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  • Site eyed for possible rec uses

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Municipal officials are considering a plan to purchase a former state work farm on Conover Road for possible future use as a recreation site. On March 19 the members of the Township Council unanimously passed a resolution authorizing an amendment to a professional services contract between Marlboro and…

  • Woman sentenced for theft

    A Toms River resident pleaded guilty late last year to charges of theft that were contained in a 2007 indictment. Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. told the News Transcript on March 13 that Incenge Torres pleaded guilty to theft in November. He said she was sentenced earlier this year to five…

  • The perfect note

    MATT DENTON Tara Blick (l), select orchestra director, and MEMS eighth-grader Caroline Smith perform with the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Select Orchestra in concert at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School on Feb. 26. The concert also featured performances by the district’s Select Percussion and Steel Pan Ensemble and the Select Jazz Band.

  • Peer leaders rewarded for efforts

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township High School Peer Leaders Memory Walk team — Team Lead Strong 15,000+ — has been awarded the Top Team and School Spirit awards by the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter for exceptionally spirited teamwork and outstanding fundraising efforts during the chapter’s Southern Regional Memory Walk held in 2008.…

  • Manalapan Symphony Orchestra to perform

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Arts Council will present the Manalapan Symphony Orchestra’s spring concert at 3 p.m. April 19 at Manalapan High School, Church Lane. The Manalapan Symphony Orchestra will perform two orchestral masterpieces presented with a Latin flair. The program will include Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony” and the Brahms Violin Concerto. “Angelica,” a piece by…

  • Resident’s collapse halts zoning meeting Attorneys debate aspects of cell tower application

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The collapse of an 81-year-old woman put a halt to testimony during a March 12 meeting of the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. The board was conducting a public hearing on Omnipoint Communications’ application to install a cell 120-foot tall monopole cellular communications tower on…

  • Women hold key Howell positions

    Study hard, have thick skin are words of advice from those who serve township BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Her path in life was already predestined. From early on, she was told she was to become a lawyer. Her late father, William J. White Sr., taught her the simple principles of life that would help…

  • Freehold Twp. school budget includes layoffs

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A public hearing will be held at 8 p.m. March 31 in the Freehold Township Board of Education offices on Stillwells Corner Road on the proposed 2009-10 school budget. The budget includes the layoff of 15 employees: five teachers, eight special education teacher assistants and two curriculum…

  • History of Women Leaders in Howell

    Alice Alatalo Township Committee, Jan. 1976 first woman elected to the governing body Phyllis Kavett Township Committee, Jan. 1978 Mayor Jan. 1, 1979 – Dec. 31, 1979 Sally Fox Township Committee, Jan. 1982 Maryanne Bancroft Piatkowski Township Committee, 1st term Jan. 1983 re-elected to 2nd term 1986 to Dec. 31, 1988 Served as deputy mayor…