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Business blooming again at damaged flower store
By dick metzgar Business blooming again at damaged flower store JERRY WOLKOWITZ Steve Acerra, owner of The Busy BBB’s florist on West Main Street, Freehold Borough, rebuilds a display in front of his store that was destroyed on May 15 when it was struck by a Jeep after the vehicle collided with a freight train.…
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Schriefer to be named chief of police
By dave benjamin FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The police department is likely to get a new top cop tonight. The Township Committee is expected to name Capt. Ernest Schriefer the department’s new chief of police when it meets at the municipal building. Schriefer will replace Chief William Alexander, who is retiring. Schriefer will climb another rung…
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Council adopts salary ordinance granting pay raises in Marlboro
By Bob Fleming Council adopts salary ordinance granting pay raises in Marlboro MARLBORO — Certain township employees and officers will be receiving a pay raise this year following action taken by the Township Council. Council members approved a 2000 salary ordinance which grants a longevity increase, based on years of service or employment with the…
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Rail line now eligible for federal funding
By CHARLES W. KIM The Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter rail link is now a state priority. State Senate President Donald DiFrancesco signed the Circle of Mobility bill during a private ceremony on July 11 on behalf of Gov. Christie Whitman. DiFrancesco served as acting governor while Whitman attended the National Governors’ Association meeting in Penn-sylvania. "Today is…
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New group organizes in opposition to train
By dave benjamin New group organizes in opposition to train HOWELL — With the signing of the Circle of Mobility bill into law, new opposition is being raised by a group of residents to a passenger rail line that could one day wind its way through town. The Circle of Mobility legislation was signed into…
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Mayor wants info on train
By dave benjamin ENGLISHTOWN — Mayor Thomas Reynolds wants more information from NJ Transit executives before taking a position on a passenger rail line that could one day send trains through the borough. To that end, Reynolds is calling for a public meeting that would make information about the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex passenger rail plan available…
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Retail center near state park draws a close look
By dave benjamin Retail center near state park draws a close look Monmouth Battlefield State Park and Strip Mall? Could be, under a proposal that may come before the Freehold Township Planning Board. At a July 6 meeting of the board, a discussion was held regarding an application by Wemrock Holdings L.L.C. to build a…
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Wal-Mart eyes Raceway Mall
By dave benjamin FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — One of the giants of American retailing — Wal-Mart — wants to make the Freehold Race-way Mall its newest address. Planning Board members have heard a proposal for a new 140,000-square-foot Wal-Mart store and garden center to be built southwest of Macy’s and Sears, just outside of the Winners…
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Marlboro council enacts ban on car cell phone use
By bob fleming It will be several weeks before motorists are ticketed for violating a new law which prohibits the use of hand-held cellular phones while driving on streets and highways in Marlboro. But there will come a day when that happens. Less than 15 minutes after the Township Council voted unanimously to adopt the…
