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Officials award contracts to complete rec addition
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The expanded Manalapan Recreation Center, Route 522, is ready for its finishing touches. A project that has added new athletic fields to the township’s sprawling recreation complex came a step closer to completion with the awarding of two contracts by the Township Committee. At its meeting on Jan.…
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FRHSD looking for solar panels to help save money
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District has been approved for $1.8 million in rebates from the New Jersey Clean Energy Program for the installation of solar photovoltaic panels at Manalapan, Marlboro, Freehold Township and Howell high schools. The rebates and promotions are provided through the New Jersey Smart Start Building…
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Goon, ‘Perturbed by issues,’ quits board
FRHSD panel seeks new Marlboro rep BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Less than a year after being elected to serve as Marlboro’s representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, Katie Goon has resigned from her seat. She tendered her resignation, which was effective immediately, during the board’s Jan. 12 meeting held…
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Freehold Twp. native earns broadcast journalism honor
Columbia University announced Jan. 12 that Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) was selected as one of 13 winners of the 2009 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for broadcast journalism. Chosen from a pool of hundreds of radio and television news entries that aired in the United States between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, the…
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Play Texas hold’em & more at Men’s Expo
Greater Media New Jersey Radio Station 95.9 WRAT-FM (“The Rat”) will conduct a Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament at the Jersey Shore’s fourth annual Men’s Expo to be held from 1-6 p.m. Jan. 24 at Asbury Park Convention Hall, on the Asbury Park boardwalk, Ocean Avenue between Fifth and Sunset. Admission and parking are free. At…
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Errickson pupils help others
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — In addition to an annual holiday giving project for families through the Monmouth County Division of Social Services, the Marshall W. Errickson School held a Spirit of Giving Day on Dec. 17. Fourth-graders completed projects to send to various organizations in an effort to bring joy to others during the holiday season.…
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Township wants to issue bonds to purchase tract
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Call it a do-over or a second chance, but an ordinance that provides for the purchase of a 25-acre parcel is back on the Township Committee’s table. In 2008 municipal officials announced they had reached an agreement with representatives of the Providence Corporation to settle litigation the company…
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Marlboro may get services from county under new deal
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Municipal officials are continuing their efforts to pursue shared services in order to reduce costs. Toward that end, the Township Council recently passed a resolution to authorize an agreement with Monmouth County. Under the terms of the agreement the county will offer assistance to Marlboro with services that…
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Zoning board members named
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Mayor Richard Klauber has appointed two residents to serve on the Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment. MaryAnn Musich and Arthur Tortorelli were each appointed to a four-year term on the zoning board during the Township Committee’s 2009 reorganization meeting held Jan. 4 in the municipal building. Their terms…
