marlboro zoners to construct self-storage buildings

    Applicant seeks use variance from Marlboro zoners to construct self-storage buildings

    MARLBORO — Testimony is expected to resume at the Dec. 13 meeting of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment regarding a proposal from Vision Marlboro, LLC, to seek a use variance at a property on Tennent Road. Vision Marlboro, LLC, has proposed the construction of two 74,592-square-foot self-storage buildings and a one-story 1,200-square-foot office building…

  • Siewert, Mendez, Lilonsky win seats on Marlboro K-8 Board of Education

    Siewert, Mendez, Lilonsky win seats on Marlboro K-8 Board of Education

    MARLBORO — Two newcomers and a former member have been elected to serve three-year terms on the nine-member Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education. According to results of the 2022 general election that have been posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, Annette Siewert, Valentina Mendez and Michael Lilonsky were elected to the…

  • Marlboro council amends law to prohibit feeding wildlife on private property

    Marlboro council amends law to prohibit feeding wildlife on private property

    MARLBORO — The members of the Township Council have amended an existing ordinance regarding the feeding of wildlife and the change now prohibits residents from feeding wildlife on private property. An ordinance that was adopted in 2005 prohibited people from feeding wildlife on public property in Marlboro. Individuals were permitted to feed wildlife on private…

  • Three northern New Jersey residents arrested ‘casing’ vehicles in Marlboro

    Three northern New Jersey residents arrested ‘casing’ vehicles in Marlboro

    MARLBORO — Three residents of northern New Jersey were arrested by Marlboro police officers in the early morning hours of Oct. 22 and charged with attempted motor vehicle burglary, among other violations. In response to a request for information from the News Transcript, Marlboro Police Capt. Stephen Levy said that at 4 a.m. Oct. 22,…

  • Applicant seeks use variance to place two businesses on Marlboro property

    Applicant seeks use variance to place two businesses on Marlboro property

    MARLBORO — Testimony regarding an applicant’s proposal to construct a self-storage building and a flex space warehouse at 142 Amboy Road is expected to continue on Nov. 8 before the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment. The application filed by 142 Amboy Road was heard during the board’s Oct. 11 meeting. According to the meeting’s agenda,…

  • Howell Police EMS Unit receives new ambulance to serve community

    Howell Police EMS Unit receives new ambulance to serve community

    HOWELL — After almost two years of operating with three ambulances, the Howell Police Department’s Emergency Medical Services Unit has added a fourth ambulance to serve the community. According to information posted on the Howell Police Department website, “Due to the increase in call volume over the past several years, the Township Council authorized the…

  • Storrow sworn in as new chief of Howell Police Department

    Storrow sworn in as new chief of Howell Police Department

    HOWELL — John Storrow, who joined the Howell Police Department as a patrolman in 1995, has taken the reins of the department as its new police chief. Storrow, who became Howell’s police chief on Aug. 1, was publicly sworn in to the position during a recent meeting of the Township Council. Deputy Mayor Pamela Richmond…

  • Six residents seeking seats on Marlboro K-8 Board of Education

    Six residents seeking seats on Marlboro K-8 Board of Education

    MARLBORO — Six residents are seeking three three-year terms on the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education in the 2022 general election. Voting by mail has been underway for several weeks. Early in-person voting will take place from Oct. 29 through Nov. 6 at selected locations in Monmouth County (available to all residents of…