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  • Marlboro will hold off on new school

    Administrators are carefully evaluating demographer’s numbers BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer The Marlboro Board of Education has decided not to go ahead with plans to build a new school after the latest set of projections shows a possible dip in future enrollment. The Marlboro K-8 School District is projecting an increase…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff While portraying the famous composer Mozart, Dennis Kobray works with first-grader Daniel DeFeo and second-grader Souyma Alturo during his presentation at the Frank J. Dugan Elementary School, Marlboro, on Nov. 13. For more, see page 24.

  • Board selects Maglione to fill open seat on panel

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer ENGLISHTOWN – Dr. Valerie Maglione, a 13-year resident of Manal-apan, has been appointed to fill an open seat on the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education. Maglione will serve until the next school board election in April at which time she or any other resident…

  • Officials: Town settled to cut flow of legal fees

    Freehold officials have harsh words in wake of case with day laborers BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Mike Wilson FREEHOLD – A federal lawsuit that was filed against the borough in 2003 has been settled, but according to Mayor Michael Wilson, “there are no winners in this situation.” A…

  • Officials urge ethics reform

    Freehold Township FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A resolution urging bipartisan action by the state Legislature on ethics reform was passed at the Nov. 8 meeting of the Township Committee. The resolution points to the unprecedented wave of recent public corruption scandals in New Jersey. In the past five years more than 90 public officials in New…

  • Veteran officer named Marlboro deputy chief

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – Eric Landau called his promotion to deputy chief of police a “hell of a birthday present.” On Nov. 8, Landau, 45, celebrated more than just his birthday; he was appointed by Mayor Robert Kleinberg to the position of deputy chief of the Marlboro Police…

  • Thankful for each other

    SCOTT PILLING staff Nick and Netty DePasquale share a dance during a Thanksgiving luncheon held at the Freehold Township Senior Center, Jackson Mills Road, on Nov. 9.

  • Rabbi charged with theft

    Peter Light A Monmouth County grand jury on Nov. 15 returned a one-count indictment against Peter Light, 48, of Marlboro, charging him with theft by deception. According to a press release issued by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Light was the rabbi in charge of the Marlboro Jewish Center Congre-gation Ohev Shalom. Originally from a…

  • Prosecutor: Sex assault never alleged in incident

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Luis A. Valentin MANALAPAN – An “unfortunate statement” is how the Monmouth County prosecutor described a news report that alleged a sexual assault upon a Manalapan minor had occurred in a development off Craig Road; an assault that law enforcement representatives say has never been alleged.…