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  • Village developer still working on traffic plan

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — The applicant proposing to build The Village at Manalapan retail center on Millhurst Road has modified plans at the center’s entrances and exits. Manalapan Retail Realty Partners LLC is seeking preliminary major site plan approval to permit the construction of commercial and other associated…

  • Gov. signs bills to help preserve N.J. open space

    BY FRAIDY REISS Staff Writer BY FRAIDY REISSStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — When acting Gov. Richard J. Codey visited the township on Monday, he arrived bearing gifts: $500,000 in gifts. During a public ceremony in the chambers of the all-Republican Township Committee, the Democratic governor signed into law a package of bills intended to preserve…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago Thomas T. Fallon of Freehold, who tomorrow will celebrate his 68th birthday, holds one of the most brilliant war records of any of the veterans of the Civil War. Born in Ireland on Aug. 12, 1837, he came to this country in 1859 and enlisted in the volunteer service of the United…

  • Hit-run suspect caught at Hazlet train station

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Following a hit-and-run accident that occurred on Route 9 in the township, Marlboro police arrested a man at a train station about 15 miles away in Hazlet. At 6:06 p.m. July 27, police received a call from a passing motorist who was reporting a…

  • Nobel Peace Prize nominee to hold seminar

    HOWELL — Good News International will sponsor a three-day workshop with Nobel Peace Prize nominee the Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy. The workshop, “The Nonviolent Jesus, Our Only Hope,” will be held Aug. 18 from 7-9 p.m. and Aug. 19-20, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at St. Veronica School, Route 9 north. McCarthy is a priest…

  • Town will take land so builder can widen street

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — This land is Edward Wall’s land, but soon, through eminent domain, it may become your land. Wall and his wife, Kathleen, own a 3.1-acre property on Maher Road, off Burlington Road on the east side of the township. They live there with their two daughters,…

  • Howell will tread lightly on pedophiles

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Officials will proceed with caution as they work on the possibility of developing an ordinance that would regulate where pedophiles may reside in Howell. The subject was the topic of discussion at the July 26 meeting of the Township Council. Although several Monmouth County…

  • Residents concerned about Village impact

    Talk about traffic on local roads is focus of comments BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Manalapan residents had a chance to ask questions about the proposed Village at Manalapan retail development after a traffic engineer concluded his testimony at the Planning Board’s July 28 meeting. Traffic engineer Henry Ney discussed Manalapan…

  • Valentin takes oath as county prosecutor

    BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Luis Valentin WEST LONG BRANCH — Luis A. Valentin, 39, of Manalapan, was sworn in as Monmouth County’s new prosecutor in an evening ceremony on July 28 at Monmouth University’s Woodrow Wilson Hall. Valentin succeeds John Kaye of Freehold Township in the position. Kaye…