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  • Hudson Manor store wins zoners’ approval By dick metzgar FREEHOLD — Residents at the Hudson Manor senior citizens complex will have more recreational space, additional parking and a new convenience store in the near future. The zoning board at its March 28 meeting unanimously approved variances authorizing these additions and improvements to the six-story, 164-unit…

  • Greater Media joins major sponsors of Riverfest RED BANK — The Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce, organizer of Riverfest, has announced the inclusion of Greater Media Newspapers in the elite group of major festival sponsors, which include Meridian Health System, presenting sponsor, together with Comcast, New Jersey Lottery, PNC Bank, Super Foodtown/Food Circus Supermarkets…

  • Judge upholds approval of A&P shopping center By Bob Fleming MARLBORO — Several township officials are claiming victory following a state Superior Court judge’s decision upholding a 1999 Planning Board approv-al of an A&P shopping center on Route 79 at Ryan Road. Municipal officials recently received word that Judge Lawrence Lawson, sitting in Freehold, affirmed…

  • Savings on trailers helps hold tax rate Music moves to carts for a year to free up classroom space By bob fleming M arlboro residents can expect to see no in-crease in the school tax rate for the 2000-01 school year based on the $44.1 million budget to be presented to voters in the annual…

  • Kruise Nite The popular Kruise Nite will be among the highlights of Freehold Borough’s summer entertainment season. JACKIE POLLACK

  • First-aiders put out call for additional local funds By Kathy Baratta HOWELL — Stating that "$35,000 is not realistic," township officials will present a resolution to the state seeking a raise in the budget cap allowance for first aid squads. The action was taken on the same night, March 22, that the Township Council met…

  • Oliver Cast members from the Marlboro Middle School production of Oliver, (l-r), Evan Newman, London Goodman, Sidhan Mehra, Perri Goldstein and Greg Castoria, rehearse a scene from the play to be performed this week. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • After public speaks out, council rejects police director ’s post By Kathy Baratta HOWELL — After two hours of listening to a pro-police chief public major-ity, the Township Council voted 4-0 with one abstention on March 22 to kill a proposed ordinance that would have formally created the position of a police director. The show…

  • Homes OK’d on 4-acre lots at Georgia, Nomoco roads By dave benjamin FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A plan to subdivide a 66-acre parcel owned by Builders Pride and Monmouth County on Georgia and Nomoco roads into five building lots and one remaining lot has been approved by the Planning Board. According to a report from Guy…