Author: PETER ELACQUA, Staff Writer
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Marlboro council adopts $40 million municipal budget for 2020
MARLBORO – With a 4-0 vote from members of the Township Council, Marlboro’s municipal budget for 2020 has been put in place. The $40 million budget was adopted on April 23 by council President Carol Mazzola, Councilwoman Randi Marder, Councilman Scott Metzger and Councilman Michael Scalea. Council Vice President Jeff Cantor was absent. No one…
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Operation Marlboro Cares reaches out with assistance for residents
MARLBORO – Township Councilman Jeff Cantor has created a relief program that is providing assistance to the residents of Marlboro during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Operation Marlboro Cares is working with the Marlboro K-8 School District, local emergency services providers and businesses to deliver groceries and medicine to at-risk community members. “Anyone who is at…
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Holmdel school budget hearing set for May 6
HOLMDEL – The Holmdel School District Board of Education has introduced a $67.77 million budget to support the operation of the school district during the 2020-21 school year. A public hearing on the budget has been scheduled for 7 p.m. May 6. The board may adopt the budget that evening. The 2020-21 budget will be supported…
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FRHSD supt. says loss of state aid will ‘decimate and destroy’ district
The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has introduced a $200.81 million budget to support the operation of the district during the 2020-21 school year. District administrators have fashioned a budget for the upcoming school year that will lose almost $6 million in state aid from the current school year. Superintendent of Schools…
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Colts Neck school board introduces $27M budget for 2020-21
COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has introduced a $27.17 million budget to support the operation of the school district during the 2020-21 school year. A public hearing on the budget has been scheduled for 7 p.m. May 4. The board may adopt the budget that evening. The 2020-21…
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Marlboro school board introduces $94M budget for 2020-21
MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has introduced a budget for the 2020-21 school year that totals $94.25 million. The budget calls for a local tax levy of $77.65 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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All Marlboro K-8 pupils may sign up to receive free lunch
MARLBORO – Administrators in the Marlboro K-8 School District have announced that all students who are enrolled in the district will be eligible to receive a free lunch courtesy of the district during the state-mandated quarantine due to COVID-19. Superintendent of Schools Eric Hibbs said anyone who wishes to have their child enter the program…
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Colts Neck Township Committee approves affordable housing settlement
COLTS NECK – Township Committee members have agreed to settle issues with the Fair Share Housing Center that are related to Colts Neck’s obligation to provide opportunities for the development of affordable housing in the community. Affordable housing is defined as housing that is sold or rented at below market prices to individuals and families…
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Morganville Fire Company plans to construct new building to house trucks
MARLBORO – A new building is on the horizon for Marlboro Fire District No. 3 following a courtesy review of plans for the facility by the Marlboro Planning Board. Board members signed off on the project during a meeting on March 4. A representative of Fire District No. 3 said the fire district taxes that…
