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  • CVS proposed for center on Gordons Corner Road

    By dave benjamin CVS proposed for center on Gordons Corner Road MANALAPAN — Planning Board members are being asked to approve the construction of a CVS pharmacy on Gordons Corner Road in the Gordons Center. The application is in the same location where a Rite Aid pharmacy was proposed about 18 months ago. That application…

  • Developments

    on Rte. 33 still under scrutiny 1,300 homes in potential developments could yield 400 schoolchildren By dave benjamin Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Two developments which could bring more than 3,000 new residents to the southern end of the township remain under review by the Planning Board. The applications on file are for K. Hovnanian’s Four…

  • Villages residents press council for traffic light

    Villages residents press council for traffic light HOWELL — Residents of The Villages adult community are asking municipal officials to install a traffic signal at the Wyckoff Road entrance to their development. Speaking at a recent meeting of the Township Council, residents Silvi Licitra and Aaron Schrager addressed existing traffic problems. They predicted that traffic…

  • Committee firm on plan to prohibit retail center

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Committee firm on plan to prohibit retail center FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — "Sacred ground" will now be protected from commercial or retail development according to a township committeeman who joined the unanimous vote by the Township Committee to amend zoning near land where the Battle of Monmouth was fought. The 5-acre…

  • Cell tower at parking lot mentioned as possibility

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin Cell tower at parking lot mentioned as possibility MANALAPAN — The possibility of a new municipal location for a cellular communications tower came to the public’s attention at a zoning board meeting last week. In a second round of testimony, Crown Atlantic Co. continued to seek a use variance for…

  • Town targets 1,200 acres for open space purchase

    Town targets 1,200 acres for open space purchase Freehold Twp. officials say properties were cited in 1997 proposal By kathy baratta Staff Writer The Township Committee in Freehold Township is pre-paring to bond for $2 million — with a promised rebate of $1 million in state and federal funding — in order to purchase land…

  • Right time for the Tucker Marlboro’s Robert Ida has plans to produce vintage 1940s auto

    Staff Writer By louis c. hochman Right time for the Tucker Marlboro’s Robert Ida has plans to produce vintage 1940s auto JEFF HUNTLEY Bob Ida and Ed Watson shine a reproduction Tucker, one of 51 vintage automobiles that Ida plans to manufacture at his shop in Marlboro. When Preston Tucker was marketing his new Tucker…

  • Antique fest

    Connie Wilson (l) and her daughter, Theresa, 13, of Howell, look over antique jewelry for sale at one of the stands in downtown Freehold during Sunday’s Antique Fest. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Committee honors officers’ achievements

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin DAVE BENJAMIN Manalapan police officer Thomas E. Barstow is joined by his wife, Diane, on the night he is promoted to sergeant. MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has promoted one veteran police officer and honored several others for achievements in the line of duty. "They are heroes. They go out…