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  • Resident files lawsuit against Planning Board

    Claims recent decision on Ambten application was unreasonable BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO- The Planning Board is facing litigation that stems from its recent approval of the Ambten Road Associates warehouse-office project at Tennent and Amboy roads. Resident Alexander Ingham filed a civil action in state Superior Court following the board’s approval of theAmbten…

  • Officer assigned to school

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – An officer from the Monmouth County Sheriff ‘s Office will not be placed on duty at Manalapan High School while the regular School Resource Officer (SRO) is on active military duty in Afghanistan. However, the Manalapan Police Department has taken one of its two Drug Abuse Resistance Education…

  • Owners of dog-training facility make case to continue business

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Testimony is expected to resume on June 9 before the Zoning Board of Adjustment in the case of the Kindred Souls Canine Center, Brown Road. Representatives of the business made their latest appearance before the board on April 14. As they seek a use variance, the principals of…

  • Memorial Day parade to head down Main St.

    FREEHOLD – The Freehold Memorial Day Parade Committee has announced that the 134th annual Memorial Day parade, to be held this year on May 26, will offer spectators lining Main Street in Freehold Borough some very special marching tributes to all American servicemen and servicewomen who lost their lives in combat for the nation. The…

  • Transportation coordinator driving off to retirement

    Teresa Dondrea has worked in school district for 33 years BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Teresa Dondrea MARLBORO – Thirty-three fulfilling years of service in the Marlboro K-8 School District is about 32 years more than Transportation Coordinator Teresa Dondrea had anticipated. Dondrea will be retiring from her position at the end of the current…

  • Parent gets 1-year probation

    COLTS NECK – Mario A. Romano, 42, of Colts Neck, was sentenced May 16 to a one-year term of probation for assaulting the coach of his son’s PopWarner youth football team. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, conditions of the probation included that Romano have no victim contact and that…

  • Discovery Day opens window on prehistory

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Creatures 80 million years old still remain in Marlboro, although most of them remain hidden to the naked eye. Residents were recently able to take a close look at the fossils of these extinct creatures, which are still being discovered around town. Discovery Day was held at the…

  • Youth Police Academy offered

    FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough Police Department will conduct aYouth Police Academy this summer. The Youth Police Academy is a six-day program for youths who are between the ages of 12 and 16. The active, hands-on program will introduce participants to all aspects of law enforcement. Guest speakers will include members of the FBI, U.S.…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Robertsville Elementary School pupils (l-r) Maymun Mohuiddin, Cameryn Tepper and Anika Dinger had their creative writing efforts chosen to be interpreted and performed by the Child’s Play Touring Theatre. See story, page 67.