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  • Two schools evacuated by bomb threats on same day

    Marlboro police continue to seek those behind pranks BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer MARLBORO – Police are continuing to investigate a pair of bomb threats that caused the evacuation of Marlboro High School, Route 79, and the Marlboro Middle School, Route 520, on April 24. Marlboro police Lt. Douglas Van Note…

  • Bomb threat nets probation

    FREEHOLD – A 14-year-old boy from Manalapan was sentenced to one year of probation on April 23 and ordered to pay approximately $2,000 in fines after admitting to leaving a note containing a false bomb threat at the Manalapan-English-town Middle School, Millhurst Road. Additionally, the juvenile’s driving privileges were revoked by the court for six…

  • Asian heritage festival returns to Manalapan

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – The second annual Asian Heritage Festival will be held May 5 from 1-5 p.m. at Manalapan High School, Church Lane, off Tennent Road. Presented by the Manalapan Arts Council (MAC) under the auspices of the Manalapan Recreation Department, the festival will celebrate all Asian…

  • Permanent solutions sought for water issues

    BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERT Staff Writer BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERTStaff Writer MARLBORO – More than 40 federal, state, county and local officials gathered last week to take a hard look at watershed impairments and flooding in the township. The meeting was dubbed the Marlboro Multi-Watershed Restoration/Protection Project Summit. Mayor Robert Kleinberg said water issues have caused “undue…

  • Judge: Authority must accept connection fees

    BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERT Staff Writer BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERTStaff Writer MARLBORO – Work on the Marlboro Grande project will advance. State Superior Court Judge Lawrence M. Lawson, sitting in Freehold, has ordered the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority (WMUA) to accept sewer connection fees from Meiterman Holdings Inc. In his ruling, Lawson laid out numerous reasons why…

  • Psychiatric exam ordered for Marlboro developers

    Marlboro mayor claims town employees have been harassed by pair BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERT Staff Writer BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERTStaff Writer MARLBORO – A federal judge last week ordered indicted developers Steven Meiterman and Edward Kay to undergo psychiatric evaluations because they have shown threatening and menacing behavior toward municipal employees. The order was made during their…

  • Business owner pleads guilty to tax evasion

    The owner of a landscaping and contracting business in Monmouth County has pleaded guilty to tax evasion, admitting that he evaded more than $300,000 in federal income taxes, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. According to a press release from Christie’s office, Christopher M. Aldarelli Sr., 40, of Howell, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge…

  • Odd intersection will become four-way stop

    BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERT Staff Writer BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERTStaff Writer MARLBORO – The implementation of a four-way stop at the intersection of Spring Valley and Texas roads received reluctant approval from the Township Council after much debate at the council’s April 26 meeting. Residents who live near Spring Valley and Texas roads said they would rather…

  • Brookdale names WWII center after Narozanick

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer DAN NEWMAN Holding the scissors (l-r) are Brookdale Community College President Peter Burnham and Freeholder Emeritus Ted Narozanick as they get ready to cut the ribbon at the Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution, which was named for Narozanick. MIDDLETOWN – For nearly…