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  • OEM coordinator on leave

    Harry Conover, the coordinator of the Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management, is on administrative leave after being charged with a series of offenses by the Monmouth County Pros-ecutor’s Office. According to a press release from the prosecutor’s office, Conover, 58, of Neptune City, has been charged with third-degree official misconduct, third-degree tampering with public…

  • Activities may be saved with 2nd question

    Freehold Borough board will let voters decide fate of some programs BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer The deed was done. The die was cast as Freehold Borough Board of Education members made one of the toughest decisions they ever had to make in a 6-3 vote to adopt the…

  • Special needs organization serves Howell youngsters

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – Angela Mastro Piero said her family moved to Howell from Staten Island, N.Y., for a good reason. “We specifically moved to Howell because of the special needs programs and resources available for our son,” said Piero, who is a member of the Howell K-8…

  • Development of park is slow to take shape

    Monmouth County bought Marlboro tract from state years ago BY KEVIN CORRIGAN Correspondent BY KEVIN CORRIGANCorrespondent MARLBORO – Hidden somewhere between Boundary Road and Route 79 lies 378 acres of empty land. Deer herds graze freely across green fields. Tall grass grows over the rubble of toppled farm buildings. A solitary trail navigates the land.…

  • Fires damage two stores

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Beauty took a beating in Manalapan this week. One fire resulted in the destruction of a Route 9 spa while a second fire caused minor structural damage and second-degree burns to a person working at a nail salon that is under construction on Union…

  • Children’s entertainers to perform in benefit

    Oncor Entertainment will present Mr. Scott, “The Music Man,” and nationally recognized and award-winning children’s entertainer Yosi in a children’s concert to benefit Parents of Autistic Children (POAC). The charity performance is scheduled for April 21 at the Brookdale Community College Performing Arts Center, Lincroft, to help commemorate Autism Awareness Month. Shows will be held…

  • Salkin’s career takes turn toward writing

    Local official’s first novel expected to be on shelves this month BY ELANA ARON Correspondent BY ELANA ARONCorrespondent David Salkin FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Most people in Freehold Township know David M. Salkin as a member of the Township Committee and owner of the Jewel Case, a jewelry store in the South Freehold Shopping Center. Now,…

  • New code gives options in Howell ARE zones

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – Every six years New Jersey law requires a municipality to re-examine its master plan and development regulations. On March 20 the Township Council adopted an ordinance that will revise Howell’s Agricultural-Rural Estate (ARE) zoning districts to provide for lot averaging, open lands and farmland…

  • Residents complain about backyard water woes

    Revised drainage plan in the works for Howell homes BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Kim Newsholme walks gingerly through her backyard in The Reserve at Manasquan River development in Howell. Residents of the new homes are asking the builder to address their water woes. HOWELL – Everything you…