Author: PETER ELACQUA, Staff Writer
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Colts Neck officials ban cultivation, sale of cannabis in community
COLTS NECK – The members of the Colts Neck Township Committee have adopted an ordinance that prohibits the operation of any class of a cannabis licensed business in the municipality. The ordinance includes language that will update eight sections of the municipal code. The legislation states that “the growing, cultivating, farming, manufacturing, distribution or selling…
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Freehold Township High School event benefits Embrace Kids Foundation
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Students from Freehold Township High School raised $7,802 for the Embrace Kids Foundation during the third Dance For The Kids (FTK) event that was held on June 10. The Embrace Kids Foundation exists to lighten the burden, maintain normalcy and improve the quality of life for families whose children are facing cancer,…
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Marlboro Memorial Middle School pupils win national science competition
MARLBORO – Four students who attended the Marlboro Memorial Middle School during the 2020-21 school year won the Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision challenge for their project to reduce harm to the environment during rocket launches. The team of Suchit Basineni, Minghan Li, Ayan Patel and Pranshu Suyal won first place and were one of…
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Marlboro officials take first step to prohibit cannabis sales, production in town
MARLBORO – The members of the Marlboro Township Council have introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, prohibit the operation of any class of cannabis licensed business in the municipality. “We understand (adult use marijuana) is legal, but we don’t believe it adds to the value of residents in Marlboro in terms of sale and…
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Holmdel school board unanimously adopts $68M budget for 2021-22
HOLMDEL – The members of the Holmdel Township Schools Board of Education have adopted a $68.75 million budget for the 2021-22 school year. During a recent meeting, President Victoria Flynn, Vice President Michael Sockol and board members Eileen Briamonte, Brian Foster, Joseph Hammer, Peter Reddy, Elizabeth Urbanski, Terence Wall and Linda Zhang voted “yes” on…
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Marlboro school board adopts budget for 2021-22 academic year
MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for the 2021-22 school year that totals $93.38 million. The budget calls for a local tax levy of $79.2 million to be paid by Marlboro’s residential and commercial property owners. The taxpayers’ share of the budget revenue will be about 84.5%.…
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FRHSD referendum will focus on roofing, paving projects at six schools
The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education expects to place a $14.46 million referendum that will address paving and roofing projects at the district’s six high schools before voters in the district’s eight sending municipalities on Election Day, Nov. 2. It will mark the third time in four years that residents of the…
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Colts Neck school board adopts $27.8M budget for 2021-22
COLTS NECK – Members of the Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education have unanimously adopted a $27.8 million budget to support the operation of the school district during the 2021-22 school year. The 2021-22 budget will be supported through the collection of $25 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property…
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Colts Neck officials adopt $13.6 million municipal budget for 2021
COLTS NECK – The members of the Township Committee have adopted a 2021 municipal budget that totals $13.67 million and will be supported by the collection of $8.28 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners. Officials will appropriate $2.4 million from Colts Neck’s surplus fund (savings) to be used as revenue…
