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By kathy barattaStaff Writer Post office remembers resident killed at WTC By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Jack Lennon, 70, an employee with the recreation department, made an especially poignant trip to the Howell Post Office, Route 9 and Aldrich Road, on Sept. 11. Lennon regularly picks up the township mail at that location…

By linda denicolaStaff Writer Law would provide relocation assistance to families in need By linda denicola Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A new relocation assistance ordinance has been introduced by the Township Committee. The ordinance would establish an Office of Relocation Assistance and also establish the powers and duties of a director. According to Doug…

Vivian Taylor recalledas a knowledgeable,dedicated employee By dick metzgarStaff Writer Clerk was key to borough operation for four decades Vivian Taylor recalled as a knowledgeable, dedicated employee By dick metzgar Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Nobody epitomized the public servant more than Vivian Storey Taylor, the borough’s municipal clerk for 25 years until her retirement in…

Subdivision of eighthomes will be allowedon Institute Street tract By clare marie celanoStaff Writer Subdivision of eight homes will be allowed on Institute Street tract By clare marie celano Staff Writer The Freehold Borough zoning board has unanimously granted the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity the use variance it needed in order to build…

By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Police starting to ticket watering ban violators By karl vilacoba Staff Writer MARLBORO — Police have decided that enough is enough in regard to lawn watering violations and have issued summonses to several offenders in recent days. As of Sept. 26, 36 summonses and more than 200 warnings had been issued…

and foundMarlboro employeeshelp reunite daughter,mom after 47 years By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Lost … JERRY WOLKOWITZ After a serendipitous search brought Sharon Blevins (above, right) to New Jersey from her home in Ohio, she was reunited with her mother, Eleanor Oster, following a separation of 47 years. Photo at left shows mother and daughter in…

By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved an application filed by the owners of the Ocean Plaza shopping center that will improve the existing strip mall and add a 50,000-square-foot Acme supermarket. The shopping center at the corner of Route 9 north and…

Building designedfor 1,100 pupilsnow houses 1,400 By dave benjaminStaff Writer Building designed for 1,100 pupils now houses 1,400 By dave benjamin Staff Writer Once again the members of the Manalapan-English-town Regional School District Board of Education have been told something they already knew. MEMS is maxed out. The Manalapan Englishtown Middle School (MEMS), Millhurst Road,…

By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Council considers options for sale of liquor licenses By karl vilacoba Staff Writer MARLBORO — A group of new liquor licenses will be on tap in Marlboro for the first time in nearly a decade. After the second discussion on the topic since April, Township Council attorney Frederick Raffetto was authorized…