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Creativity on display
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Kali Palacino, 3, of Staten Island, N.Y., makes a bracelet during the West Freehold School, Freehold Township, fun fair on Feb. 4. School officials said the PTO raised $746 to donate to the Red Cross Katrina Fund. The fundraising bracelet kits were sold at the event for $1.
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Objectors state issues with housing proposal
Marlboro attempting to gain compliance with state regulations BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Two official objectors to Marlboro’s affordable-housing plan may have an effect on the municipality’s ability to receive substantive certification from the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). Obtaining substantive certification would mean that the state deems…
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New twp. manager ready to get to work in Howell
HOWELL — There will be a new manager watching over the $40 million business of Howell. On Feb. 27, Thomas Czerniecki, 38, will take over the reins of government administration in Howell from Bruce Davis. Davis has held the dual role of township clerk and township manager for five years. He will return to the…
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County grants funding for parks, open space
Manalapan, Marlboro, Colts Neck awarded funds; Howell denied FRAIDY REISS Correspondent FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent What do a fitness trail in Colts Neck, two soccer fields in Marlboro and the last farmland in Eatontown have in common? They were among 13 projects approved this month for grants from the 2005 Monmouth County Open Space Trust Fund. With…
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Town still in pursuit of property
400-acre parcel housed psychiatric hospital for 60 years BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Negotiations to purchase the 400-acre property on Route 520 near Conover Road that formerly housed the Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital are continuing. Shortly after the hospital was closed by the state in the summer of 1998,…
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Foundation hosts wine fundraiser
MARLBORO — The Marlboro Educational Foundation, a group of Marlboro residents and business people dedicated to raising much-needed funds for innovative and creative programs not covered in the general school budget, held its first wine tasting event on Jan. 23 at Brioso restaurant in the Willow Point shopping center, Route 9. Joyce Sugarman, a Marlboro…
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Driver facing DWI charges
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF FREEHOLD BOROUGH POLICE A borough resident was charged with DWI after crashing a car through the front window of a South Street business on the evening of Feb. 10. FREEHOLD — A borough resident was charged with driving while intoxicated after…
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Fight goes on for U.S. aid to clean up toxic property
Imperial Oil parcel was designated as Superfund site in 1980s BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — The estimated remaining cost to clean up one of the state’s oldest federal Superfund sites is $26.8 million. Local officials including Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ), state Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth and Mercer), Marlboro Township…
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Petition calls for change of govt. vote
Question proposes directly elected Manalapan mayor BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer A petition that proposes a change in Manalapan’s form of government is being prepared for submission to the municipal clerk, according to Joseph Locricchio. Locricchio, a Republican, is a member of the Township Committee. He is also a member of…
