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Driver’s parents charged with evidence tampering
New York authorities lodge charges related to UConn hit-and-run BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – The parents of the teenage driver who recently pleaded no contest to charges he was driving the Nissan Armada that struck Carlee Wines, 19, of Manalapan, on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs, Conn., on Jan. 20 have…
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Engineer to address flooding
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Township Engineer Greg Valesi will meet with a project engineer in order to begin the process of remediating a flooding culvert problem on Woodward Road. Valesi confirmed to the News Transcript that a problem exists relating to drainage from The Meadows, a residential development being constructed on Woodward…
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Honors presented during Manalapan charity ball
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer KATHY BARATTA Celebrating each other and the arts at the Mayor’s Charity Ball were (l-r) Manalapan Police Department Capt. Lou Moreto, Deputy Mayor Michelle Roth, Michael Gross, Township Committeeman Richard Klauber, Mayor Andrew Lucas, Troy Davis and Irene DeMiceli (seated). MANALAPAN – A celebration for the arts was also a…
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Proposed Rt. 537 access subject of much debate
25,000-sq.-ft. building proposed for lot in front of Raintree post office BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – It was not a convention for traffic engineers, but it may as well have been. Three traffic engineers who have testified before local planning and zoning boards on hundreds of projects over the years offered testimony…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Justin Golub, 10, a student at the Errickson School, Freehold Township, helps deliver food to the Open Door food pantry in Freehold Borough on Nov. 16. The Errickson School youngsters collected food to support the local charitable organization.
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South Street Players mark 25 years of performances
Current production of ‘The Rainmaker’ on stage at Priedaine BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The South Street Players have come full circle as they celebrate 25 years of theater production. The group was formerly known at the St. Rose Players. Its first production was N. Richard Nash’s “The Rainmaker,” a play about a rainmaker’s arrival in…
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Future use of housing on base to be discussed
The U.S. Navy has entered into a scoping period as the preliminary process to drafting an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in order to evaluate the potential impacts of creating an access route to the Laurelwood housing complex at Naval Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck, in 2010, as required by a 1988 contract between the Navy…
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Coalition head reports little progress on aid formula
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Board of Education members were brought up to date on New Jersey’s school funding issue at their Nov. 6 meeting. Lynne Strickland, the director of the Garden State Coalition of Schools (GSCS), gave an overview of the coalition and discussed its goals. At present there are about 150…
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Reworked home height law may be introduced Nov. 28
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – An ordinance that concerns the height of homes to be constructed or renovated in Manalapan is itself being reconstructed for a new introduction Nov. 28. After conducting a public hearing on the previous version of the ordinance on Oct. 10, the Township Committee decided on Nov. 7 to…
