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Town gets set for cleanup
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Borough residents will be able to use garbage bins and shredders to dispose of items and papers on May 18 when the mayor’s annual community cleanup day is held. Mayor Nolan Higgins instituted the townwide cleanup in 2012. This year’s cleanup will take place from 8 a.m.…
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State puts hold on red-light cameras through next year
The 76 red-light cameras that are in place at highway intersections in New Jersey will remain the only ones, at least through 2014. The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced on April 18 that no new locations will be added to the list of authorized red-light camera intersections because there would not be sufficient time…
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State Theatre celebrates 25 years of rebirth
Performing arts center was reopened in 1988 as an expanded live venue More than 2.5 million people have walked along Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick over the past 25 years. They were all walking toward the State Theatre, which celebrated its 25th anniversary of its grand reopening as a performing arts center on April 24.…
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Freehold Borough resident charged with murder in Asbury Park incident
A Freehold Borough man was charged on April 19 in connection with the April 18 shootings of Orlando Rowe, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn., and a 23- year-old Freehold Borough man. According to information provided by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Rowe was pronounced dead at a local hospital on the evening of April 18; the…
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Tough choices after Sandy
As a new hurricane season approaches, many still struggle to rebound from Sandy BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer This text will be replaced A home on Harris Avenue in Union Beach had to be raised an additional 13 feet above sea level after being ravaged by flooding during superstorm Sandy. Residents throughout the state still…
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Marlboro OK’s financing for municipal projects
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — With the first phase of Marlboro’s 2013 capital program complete, officials are ready to launch a series of improvements to municipal infrastructure. The Township Council has adopted three ordinances to finance a series of projects through the issuance of nearly $3.7 million in bonds or notes. The governing…
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Wellness initiative slates May agenda
FREEHOLD — The steering committee for the Freehold Borough Mayor’s Health and Wellness Initiative, a campaign to create opportunities to get people to improve their fitness level with active movement, has announced its schedule of May events, which are open to all residents. Walk-About-Town, an opportunity to admire the sites around the community with the…
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‘Soul Purpose’
“Salt and Light” 2012 The Guild of Creative Art is presenting its second exhibit of works by Paul Hansen. “Soul Purpose,” a juxtaposition of Hansen’s poetry and spiritual paintings, will be on display starting May 4, with an opening reception 3-5 p.m. The exhibit will run until May 29. “I feel [that] all art already…
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Streets in development will finally be paved
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has awarded a contract to a Trenton firm to complete the unfinished streets in a small residential development. At its meeting on April 10, the committee voted to award the contract for the work to Richard Barrett Paving in the amount of $106,805. Bids were…
