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  • Applicant proposing hotel may return at a later date

    HOWELL – A public hearing on an applicant’s plan to build a six-story hotel near the intersection of Route 9 and Interstate 195 was not heard by the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment on Dec. 17. A special meeting of the zoning board had been scheduled for that night to hear the hotel application. Local…

  • Monmouth Worship Center begins building new church

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Work has begun on the construction of the Marlboro Worship Center’s new 39,000-square-foot church on Vanderburg Road. Church officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on the afternoon of Dec. 9. Congregants and friends shared a prayer at the site of the new house of worship. The Monmouth Worship Center…

  • Firefighter will be honored with plaque at memorial

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – A local firefighter who died in the line of duty on Jan. 11, 2000, will be honored at the Marlboro Township Veterans Memorial in front of Town Hall. At their meeting on Dec. 6, members of the Township Council passed a resolution to honor Ronald Osadacz. Osadacz, 36,…

  • BREAKING NEWS

    Howell may be getting ready to name new recreation director BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Howell may be getting ready to name new recreation director BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer HOWELL — Municipal officials may name a new recreation director as early as Dec. 26. Howell Township Manager Helene Schlegel told Greater Media Newspapers on Dec.…

  • Resident says odor remains near Freewood Acres homes

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Kenneth Harper, who has lived in Howell’s Freewood Acres neighborhood off Route 9 for 15 years, had 18 guests at his home on Thanksgiving. Instead of smelling the sweet aroma of turkey, stuffing and candied yams, Harper’s guests focused on a lingering odor and asked their host, “Hey,…

  • Hearing for Howell hotel cancelled by applicant

    BREAKING NEWS Hearing for Howell hotel cancelled by applicant HOWELL — A public hearing on an applicant’s plan to build a six-story hotel near the intersection of Route 9 and Interstate 195 will not be heard by the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment on Dec. 17. A special meeting of the zoning board had been…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Three-year-old Alyssa Canada of Freehold displays her excitement as she shares a visit with Santa Claus during his annual visit to Freehold Borough Dec. 15. Santa arrived in town on a full-size Conrail train engine. More than 100 children lined up for pictures with Santa and had a chance to share their…

  • Officials award contract for soil cleanup

    Firm will handle soil contaminated by oil and by pesticide use BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Contentious discussion coupled with a thumbnail education of the soil remediation process preceded the Manalapan Township Committee’s passage of a resolution that awarded a $15,000 soil cleanup contract for township-owned property on Route 522. TTI Environmental Inc., of Moorestown,…

  • Village retail center on hold as town eyes traffic

    Poor conditions at intersection near project pose challenge BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – A pending major commercial project has been put into a holding pattern by mutual agreement between township officials and project representatives. The Village at Manalapan is a 500,000-square-foot retail development planned for a 135-acre site at the intersection of Route…