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Plan for adult community falls short in use variance vote
By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A developer’s request for the use variance he needed in order to advance a plan to construct an adult community on Route 33 fell one vote short of approval. On Oct. 15, Terry Sherman appeared before the Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment to pitch his plan for Kaiser…
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Artists bring home state honors
Seven Monmouth County residents came up winners in the 2015 statewide senior citizen art contest coordinated by Mercer County’s Division of Cultural Heritage and Office on Aging. Louis Rivera of Neptune, Yachi Pan of Freehold, Guido Guazzoni of Ocean Township, Carolyn Bartlett of Freehold, Robert Mitchell of Keyport, Stuart Hoberman of Morganville and Joan Watson…
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Assemblyman: Changes needed at residential health facility
By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The living conditions at a residential healthcare facility in Manalapan have prompted a state legislator to say he will take action to address the situation. Assemblyman Robert Clifton (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex, Burlington), whose district includes Manalapan, said he will draft legislation which will seek to make changes to…
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Open space properties dedicated
MARLBORO – Mayor Jonathan Hornik, Township Councilwoman Randi Marder and the members of Marlboro’s Open Space Committee recently dedicated three open space acquisitions in a ceremony held at the Smith farm, Tennent Road. The officials said 16 acres will be preserved at the Smith farm and they recognized 21 acres that have been preserved on…
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Freehold Borough seeking better performance by sanitation firm
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The borough’s solid waste contractor has been given what Freehold’s Borough’s business administrator is calling a final chance to meet the terms of its contract. Future Sanitation, Farmingdale, has spent most of 2015 working under an extended contract with Freehold Borough. The company collects trash and recyclables in…
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Vegetarian cookbook to be discussed
MARLBORO — The Marlboro Public Library, 1 Library Court, will welcome Dr. Eve Jochnowitz to discuss Fania Lewando’s Vegetarian Cookbook, translated, annotated and adapted for the modern kitchen, published this year as “The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook.” The program will be held at 1 p.m. Dec. 7. The book, which was originally published in Vilna in…
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World Pancreatic Cancer Day will be observed on Nov. 13
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Efforts to bring attention to pancreatic cancer are stepped up every November during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Progress is “desperately needed in the fight against pancreatic cancer,” said Jill Rothstein of Freehold Township, who lost her father to the disease in 2008. Many towns across New Jersey have joined the…
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Plantar fasciitis can be helped with physical therapy
Crest Physical Therapy frequently treats plantar fasciitis, a common foot condition that causes heel pain. It occurs in as many as 2 million Americans per year and 10 percent of the population over their lifetimes. The plantar fascia is a thick band of tissue connecting the heel to the ball of the foot that can…
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How to reduce your risk for diabetes
Though aging increases a person’s risk for type 2 diabetes, a healthy lifestyle that includes routine exercise and a healthy diet can help men and women reduce that risk significantly. Millions of people across the globe suffer from diabetes, a term used to describe a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high…