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  • WMUA program focuses on keeping grease from sewers

    MANALAPAN – The Western Monmouth UtilitiesAuthority (WMUA) has announced the start of a new program to cut down on grease entering its treatment system and local waterways, asking that food service establishments implement new maintenance practices to prevent sewer line blockages and threats to the environment. The authority also announced that the implementation of the…

  • DOT OKs rail line funds

    New Jersey Transit will receive more than $1 million for its proposed Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line, according to Reps. Chris Smith and Jim Saxton (both R-N.J.), who sought to have the money included in the federal budget. According to a press release from the congressmen, the MOM Alternatives Analysis Program will receive…

  • Manalapan symphony to perform

    MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Symphony Orchestra will present its second concert of the 2007-08 season at 3 p.m. May 4 at Manalapan High School, Church Lane. Michael Avagliano, in his first year as music director, will lead the orchestra as it presents a program of Mozart, Haydn and Dvorak. Antonin Dvorak’s “New World” symphony is…

  • Detective honored with Officer of the Year award

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Detective Michael Ratta, who joined the Manalapan Police Department as a patrolman in July 2001, received the department’s Officer of the Year Award for 2007 during ceremonies held at the April 23 meeting of the Township Committee. Police Chief Stuart Brown said Ratta “shows a high level of…

  • Liberty Oak Chorus to perform in Jackson

    JACKSON- The Liberty Oak Chorus, an award-winning Freehold-based chapter of Sweet Adelines International, will be performing its “Red Hot” spring show at Jackson Memorial High School, 101 Don Connor Boulevard, Jackson, at 3 p.m. May 18. For ticket information call (732) 364- 1975 or visit www.libertyoakchorus.org. The Liberty Oak Chorus sings a cappella four-part harmony…

  • Science students stand out

    MANALAPAN – A total of 17 Manalapan EnglishtownMiddle School Science Investigations That Excite Students (SITES) participants competed in the Albert Einstein Science Fair, the junior level of the Delaware Valley Science Fairs. The Albert Einstein Science Fair was held at the Valley Forge Convention Center in Valley Forge, Pa. The 17 students who competed in…

  • Bohlin, Schneider seek mayor, council positions

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Republicans Russell Bohlin and Paul Schneider were the only candidates who filed nominating petitions to run for the mayor’s seat and a term on the Township Council by theApril 7 deadline. Bohlin is running for a four-year term as Howell’s mayor and Schneider is running for a four-year…

  • Tanks finally being removed from Imperial Oil site

    Marlboro property has been on Superfund list for two decades BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – The long path to being rid of all of the contaminants on the Imperial Oil federal Superfund site continued to make progress as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started the process of removing large tanks, barrels and…

  • Foundation director wants more focus on vandalism

    Sept. 11 memorial was damaged while at artist’s studio BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The executive director of the National Police Defense Foundation (NPDF) wantsmore attention to be paid to an act of vandalismthat was done to a Sept. 11 memorial. Joseph Occhipinti examines damage done to part of a 9/11 monument. NPDF Executive Director…