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Zoners OK Wawa at Kent Road By Kathy Baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Final zoning board approval has been given to Wawa Inc. to construct a 5,000-square-foot store and two gas pump islands with a canopy on 15.9 acres at the intersection of Route 9 and Kent Road. A use variance was necessary because the…
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Newspapers’ parent company has record of media success G reater Media Inc. was born more than 40 years ago when Yale University graduates Peter A. Bordes and Joseph R. Rosenmiller purchased a small radio station in Southbridge, Mass., in 1956. Several years later, the East Brunswick-based corporation got into the newspaper business when it purchased…
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Newspapers find new home in an old familiar place By dick metzgar Charles P. Kaempffer (r), president of the Juniper Plaza Ltd. office complex, Route 9, Freehold Township, welcomes Mayor David Segal to the newly renovated facility. Staff Writer I t’s almost as if a giant magnet lured the News Transcript back to a site…
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Howell Township closes Route 9 massage parlor By Kathy Baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Township officials closed a licensed massage parlor last week because, according to Township Clerk Bruce Davis, its current license to operate was issued under "false pretenses." According to Davis, Tokyo Therapy, which has been operating at the same Route 9 location…
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Target back in at Epicentre By Kathy Baratta Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Just when they thought a retailer was out, they pulled them back in. Steiner Equities, the developer of the Manalapan Epicentre under construction on Route 9 south at Symmes Drive, appeared before the Planning Board last week to amend its application to include…
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Above average temps expected this summer By cindy tietjen Staff Writer W ith all the different types of weather New Jersey has experienced over the past two months it’s hard to believe it can be called normal, but that’s exactly how New Jersey climatologist Dave Robinson characterizes the spring. "We’ve had a typical spring, which…
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Indie film plans to place Freehold on big screen By dave benjamin Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The sounds of "lights, camera, action," will soon be heard in Freehold as plans are in motion to produce an independent film, Grownups, in the heart of Western Monmouth. The film is the brainchild of Mitch Galane, a…
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Shea promoted to lieutenant in Freehold Township By dave benjamin Lt. Daniel Shea Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A 19-year veteran of the township police department has been promoted to a new rank. During a May 23 meeting of the Township Committee, Freehold Township Police Sgt. Daniel Shea was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.…
