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  • County spending to top $350M

    Staff Writer By dick metzgar The link between tax rate, spending and ratables has never been more obvious and significant than that displayed by the Monmouth County budget in recent years. The county’s proposed annual spending plan has now far exceeded $300 million — $353,339,780 proposed for 2001, compared to $335,701,758 in 2000 — an…

  • Fire rips through home

    NATALIE VENA Firefighters battle a blaze that destroyed a home on Gordons Corner Road, Marlboro, on the evening of Jan. 22. MARLBORO — A raging fire destroyed a home on Gordons Corner Road on the evening of Jan. 22 and left one family homeless. No one was seriously injured in the blaze, although one of…

  • Evaluation of Marlboro hospital property to begin

    MARLBORO — The state government has signed on with the township to move forward with the possible sale of the former Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital property to Marlboro. State officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Marlboro and the state government on Jan. 25. The MOU became effective on Jan. 12, when Mayor Matthew…

  • Music program offering therapy to autistic youths

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin Music program offering therapy to autistic youths ENGLISHTOWN — The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education is operating a new music therapy program for autistic/PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified) preschool-aged children. The 20 one-hour Saturday sessions, which are divided into two sets of 10 sessions each,…

  • Tiger owner to challenge state

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta JACKSON — Joan Byron-Marasek, the owner-operator of the Tigers Only Preservation Society (TOPS), Route 537, is citing federal endangered species regulations in her ongoing fight to save her preserve. Byron-Marasek and TOPS came under state scrutiny following a January 1999 incident in which a Bengal tiger was killed by law…

  • Parents upset with plans to shift pupils Idea of youngsters on bus with older kids also panned

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin Parents upset with plans to shift pupils Idea of youngsters on bus with older kids also panned Some parents and staff members in the Manalapan-English-town Regional School District are not pleased with plans that will shift administrators to different schools within the district beginning in September. Approximately 225 parents and…

  • Planners reject banquet hall idea

    Staff Writer By brian walsh The Victorian Gardens banquet hall will not be coming to Marlboro anytime soon. During a meeting held Jan. 17, the Planning Board denied the application of Steven Weinstein to build a banquet hall on Route 9, behind Spike’s restaurant. Attorney Gerald N. Sonnenblick of Freehold Township represented the applicant. The…

  • Practice makes perfect

    Members of the All-Shore Chorus rehearse at Freehold Township High School on Saturday in preparation for their Feb. 3, 8 p.m., concert at the school. The All-Shore Chorus is open to high school students from all schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Tickets will be available at the door for $7. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Lawyers will try to sort out mgr.’s apparent termination

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Lawyers will try to sort out mgr.’s apparent termination HOWELL — Has township manager Jacqueline Ascione been fired or not? "That’s a good question," said Doug Kovats of Kenney, Gross, Kovats and Campbell, the Red Bank law firm retained by Ascione to represent her after a Jan. 22 executive session…