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Howell’s 2008 budget checks in at $43.7M
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL- A$43.7 million municipal budget to fund Howell’s operation in 2008 has been introduced by the Township Council. The budget was introduced on June 10. A public hearing on the budget has been scheduled for the council’s July 10 meeting, to be followed by a vote to adopt the spending…
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Take care to protect homes, cars
MANALAPAN – Although there is no cause for alarm, there is always cause for precaution. That is the message Manalapan police Capt. Louis Moreto wants to get out to the public in an effort to thwart would-be thieves of homes and automobiles. He said Manalapan is a safe community, but no town is free of…
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Home, garden entries sought
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Do you think you bake the best cookies, grow the biggest and juiciest tomatoes, or make the most creative crafts in your neighborhood? You may have what it takes to earn a blue ribbon in the 2008 Monmouth County Fair home and garden competition. So gather up your best needlepoint, knitting and…
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Marlboro will pay Trenton to take affordable housing
MARLBORO – To help satisfy the township’s state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) obligation without building additional homes in Marlboro, the Township Council last week approved a resolution authorizing an addendum to a regional contribution agreement (RCA) between Marlboro and Trenton. The council took the action during a special meeting held June 12. The RCA…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Children at the Acelero Head Start program in Freehold Borough listen attentively as pupils from the Marlboro Middle School present stories they wrote in their Spanish class. The children in Freehold are native Spanish speakers who are learning English. The Marlboro Middle School students tested their acquired Spanish skills on youngsters who…
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Hanging out
CHRIS KELLY staff Fun was the name of the game at Manalapan Under the Stars, the township’s annual community event held June 14 at the Manalapan Recreation Center, Route 522. This youngster tried to stick around on a ride during the day.
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Cleanup required on site of soccer field upgrades
Marlboro seeking bids for project behind middle school BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer As Marlboro’s synthetic turf field project comes to a close, the second portion of the Marlboro Township Park Improvements, Phase II, (soccer fields) is now facing issues of contaminated soil. John Saffioti, the superintendent of the Marlboro Recreation Department, recently told the…
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‘Of Mice and Men’ will be staged in amphitheater
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Bring a blanket or a seat cushion when you attend the outdoor production of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” presented by the South Street Players in the amphitheater of the Priedaine (New Jersey Latvian Society), 1017 Route 33 east, Howell. Steinbeck’s 1937 classic, “Of Mice and Men,” is set in…
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Pupils’ Spanish lessons get practical application
Marlboro students read their own stories to Freehold youngsters BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Eighth-grade Spanish students at theMarlboroMiddle School recently brought a special treat to the preschool pupils at the Acelero Head Start program in Freehold Borough. The Marlboro students visitedAcelero over the course of three days to read Spanish storybooks they had created…
