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  • A preemie’s struggle for survival

    November is designated as Premature Awareness Month BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Not every baby born prematurely is as lucky as Millstone Township’s Hannah Siegel. Hannah, who will celebrate her third birthday in January, was born during the 29th week of Cheryl Ann Siegel’s pregnancy, under traumatic conditions that put both mother and child at…

  • Board designates property in need of redevelopment

    No plans yet for parcel at Tennent Road and Rt. 520 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Planning Board has determined that a 64-acre piece of municipally owned property in the area of Tennent Road and Route 520 met the criteria to be designated an area in need of redevelopment. The board made…

  • Bell choir will perform at Presbyterian church

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer For the fourth year in a row, the First Presbyterian Church, 118 West Main Street, Freehold Borough, will be the site of an uplifting Christmas concert. The 2008 holiday concert that is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 is part of an ongoing series that was created to help…

  • Judge to rule on training facility

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — The future of the proposed Monmouth County Athletic Center (dubbed the MAC) is now in the hands of a judge. Attorneys representing the developer and the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment made their arguments before state Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson in Freehold on Nov. 6. Lawson said…

  • Tight finances lead to tough decisions

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — When asked last week if the police department had been notified of any planned staffing reduction for the eight-man force, Sgt. Richard Settele said, “I have no comment on that now. We are waiting until the Nov. 12 [Borough Council] meeting.” When the News Transcript reported on Nov.…

  • Judge says two officials have a conflict in case

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A state Superior Court judge split the difference and ruled that two Manalapan Township Committee members have a conflict and should not vote on matters involving an ongoing civil litigation the township has brought against attorney Stuart Moskovitz. Moskovitz held the position of Manalapan’s township attorney in 2005.…

  • Community forum on strategic plan announced

    Monmouth County residents wishing to share their ideas about how the county can improve government services can do so by attending a community forum to be held at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan. “Ever since we announced that the county is moving forward with a strategic plan,…

  • Developer still at work on new hotel

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Although the reconstructed American Hotel will not be up and running by its original target date of December, anyone watching the building process over the last year will agree that progress has definitely been made. A new structure now stands in place of the historic hotel that…

  • Residents get block watch program up and running

    Tough economic times seen as possible reason for increase in break-ins BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Rumors were circulating throughout the Whittier Oaks West development, off Union Hill Road, about home burglaries. Not knowing fact from fiction, resident Stacy Healy tried to get the answers she and her neighbors were seeking. “We got…