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  • No change made on size of acre

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – With no one to move it forward, an ordinance that was prepared in order to redefine the size of an acre in certain areas of the community will likely not be adopted anytime soon. As explained by township professionals, the proposed changes would have…

  • Audit finds no problems

    BY ELANA ARON Correspondent BY ELANA ARONCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Call it a perfect report card. Municipal officials recently announced that a team of four auditors spent five weeks reviewing the township’s financial records. The result was an audit report that contained no recommendations; therefore, no corrective action is needed. “Considering Freehold Township handles approximately…

  • Wegmans recalling water

    MANALAPAN – Wegmans Food Markets Inc. is voluntarily recalling all sizes of Wegmans Food You Feel Good About (FYFGA) Spring Water, produced for Wegmans by Mayer Brothers, West Seneca, N.Y. All use-by dates on or before Aug. 8, 2008, are affected by this recall. According to a press release, Weg-mans’ decision to recall the products…

  • Freehold Twp. grad is 5th in national forensics event

    BY MICHAEL ALERHAND Correspondent BY MICHAEL ALERHAND Correspondent Freehold Township High School graduate Michael Garson placed fifth at the National Forensics League championship in Dallas, Texas. The tournament, which included the top 204 high school improvisational debaters from across the United States, was held June 18-23. Garson, who began debating as a freshman, was one…

  • Luncheon to boost player, family in recovery effort

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Preston Plevretes MARLBORO – The Marlboro football community will come together once more to raise money for the family of Preston Plevretes. On Nov. 5, Plevretes, 20, a former member of the Marlboro High School football team, was playing for LaSalle University, Philadelphia, when he suffered…

  • Town presses on in appeal against apartment project

    Mayor, council claim board’s approval was de facto rezoning BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – The fate of a much discussed residential project is still wrapped up in the legal system. In September 2005 the Township Council and Mayor Robert Kleinberg filed a lawsuit against the Marlboro Zoning Board of…

  • Local writer helps to give ‘Oedipus’ new wrinkles

    BY SHARON LEFF Correspondent BY SHARON LEFFCorrespondent In January, Howell High School graduate Gil Varod set out to write a children’s musical with some of his friends, not knowing that the end result, “Oedipus for Kids,” would be chosen for production at the upcoming New York Musical Theatre Festival. With only a month to go…

  • Scholarship awarded to Manalapan woman

    Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley, president of the Constitutional Officers’ Association of New Jersey, announced that Paige Glotzer, of Manal-apan, was awarded a $1,500 scholarship by the association. The scholarship was presented at the organization’s monthly meeting at the Breakers Hotel, Spring Lake, on July 20. Glotzer is a 2004 graduate of Manal-apan High…

  • Brick Twp. stands alone in paying board members

    Other local planning, zoning boards do not pay residents who serve BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer What does Brick Township have in common with Los Angeles that no other area municipality has the distinction of sharing? Brick Township, in Ocean County, as does Los Angeles, Calif., compensates its Planning Board and…