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  • Complaint seeks reversal of Planning Board decision

    Manalapan landowners claimrezoning loweredproperty value By dave benjaminStaff Writer Complaint seeks reversal of Planning Board decision Manalapan land owners claim rezoning lowered property value By dave benjamin Staff Writer The owners of property at the corner of Tennent Road and Route 522, Manalapan, are claiming in a court complaint that a Township Committee decision to…

  • Guilty plea entered on porn charge

    Guilty plea entered on porn charge MARLBORO — A township resident is facing a three-year sentence in state prison after pleading guilty to a charge of distribution of child pornography. James J. Shanley, 45, of Woodcliff Boulevard, pleaded guilty to the charge before state Superior Court Judge Francis P. De Stefano, sitting in Freehold, on…

  • Volunteer makes 30-year commitment to serve blind

    Betty Wood, 90,continues to recordtexts for those whocannot read By linda denicolaStaff Writer Volunteer makes 30-year commitment to serve blind Betty Wood, 90, continues to record texts for those who cannot read By linda denicola Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Betty Wood, 90, of Freehold Township, has volunteered for 30 years recording scientific books for the…

  • Police seek suspect in

    Jan. 11 bank robbery MARLBORO — The branch of the Staten Island Bank and Trust in the Exclusive Plaza shopping center, Route 9 north at Union Hill Road, was robbed of $9,000 at 11:51 a.m. Jan. 11. According to Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Robert A. Honecker Jr., the suspect is a black male with…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI A color pencil drawing by Angelica Chen, 9, was part of a recent display at the Freehold Public Library.

  • Shapiro chosen to serve as Manalapan mayor in 2003

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer By dave benjamin Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Manalapan Municipal Court Judge James M. Newman administers the oath of office to Drew Shapiro, who will serve as mayor in 2003. MANALAPAN — Township Commit-teeman Drew Shapiro has been elected to serve as Manalapan’s mayor for 2003. Meeting on Jan. 6 for the…

  • Judge rules board may conduct regular business

    Decision allows FRHSD to begin implementing 2003 redistricting plan By dave benjaminStaff Writer Judge rules board may conduct regular business By dave benjamin Staff Writer It’s back to business as usual for the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education. U.S. District Court Judge Garrett E. Brown, sitting in Trenton, lifted a temporary restraining…

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    CHRIS KELLY Debra Vento of Freehold Borough High School clears 5 feet 6 inches in the high jump during the Monmouth County Indoor Track Relays. Vento’s effort helped the Colonials win the team high jump crown. For more, see Sports.

  • Home-style office buildings OK in rezoning

    Tract is alongold Route 33near Raceway Mall By linda denicolaStaff Writer Tract is along old Route 33 near Raceway Mall By linda denicola Staff Writer A public hearing on a land use ordinance drew a number of residents to a Township Committee meeting and a plea to members of the Freehold Township governing body to…