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Plan for 58 homes gains nod
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Toll Brothers has received Planning Board approval to build 58 homes on Route 524 at Fairfield Road. The board’s approval on Sept. 7 followed two lengthy public hearings on the application. The houses will be built on the Schuch tract. An initial…
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Special-needs youngsters offered arts therapy classes
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – Creative Communi-cators will be offering creative arts therapy classes to special-needs children in Monmouth County. According to executive director and speech therapist Mark Corallo, Creative Communicators, Route 79, is an organization designed to meet the needs of children with diagnoses that include autism, pervasive…
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Council taps developer for affordable housing
Marlboro project calls for 110 rental units on Texas Road BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – Municipal officials are taking steps toward constructing the township’s state mandated affordable housing units. One key move forward took place at the Township Council’s Sept. 21 meeting when the governing body selected Community Investment…
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Officials pan baseball plan in town
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Local real estate entrepreneur Jack Krupnick is trying to drum up support for a “Field of Dreams” baseball complex on the township-owned Harms property. So far, municipal officials have been cool to the idea. Mayor Joseph DiBella said officials are not actively…
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Detention basin draws close look from board
Howell panel approves facility to go with new homes in Freehold Twp. BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Howell HOWELL – After a four-hour hearing complete with passionate outbursts, technical lingo and extended diatribes, the Planning Board on Sept. 14 unanimously approved an application filed by Apostle Acres Development, LLC,…
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Habitat cycle ride to hit road
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Motorcycle enthusiasts will once again be riding for charity when the Western Monmouth Habit for Humanity Ride for Affordable Hous-ing takes place on Oct. 1. James Wishbow, who came up with the idea to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity by having a motorcycle…
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Commissioners fire Abate from position at WMUA
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Frank Abate has been fired as the executive director of the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority (WMUA). Citing inappropriate personal dealings between Abate and four vendors of the WMUA, as well as a series of what were termed significant failures to communicate critical information to the WMUA…
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In the Service
Air Force Airman Darrell L. Willis Jr., son of Gail and Darrell L. Willis of Howell, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. During his six weeks of training,…
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Prostate cancer to be discussed
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Men and the loved ones who care about them are encouraged to attend a panel discussion, Prostate Cancer Awareness: An Evening With the Experts, presented by CentraState. The discussion will take place on Sept. 27 from 7-8:30 p.m. in CentraState Medical Center’s Zwerling Auditorium. CentraState Medical Center physicians Edward Soffen, radiation oncologist,…
