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Former mayor will seek damages for Web posts
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – A complaint alleging libel and seeking compensation in the form of court costs, fees and treble damages has been filed in state Superior Court on behalf of George Spodak, a former mayor of Manalapan. Spodak has been a resident of Manalapan for more than 40 years and served…
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New director helping to expand 2nd Floor
When Mary Pearson was hired in May to work for 180 Turning Lives Around, a Monmouth County nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual abuse, she knew it wasn’t business as usual. In her previous career in sales and business development for high-tech companies, Pearson’s success was measured in million-dollar revenue increases. Now, as…
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Physicians graduate from program
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The second class of six resident physicians has graduated from the CentraState Family Medicine Residency Program. Launched in 2005, the three-year program operates in conjunction with UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Three of the graduating residents earned awards. Suryadutt Venkat, M.D., won the Kenneth W. Faistl Future of Family Medicine Award, named…
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Attorney to seek use variance
FREEHOLD — An application requesting a variance to place a law office at 68 Court St. is scheduled to be heard by the Freehold Borough Planning/Zoning Board on Aug. 27. The applicant, attorney Veronica Davis, is seeking a use variance in order to be permitted to convert the home and an accessory building at the…
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Rezoning act paves way for homes off Lloyd Rd.
Council’s action will ratify settlement with Ohad Associates BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A rezoning ordinance that resulted from a settlement of legal issues between Ohad Associates and the township had its first reading at the Aug. 7 meeting of the Township Council. Mayor Jonathan Hornik said the administration’s hands were tied in…
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Assault by auto charge nets three-year probation
On Aug. 6, Robert Bayly, 20, of Cape Coral, Fla., was sentenced to a three-year term of probation for the third-degree crime of assault by auto. This charge pertains to a 2006 motor vehicle collision that occurred in Howell. Bayly resided in Howell at the time of the crash. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s…
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Wine tasting will benefit MS center
CentraState Healthcare Foundation will present its seventh annual multiple sclerosis fundraiser, “An Evening in the Vineyards,” from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 5, at the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main Street, Freehold Township. Proceeds will go to the newly named Linda E. Cardinale Multiple Sclerosis Center at CentraState Medical Center. The…
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Monmouth towns can join new Revolutionary byway
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Monmouth County officials have invited 16 communities to participate in the development of a Revolutionary War scenic byway. According to Zunilda Rodriguez, principal planner in the Long-Range Planning Department of the Monmouth County Planning Department, the 16 municipalities invited to participate are: Atlantic Highlands, Colts Neck, Englishtown, Fair Haven,…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Katherine Castro, 12, slaps the handcuffs on “bad guy” Tom Boylan, 14, during one of the scenarios that was played out at the Freehold Borough Youth Police Academy. For more on this special summer activity for youngsters, see the story by staff writer Clare Marie Celano on page 3.
