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Howell planning board may review homes near site of contamination
Staff Writer By kathy baratta A residential development approved by the Howell Planning Board may get a second look from the panel. With residential well testing under way and contamination of a commercial well source by cancer-causing agents confirmed by a state official, the Planning Board may review an approval it granted for The Preserve,…
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Santa arrives
After pulling into Freehold Borough on a Conrail train Saturday afternoon, Santa Claus meets with his many friends who are anxious to tell him how they have behaved this year. JERRY WOLKOWITZ JERRY WOLKOWITZ Frosty the Snowman offers a candy cane to Christina Vitale, 4, held by her father, Michael, at the Marlboro holiday tree…
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Condo residents, township wrangling over services
Staff Writer By dave benjamin Condo residents, township wrangling over services MANALAPAN — Representatives of Covered Bridge II claim the adult community’s residents are entitled to certain services from the township and want to know when those services will be provided. Residents representing the adult community addressed the issue at the Township Committee’s Dec. 6…
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3 charged with Marlboro robbery
Staff Writer By brian Walsh MARLBORO — Three people were arrested after a stakeout of a township home by police. On Dec. 4, police charged John Paul Arcate, 19, of Middletown, and two 17-year-old males from Marlboro with strong-armed robbery and making terroristic threats. Police said that at about 3:40 p.m. the three individuals forcibly…
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Farmers feel true connection to land they love
Correspondent By clare m. masi PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ Nick Russo, owner of Russo’s Orchard Lane Farm, stands in a greenhouse full of fall crop tomatoes. Russo has ensured the future agricultural use of his land by placing it into the state’s farmland preservation program. Warren Schuch, owner of the Turf Grass Sod Farms in…
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Seacoast Builders awarded contract for work at MHS
Staff Writer By dave benjamin Seacoast Builders awarded contract for work at MHS MANALAPAN — A contract for classroom additions and renovations at Manalapan High School has been approved by the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education. In a 6-0 vote, Seacoast Builders Corporation, Freehold, has received approval of its $9.4 million total…
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Construction underway
Construction crews are creating an additional lane of travel at the "Hole in the Wall" intersection of Route 522 and Wemrock Road, Freehold Township, where a new traffic signal is being installed. Weather permitting, the intersection — which has been closed for two weeks — was scheduled to be reopened to traffic on Dec. 11,…
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Objectors begin making case against cell tower Marlboro hearing scheduled to resume
Objectors begin making case against cell tower Marlboro hearing scheduled to resume on Dec. 11 By brian walsh Staff Writer An applicant with plans to build a cellular communications tower in Marlboro has finished presenting its case to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Now it’s the objectors’ turn to have their say. Representatives of Sprint-Spectrum…
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Cops thwart Internet meeting
Staff Writer By mark rosman It can’t happen here, people say. Guess what? It can and almost did. A fortuitous set of circumstances may have prevented a 14-year-old Freehold Township girl from leaving New Jersey with a man she had met in an Internet chat room. Their computer relationship brought the man from Oklahoma to…
