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  • Firm proposes cleanup of farm contaminants

    Marlboro officialscontinue to pursuetract for public use BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Firm proposes cleanup of farm contaminants Marlboro officials continue to pursue tract for public use BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer The engineering firm of Schoor DePalma, Manal-apan, will remediate some contaminated soil and water on a tract of land Marlboro officials are trying to…

  • Manalapan committee enacts pay-to-play law

    BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Manalapan committee enacts pay-to-play law BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A unanimous Township Committee has adopted an ordinance banning the practice of pay-to-play. Pay-to-play refers to the practice engaged in by some municipal and state officials of rewarding campaign donors with public contracts. Township Attorney Donald Lomurro called the…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Goalie Peter Schwabel of Manalapan reaches for a shot that’s headed wide of the net during recreation hockey league tryouts Sunday at the Manalapan Recreation Center, Route 522.

  • Gov. directs new action on long-term health care

    Executive order followscomments made duringvisit to Manalapan BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Executive order follows comments made during visit to Manalapan BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Following up on comments he made during a visit to the Covered Bridge adult community, Gov. James E. McGreevey has signed an executive order dealing with long-term care.…

  • Outdoor dining licenses OK’d

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Although winter dumped a final snowfall on the borough on March 19, the Borough Council’s March 15 agenda showed that signs of spring were on the way. Two items on which the council members took action were the annual applications for outdoor…

  • Project at local lake helps teen earn Eagle Scout rank

    Project at local lake helps teen earn Eagle Scout rank Christopher Fable FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Chris-topher Fable, 18, a Freehold Township native and member of Boy Scout Troop 358 since 1997, has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. As part of the process to complete the requirements for becoming an Eagle Scout, Fable had to…

  • Committee: Affordable housing efforts lacking

    Manalapan panel spent 11 months reviewing COAH BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Committee: Affordable housing efforts lacking BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — An investigation conducted by the Manalapan Mount Laurel Ad-Hoc Committee claims there are abuses taking place in the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) system. COAH is the state agency charged with…

  • Artists put best work forward at exhibition

    BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer LINDA DeNICOLA Florence Garter displays some of the work she exhibited in an art show at the Freehold Township Senior Center. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Students in Susan Winter’s art class did it again. They created beautiful works of art that were placed on display for the…

  • Writing a therapeutic experience for Dalton

    BY SANDI CARPELLOCorrespondent BY SANDI CARPELLO Correspondent BRICK — Despite a collective eight decades of musical training, gigs in more than 100 venues and nearly 50,000 hits to their Internet Web site, the Mike Dalton Band has yet to be signed to a record contract. But members of the Brick-based rock ’n’ roll band are…