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  • Freehold Borough budget checks in at $12.5 million

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – The Borough Council has introduced a $12.5 million budget to fund the operation of the municipality in 2006. A public hearing and adoption of the spending plan has been scheduled for May 25. The 2006 budget calls for an increase of about…

  • Committee introduces $28.7M local budget

    Municipal tax rate projected to drop for 2nd straight year BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – With a 4-1 vote, the Township Committee has introduced a $28.7 million municipal budget for 2006. Township property owners will pay a total of $11.9 million in a local tax levy. The 2005 budget…

  • Asian culture to be celebrated

    MANALAPAN – An Asian Heritage Festival will be held from 1-5 p.m. May 6 at Manalapan High School, Church Lane. Presented by the Mayor’s Arts Council under the auspices of the Manalapan Recreation Department, the festival will celebrate all Asian cultures. Recreation Director Gerald Collincini said the festival is the first project of the new…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago At the recent meeting of the state Legislature, several changes were made to the tax laws of this state, which, if intended to be enforced, would produce certain radical reforms in the method of assessing for taxes. The constitutional theory and undoubtedly the correct one, is that all property, both real and…

  • Background checks OK’d for Marlboro rec personnel

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – The Township Council has adopted an ordinance that requires Marlboro Recreation Department employees and volunteers to undergo a criminal background check. The ordinance, adopted April 20, states that coaches, assistant coaches and seasonal employees with direct unsupervised access to minors will be required to…

  • Jersey Shore Christian Singles will sponsor a tour boat ride on the Mana-squan Reservoir, Howell, May 27 at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $5, and participants should bring their own lunch. Reserva-tions are required; call (732) 483-1956.

  • Horvath, Lawson tapped to lead high school board

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA, JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA, JR.Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN – At its April 24 reorganization meeting, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education welcomed a new member, Joan Leimbach, of Howell, to the panel. Leimbach unseated incumbent Terry Kraft in the April 18 election to win one of Howell’s two…

  • Keelan, Mayes elected to lead borough board

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – James Keelan has taken the reins as president of the borough’s Board of Education. He was unanimously elected by his fellow board members during the panel’s reorganization meeting held April 24. Keelan joined the board in 2001. Stella Mayes, who has served…

  • Celebration of Israel planned

    Monmouth Celebrates Israel, to be held May 7 at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., is an all-day effort organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County and co-sponsored by 16 synagogues in the county. It will feature a 5.8-kilometer fundraising Walk for Israel, the proceeds from which will benefit…