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  • Teachers, board seal deal

    Staff Writer By mark rosman Teachers in Marlboro’s K-8 school district are expected to get a first look at details of their new contract this week. Following a negotiating session that began at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 and ended at 5 a.m. Nov. 17, the Board of Education and the Marlboro Township Education Association (MTEA)…

  • New arboretum

    Artie Arico and Andy Jugon, landscape specialists with Silagy Landscaping, Edison, place brickwork into position at the new Manalapan arboretum, Route 522 and Taylor Mills Road. DAVE BENJAMIN

  • Championship game

    Colts Neck High School soccer players, including Ryan Aldridge (leaping), celebrate a goal against Whippany Park during the Cougars’ 4-2 victory in the NJSIAA Group I championship game on Saturday. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • Brownies show holiday spirit

    Katherine Rittenbach, 7 (l), and Stephanie Neumann, 7, members of Brownie Troop 291, Freehold Township, wrap a gift the troop plans to give to a needy family. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — It’s never too early to get into the holiday spirit, and the girls of Brownie Troop 291 showed their spirit this season by helping to…

  • Farmers ponder future as they work their land

    Correspondent By clare m. masi JERRY WOLKOWITZ Aberdeen resident Louis Sigismondi, owner of Sigismondi Farms and Nursery, Manalapan, works among the poinsettias he’ll be selling this holiday season. Howard Waters said he doesn’t know what it’s like to be stuck in a traffic jam, not on his way to work anyway. When the owner of…

  • Town considering plans for Foodtown expansion

    Town considering plans for Foodtown expansion FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The operator of a local shopping center is seeking approval for four variances that will address pre-existing conditions at its site and allow it to build an addition to a supermarket. Raintree Towne Center Associates, which operates the Raintree Towne Center, Route 537, wants to build…

  • Broad sex-offender notices may face legal challenges

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Broad sex-offender notices may face legal challenges The state Legislature will now be the setting for the next round of debate on how to fine-tune and possibly expand Megan’s Law. Having received overwhelming approval as public question No. 2 on the Nov. 7 ballot, the matter of how and whom…

  • Kicking up a storm

    Students at Taekwondo of Morganville and their friends kick up a storm as they raise funds to benefit the Project Action Foundation, a children’s charity that helps fight juvenile crime. Within an hour, 47 participants of all ages had recorded 17,390 kicks and raised $1,576. The event was held Oct. 21.

  • Office building applicant will go with 2-story plan

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin Office building applicant will go with 2-story plan MANALAPAN — A Planning Board applicant has decided to proceed with plans to build a two-story office building on Route 9 south, just south of Taylors Mills Road. The two-story building will be a total of 86,750 square feet. The property is…