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CVS plans pharmacy on Woodward Road
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — The Planning Board is considering an application for a CVS pharmacy on Woodward Road just south of Route 33. The parcel is in a C-3 commercial zone. According to a report prepared by engineer Greg Valesi, the applicant is seeking preliminary and final site…
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Route 520 crash claims young man
MARLBORO — Police are continuing to investigate a fatal accident that occurred on the evening of July 24 and took the life of a young Marlboro resident. Police said Zoeb Himani, 19, of Evan Drive, was killed at about 8 p.m. when he lost control of his 2005 Subaru on Route 520 just west of…
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Project will shut down Route 522 intersection
Manalapan mayor: County set to go at Tennent Road BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Construction projects will lead to road closings and other changes in Manal-apan during the coming weeks. Manalapan Mayor Bill Scherer said Monmouth County officials have notified the township that a project to widen the intersection of Route…
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Rutgers puts out call for lifelong learners
BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent Joyce Nussbaum is 59 years old and still shamelessly addicted. “I’m sort of an education junkie,” she said. The Highland Park, Middlesex County, resident, now a retiree, already has earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and a Ph.D., and continues to take undergraduate courses at Rutgers University.…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Even in the 1870s, plays at home plate were exciting, as these players prove during a game of baseball at the Monmouth County Fair, Freehold Township, on July 30 that was played using 1874 rules. The well-dressed man in the background is the umpire.
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Council prepares final pieces of master plan
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has introduced four ordinances that, if adopted, would 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…
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Preservation effort begins with committee’s proposal
Advisory body puts forth ideas in Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer After watching a landmark home meet the wrecker’s ball in July, members of the Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Advisory Committee have prepared a proposal to try to make certain such an event is never repeated in…
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Suspect arrested in robbery
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Police responded to a 911 emergency call from a pay phone on West Main Street on July 28 at 3:35 a.m. According to Freehold Borough police Capt. Michael DiAiso, officers arrived on the scene and met with the 23-year-old male borough resident…
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Freehold YMCA campers imagine a bright future
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer PHOTOSBY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Above, talking about their plans for the year 2015 during a program held at the YMCA Community Center, Freehold Borough, are Natalie Moreno, an artist; Cynthia Salinas, an artist; Angelica Salinas, a counselor; and Darnesha Moore, a wedding planner. At…
