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  • Forum shows differences in immigration proposals

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Those wishing to better understand the nation’s current immigration reform debate were given the opportunity to do so recently. On June 20, members of the Monmouth County Human Relations Commission, in conjunction with the League of Women Voters, hosted a forum at…

  • Construction of tower surprises area resident

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – A 2-year-old approval for a cellular communications tower to be built on Union Hill Road is beginning to stir up questions among residents of the Prides Crossing development. Prides Crossing is off Route 9 north near Union Hill Road. In an e-mail to the…

  • Local volunteers provide special prom experience

    Volunteers from Holiday Express, along with students from Colts Neck High School, Rumson-Fair Haven High School, and Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, joined together to provide the students of the Matheny School in Somerset County, a special education school for children with developmental disabilities, a prom they will never forget. The Matheny School is part of…

  • Alliance volunteers honored at luncheon

    The Marlboro Township Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse held its first volunteer recognition luncheon on June 15 in the Marlboro Recreation Com-munity Center. Alliance Coordinator Nancy Geist said about 35 people attended. Stepan Charton, who concluded his tenure as principal of the Marlboro Middle School in June, was honored along with 12 other…

  • Close vote denies plan for retail/office building

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – The Planning Board has denied an application for a retail/office building to be built at the corner of East Main and Spring streets. Attorney Mark Williams, of the firm Mehr, La France and Williams, Freehold Borough, represented Rakesh Kumar, principal owner of…

  • Housing is million-dollar baby

    County report details soaring prices in Monmouth market BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Homes in the Buckley Estates at Marlboro development (top) are priced between $1.25 million and $1.65 million, and are in line with the rising price of new homes in Monmouth County. Photo by CHRIS KELLY staff The Monmouth…

  • Candidate wants to eliminate partisanship on committee

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Nikole Pezzullo, the Republican candidate for a seat on the Township Committee, said that as a girl she was inspired by Ronald Reagan and can remember wanting to run for office in order to fulfill what she saw as the Reagan legacy. Pezzullo, 35,…

  • Rockin’ sounds come to town

    MARLBORO – As part of Marlboro’s annual concert series, Bill Haley’s Comets and The Odyssey Band will be performing at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center, Wyncrest Road, on July 9 at 6 p.m. Bill Haley’s Comets feature John “Bam Bam” Lane, who joined Haley and his Comets more than 40 years ago. The group’s song…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago The entire section of Western Monmouth County has suffered large losses this past week from two severe electrical storms, the most recent storm, that of Tuesday, being accompanied by one of the heaviest rains in years. While there were numerous farm fires as a result of the electrical storms, it is thought…