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  • Freehold Twp. board delays

    Freehold Twp. board delays townhouse hearing until Aug. By PAUL GODINO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Planning Board has delayed proceedings on an application filed by Hovbilt Inc. to build Adelphia Greens II, a townhouse development on Elton-Adelphia Road (Route 524). Adelphia Greens II will consist of 96 townshouses to be built in Freehold…

  • Night camera to aid police efforts

    Staff Writer By dick metzgar SARAH McCOLGAN Colts Neck Police Chief Kevin Sauter operates the department’s new Nightsight thermal-imaging camera from inside a police vehicle. COLTS NECK — Township police now have a new tool to help them hunt for lost persons and track down suspects in hiding. The Police Department has added a Nightsight…

  • Resident files challenge to Autumn Estates vote Complaint claims development site is home to endangered plant

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin Resident files challenge to Autumn Estates vote Complaint claims development site is home to endangered plant MANALAPAN — A resident has challenged the Planning Board’s recent approval of the five-home Autumn Estates development, Lamb Lane. On July 9, Dolores Palazzo, of Manalapan Woods Drive, filed the complaint in lieu of…

  • Kelley’s legacy stands as board member, teacher

    Staff Writer By dick metzgar FREEHOLD — Nobody who knew Edna Carey Kelley will ever forget her. For some 60 years she was involved with the education of the borough’s children, both as a teacher and a member of the borough’s Board of Education. She became a legend in her own time, something few people…

  • Youths facing court in historic home damage Solomon house was target of vandals in May incident

    Staff Writer By mark rosman Youths facing court in historic home damage Solomon house was target of vandals in May incident Three juveniles accused of vandalizing the historic Solomon house at Route 537 and Wemrock Road, Freehold Township, are due in court to answer the charges next month. The historic late-18th-century Solomon house at Route…

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    ELYSSA RESNICK Cast members of the Marlboro Players’ production of A Broadway Rhapsody, including Jamian Berkal (front), rehearse the song “America” from West Side Story. For more, see page 30.

  • 1,400 homes OK’d on Route 33 Planning Board vote appears to put end to 25-year-old case

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin 1,400 homes OK’d on Route 33 Planning Board vote appears to put end to 25-year-old case After more than 25 years of changing plans, hours of testimony and a lot of patience on the part of applicants, their professionals, Planning Board members and their attorneys, Manalapan will meet its affordable…

  • Resident alleges harassment

    By Kathy BarattaStaff Writer by code enforcement officer By Kathy Baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — A township resident has filed formal harassment charges against township Code Enforcement Officer Christian Jackson. Thomas Dumansky, of Woodview Drive, is alleging a campaign of harassment by Jackson. Dumansky claims Jackson has come to his home 16 times in the…

  • Farmers fear pinch of proposed rezoning

    Staff Writer By CLAre m. Masi JERRY WOLKOWITZ Members of the grassroots group Farmers Against Rezoning in Manalapan meet to discuss a rezoning proposal supported by some members of the Township Committee that would create 6- and 10-acre residential lots and, say the farmers, destroy the equity they have in their land. MANALAPAN — Taylor…