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  • Council tightens height restrictions

    MARLBORO – The Township Coun-cil has adopted an amendment to an existing ordinance creating a more restrictive code for building height requirements in the municipality. The current ordinance requires buildings to be 35 feet or three stories tall. Council President Jeff Cantor previously stated that the language of the current ordinance is vague and permits…

  • Tickets available for dinner and gift auction

    St. Rose of Lima School PTA is selling tickets for its upcoming dinner and gift auction. “The Garden of Gifts Dinner and Gift Auction” will be held March 30 from 7 to 11 p.m. at The Battleground Country Club in Manalapan. The theme of the event is “Passport to the World.” Preview of the internationally…

  • Budget will be topic of legislators’ discussion

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – State legislators will visit the Freehold Borough school district on March 20 to discuss the Board of Education’s proposed budget for the 2007-08 school year with residents. State Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Mon-mouth and Mercer), state Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-Monmouth and Mercer), state…

  • Town will save on insurance

    MANALAPAN – Municipal officials were recently informed that Manalapan will receive a $7,652 discount from its total 2007 liability insurance total of $539,479, according to township administrator Tara Lovrich. Lovrich recently informed the Town-ship Committee that the savings are the result of the Manalapan Police Depart-ment having received accreditation through the New Jersey State Association…

  • Ex-Negro League players recount segregated days

    Former professional baseball players Bob Scott (l) and Pedro Sierra discuss the bygone days of segregated baseball during an appearance at Howell High School. HOWELL – Howell High School students came face to face with two living legends from a page of American history often overlooked, during an assembly featuring Bob Scott and Pedro Sierra,…

  • Western Monmouth mayors discussing shared services

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Mayor Andrew Lucas recently convened a meeting of the mayors of area communities in an effort to work toward a goal of sharing services and reducing costs for taxpayers in all of the member municipalities. Calling themselves the Western Monmouth Mayors Council, the mayors…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Shawn Tyler, 9, tells Melissa Silverio, 8, about the man he is portraying, jazz musician Louis Armstrong, during the “Superstars” program at the Taylor Mills School, Manalapan, on Feb. 27. The pupils dressed up as characters from history and shared the information with their fellow students.

  • Councilman apologizes for Internet comments

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Councilman Marc Le Vine is not stepping down from the Borough Council in Freehold Borough. In the wake of comments Le Vine posted on an Internet message board in November, representatives of local and regional Latino organizations last week called for Le…

  • Budget eliminates sports, activities

    Passage of extra ballot question would keep programs in district BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer The 2007-08 budget introduced by the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education cuts all interscholastic middle school sports and all after-school activities because “they can’t fit in the budget,” according to district Business Administrator Joseph…