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  • Township may impose weight limit on street

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – East Freehold Road might soon become weight conscious. The entire stretch of the road between Route 79 and Route 9 would be off-limits to vehicles that weigh 16 tons or more under the terms of an ordinance the Township Committee introduced on Sept. 27. The…

  • Photographer’s China trip yields fascinating images

    BY JESSICA LYN RAGSDALE Correspondent BY JESSICA LYN RAGSDALECorrespondent Arthur Krasinsky MARLBORO — Arthur Krasinsky, who has called Marlboro home for 36 years, recently embarked on a three-week excursion to China with his wife, Marla, and 25 members of an Interhostel group — an organization that sponsors trips around the world. The trip became the…

  • Utility reps to meet with council

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Marlboro MARLBORO — The Township Council will hold a special meeting on Oct. 11 to discuss several issues with representatives of the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority (WMUA). The WMUA, with headquarters in Manalapan, provides sewer service to customers in Marlboro and Manalapan. The utility has an…

  • Housing settlement approved in Marlboro

    Bluh & Batelli to build 250 units on Route 79 tract BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Following an executive session meeting on Sept. 26, the Marlboro Township Council passed a resolution to approve 250 homes on Route 79. The resolution authorizes a settlement agreement between the municipality and developers Alfred Bluh…

  • O’Connell joins board

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — A former Board of Education member has been appointed to fill an open seat on the panel. The board’s vice president, Mark Bonjavanni, resigned after accepting a position with the New Jersey School Boards Association. Elizabeth O’Connell, of Sweet Gum Road, was selected by…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Long Branch goalkeeper Feliz Cardenas gets a knee to the chest as she comes out of the net to break up a play in front of Freehold Borough’s Genna Opatut and Long Branch’s Jillian Rackett on Friday in Freehold.

  • GOP club donates to aid squad

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Republican Club has donated the proceeds of a recent charity golf outing to the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad. According to a press release from the Manalapan Republican Club, the club responded after learning that donations to the all-volunteer squad were significantly lower this year. “We understood their immediate and urgent need.…

  • Outpouring of support overwhelms La. family

    Community response to hurricane victims is quick, complete BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The community’s response to the story of a family that fled New Orleans just before Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on that southern city has been swift and stunning. On Sept. 14-15, two Greater Media Newspapers publications, the News…

  • Freehold Borough gets set for Halloween festivities

    FREEHOLD — The all-volunteer Halloween Spooktacular Committee in Freehold Borough will once again transform the town into “Halloween Spooktacular” headquarters this October. From painted store windows and cornstalks lining the main thoroughfares, to scarecrows propped up curbside throughout Freehold’s neighborhoods, to a costume parade with hundreds of children, a jack-o’-lantern contest, and free haunted hayrides,…