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By kathy barattaStaff Writer By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Traffic safety concerns raised by the Howell Police Department may delay the opening of an exit ramp from the Route 33 bypass to Howell Road. The bypass running from Halls Mill Road in Freehold Township to just east of Fairfield Road in Howell is…

Work beginning nowto develop 2003-04Marlboro spending plan By jeanette M. engStaff Writer Superintendent of schools wants public in on budget Work beginning now to develop 2003-04 Marlboro spending plan By jeanette M. eng Staff Writer MARLBORO — Superintendent of Schools Dr. David C. Abbott and the Board of Education are taking steps to educate residents…

New law seeks to protectHowell stream corridors By kathy barattaStaff Writer New law seeks to protect Howell stream corridors By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Another log will be added to the township’s litigation fire as a result of the Riparian Buffer/Stream Corridor Protection ordinance recently adopted by the Township Council. Attorney Gerald Sonnenblick…

By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer Thrift shop thriving in new location By clare MARie celano Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Dorothy Peterson, manager of the Hospital Thrift Shop, examines some of the clothing that is available at the store in the Rug Mill Plaza, Jackson Street. FREEHOLD — The Hospital Thrift Shop, 20 Jackson St. in…

By kathy barattaStaff Writer By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — A new three-year contract has been approved by the Howell Township Education Association (HTEA), according to Valerie Rosenberg, chairwoman of the Board of Education’s Labor Committee. Rosenberg said the membership of the HTEA voted to approve the new contract on Oct. 21. Prior to…

The Central Railroad of New Jersey, which operated between 1836 and 1976 and served all of New Jersey except Bergen and Passaic counties, as well as the Pennsylvania coal fields in the Lehigh and Wyoming valleys, has been captured in photos and several firsthand account stories by former railroad employees in a book that has…

By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Three innovative school projects have been recognized by the Freehold Township Foundation for Educational Excellence and will be awarded grants totaling $4,000. The winners of the 2002 Small Grant awards were announced at the Board of Education’s Dec. 10 meeting. School district Business…

By dave benjaminStaff Writer Judge: FRHSD board may conduct limited business By dave benjamin Staff Writer A federal judge has modified an injunction that had been preventing the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education from conducting business. On Dec. 19, U.S. District Court Judge Garrett E. Brown, sitting in Trenton, ruled that the…

JERRY WOLKOWITZ Will my gingerbread house hold together? That’s what this first-grader from the Errickson School, Freehold Township, was waiting to see during a Dec. 19 class project.