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  • Board seeks to fill vacancy

    MARLBORO — Residents who want to serve on the Board of Education are being asked to submit an application to the school district offices. Board member Stacie Stoy resigned from the panel last month due to her family’s relocation to Arizona. The appointment to the board will be for the remainder of the second year…

  • Residents react to new property tax amounts

    Impact of reval can be seen on Freehold tax bills BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Are Freehold Borough’s property taxes out of line as some homeowners claim, or is this just the way it has to be? Ever since a revaluation of all property in the community was completed,…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff The smooth water of the pond at Bucks Mill Park, Colts Neck, reflects a pair of visitors to the Colts Neck Fair who enjoyed a paddleboat trip on the evening of Aug. 19.

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Fred Fisch, of North Brunswick, offers a prayer during the third annual tent revival held on the grounds of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Freehold Borough, Aug. 15-19. Guests from throughout central New Jersey joined members of the St. Peter’s congregation at the event.

  • Police, schools issue warning about youths using Web site

    JACKSON — The Jackson Police Department and the Jackson School District want to alert parents that some students have been posting personal information about themselves online. “During the summer, more students use computers to amuse themselves and keep in touch with friends,” said police Capt. David Newman. “Evidently a large number of Jackson students are…

  • 2 women charged with leaving student on bus

    Administrator says training procedures will be reinforced BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer A Marlboro school bus driver and a bus attendant were arrested last week following an incident in which a 5-year-old boy was left alone on a school bus for about four hours. On Aug. 11, Geraldine Kauffman put her…

  • Sandy Hook tour shines a light on the past

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer PHOTOSBY KAREN BOWES Clockwise from top left: The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, built in the late 18th century, is one of only five lighthouses in the U.S. that dates from pre-Revolutionary War times. The bayside view from the lighthouse shows a row of officers’ houses…

  • Property owners decry proposed zoning change

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — An ordinance that if adopted by the Township Council would upzone certain lots to 5 acres has raised concerns with some property owners in Marlboro. The ordinance, which was initially introduced on June 16, would rezone the rear of a property on the west…

  • 4 more ordinances revise master plan

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has adopted four more ordinances that implement the municipality’s revised master plan. The two principles of the master plan, which was adopted by the Planning Board in February, were to curb residential growth by upzoning available properties and never to rezone…