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  • Marlboro woman has new lease on life after coma

    Supportive family, effective medical care aid in revival BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Confined to a hospital bed in Las Vegas, Francine Weitz could feel pain as she drifted through the haze of a coma. She could smell, hear and sense changes in temperature. She could make out the nearby chatter of her…

  • Adult day care center will operate in former school

    Manalapan zoning board grants use variance BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment has granted a use variance to the owner of an adult day care center who will move the business from Freehold to this building on Woodward Road, Manalapan, which formerly housed the Chesterbrook Academy. AMY ROSEN An adult…

  • Garbage pact extended

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Municipal officials have unanimously passed a resolution to extend a contract for refuse and recycling collection services for one year. The resolution was approved at the April 1 meeting of the Borough Council. According to the resolution, the mayor and council awarded a three-year contract to DeLisa…

  • Marlboro Educational Foundation restaurant tasting event set for April 8

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro Educational Foundation’s “All in Good Taste” restaurant tasting evening will be held from 6-10 p.m. April 8 at the American Hotel, Freehold. The event is the largest fundraiser of the year for the foundation, which is a nonprofit organization that raises money to enhance the quality of education in the Marlboro…

  • Marlboro board OKs budget

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Higher school taxes are coming down the pike for property owners in Marlboro. At its March 18 meeting, the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education adopted a budget that will exceed $88 million in the 2013-14 school year. Taxpayers will be on the hook for $66.5 million…

  • Group to search for artifacts from Revolutionary War on local tract

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Relics of the Battle of Monmouth could be buried just beneath the surface on a piece of property in Manalapan. Members of the Battlefield Restoration and Archaeological Volunteer Organization (BRAVO) would like the opportunity to retrieve and preserve those pieces of American history. During the public comment portion…

  • Youngsters with hair loss get help from Howell teen

    HOWELL — Annemarie Bartow, 16, visited a salon on Feb. 20 to have her hair cut for only the fourth time in her life. Not an inch of her hair went to waste. Annemarie, who is a junior at Howell High School, has been donating 1 foot or more of her hair at a time…

  • Job of purchasing agent approved

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Following the establishment of a new position, the municipal administration now has more financial leeway to negotiate contracts without approval from the Township Council. The council recently adopted an ordinance that created the position of purchasing agent in Marlboro’s municipal government. Under state law, a qualified purchasing agent…

  • ‘Bruce Waldman: New Works’

    “Jazz Musicians #18,” etching The Monmouth Museum is hosting an exhibit of etchings and monoprints by Bruce Waldman, a printmaker, graphic artist and illustrator. Waldman has been teaching at the School of Visual Arts in New York City for more than 25 years. His prints are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of…