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  • Insurance hike helps to drive budget over $10M plateau

    By clare marie celanoStaff Writer Insurance hike helps to drive budget over $10M plateau By clare marie celano Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A $10 million budget to operate the borough this year will necessitate a projected 3.6-cent increase in the municipal tax rate. Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina presented the figures at a special Borough Council…

  • Summit on violence, racism to take place at high school

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer Summit on violence, racism to take place at high school By dave benjamin Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The first county-wide student summit to address the issues of racism and violence will be held at Colts Neck High School today. "Identified school leaders from over 20 school districts are attending the…

  • Snow closes stores for day in Marlboro

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer Snow closes stores for day in Marlboro By dave benjamin Staff Writer MARLBORO — An inspection of the roof of a Route 9 retail shopping center deemed the building safe for occupancy one day after officials had closed all of the stores in the center. In the wake of a Feb.…

  • Details lacking on incident

    Police, prosecutorconverge on Freeholdapartment for look By clare marie celanoStaff Writer Details lacking on incident Police, prosecutor converge on Freehold apartment for look By clare marie celano Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Law enforcement officials converge on an apartment at 39 East Main Street, Freehold, on Friday. Police were initially called to the scene for a…

  • Soldier’s story is firsthand account of Army life, death

    Ret. Capt. George Waplerecounts experiences forhigh school ROTC class By dave benjaminStaff Writer Soldier’s story is firsthand account of Army life, death George H. Waple III Ret. Capt. George Waple recounts experiences for high school ROTC class By dave benjamin Staff Writer Before learning how to deal with the future, students in the Freehold Regional…

  • Actor’s career has stops

    Paul Wasilewski in NYC, Prague, now L.A. Marlboro native Paul Wasilewski now appears on two TV shows By jeanette M. eng Staff Writer MARLBORO — If you were watching Smallville on the WB television network on Feb. 12, you would have seen him playing evil brother Lucas Luther. If you have been watching American Dreams…

  • Two counties hire consultant to push passenger rail plan

    Two counties hire consultant to push passenger rail plan Monmouth and Ocean counties have officially teamed up in their efforts to assure representation every step of the way in advancing the Lakehurst to Monmouth Junction Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line project. According to a press release, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders and the Ocean…

  • Aid squad still going strong after 109,000 calls for help

    By dick metzgarStaff Writer Aid squad still going strong after 109,000 calls for help By dick metzgar Staff Writer FREEHOLD — When a handful of workers at the old A&M Karagheusian Rug Mill at Jackson and Center streets founded a first aid squad in 1941, they could not have dreamed that it would evolve into…

  • MARLBORO — Zoning board members had numerous questions for an applicant who wants to build an indoor recreation facility at the corner of Vanderburg and Boundary roads and needs a use variance to do so. Applicant Frank Calagrino presented zoning board members with plans for Marlboro Sports Center Inc. at a Feb. 12 meeting. Plans…