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  • Freehold Borough budget wins residents’ approval

    Mayes, Jordan, DeLeon,Reich win electionto Board of Education BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Freehold Borough budget wins residents’ approval Mayes, Jordan, DeLeon, Reich win election to Board of Education BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Voters said yes to the Board of Education’s $14.5 million school budget for the 2004-05 school year in…

  • FRHSD budget passes muster with voters

    Whitehouse, Lavin,Lawson, Cappielloelected to board BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Whitehouse, Lavin, Lawson, Cappiello elected to board BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Residents who went to the polls on April 20 approved the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education’s $142,216,115 budget for the 2004-05 school year by a vote of 8,696 to 7,441. The…

  • Three arrested in attack on woman, 63

    MANALAPAN — Three residents have been arrested and charged with robbery, conspiracy and hindering apprehension. According to police, at 5:17 p.m. April 20, Eric Aul, 18, of Locust Grove Road, Dennis Hughes, 19, of Lone Star Lane, and a 17-year old from Tarrytown Road forcibly robbed a 63-year-old woman from Marlboro who was walking from…

  • Bauhaus connection: Roosevelt housing has German roots

    BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer Roosevelt resident Michael Ticktin presents a history of Roosevelt to Monika Markgraf, research director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in Germany, during a recent visit. Roosevelt resident Michael Ticktin felt right at home while visiting Dessau, Germany, in February. He saw the same flat-roofed, boxy houses…

  • Naming of liaisons irks pair

    BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — Republican Township Council members Patti Morelli and Joseph Pernice have objected to council President James Mione’s decision to independently select two people as the council’s representatives to a new subcommittee that will recommend changes to Marlboro’s master plan. The subcommittee, suggested by Mayor Robert…

  • Mayor taking new look at affordable housing

    Proposes plan to have nonprofit group build homes on public land BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — Township Attorney Andrew Bayer has reported that Marlboro is between 165 and 195 units short of meeting the second round of its state-mandated affordable housing obligation. Mayor Robert Kleinberg said he would like…

  • Voters give thumbs up to Marlboro school tab

    Waldman, Levy, Stoy win three-year seats on Board of Education BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — Voters approved the Marlboro K-8 school district’s $65.5 million budget for the 2004-05 school year as 2,008 residents (55 percent) voted in favor of the budget, while 1,713 (45 percent) voted to oppose the…

  • Commissioners OK limited hunting in Monmouth parks

    The Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners on April 19 authorized the opening of county parklands for limited hunting next season. According to a press release, the commissioners accepted the Monmouth County Park System’s "Deer Management Report" and authorized the report’s "Deer Management Program," as amended, to permit the opening of portions of nine county…

  • Council: Official made mistake, but will stay

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Council: Official made mistake, but will stay BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Members of the Borough Council told residents who attended an April 19 meeting that they backed up their senior code enforcement officer’s ability to do his job. Construction official Henry Stryker III was suspended from…