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Educational foundation will host ‘All in Good Taste’ event April 8
MARLBORO — The Marlboro Educational Foundation’s sixth annual “All in Good Taste” restaurant tasting evening will be held on April 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the American Hotel, Freehold. According to a press release, the event is the largest fundraiser of the year for the foundation, which raises money to enhance the quality…
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Man admits courthouse bomb threat
A Monmouth County man has admitted he was responsible for calling in a bomb threat to the Monmouth County Court House in October, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Ellis Goodson, 35, whose last known address was in Neptune, pleaded guilty on March 5 to third-degree charges of false public alarm and conspiracy…
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Manalapan man gets prison sentence in vehicular homicide
A resident of Manalapan was sentenced March 4 to serve up to 13 years in state prison for fleeing the scene after striking and killing a 52-year-old pedestrian in New Brunswick nearly a year ago, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced. According to Kaplan, Brian Clements, 51, of Manalapan, was sentenced to eight years…
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N.Y. man charged in Colts Neck bank robbery
COLTS NECK — A Staten Island, N.Y., man was charged with the armed robbery of the J.P. Morgan Chase Bank in Colts Neck after investigators tracked the suspect to an Alabama hotel, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. According to a press release, Waleed A. Saleh, 32, of Staten Island, was found on…
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Bringing concussions into focus
Masking injuries to get back in the game can be a life-changing decision BY TIM MORRIS & KENNY WALTER Staff Writers Marlboro’s Niki Popyer certainly understands the consequences of concussions. By the count of her neurologist she’s had 17, and she still suffers from post-concussion symptoms, such as headaches and attention deficit. Now a student…
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Farmland preservation deal OK’d in two split votes
97-acre Manalapan parcel will not be developed with single-family homes BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer By the slimmest of margins, 2-1, the Manalapan Township Committee has voted to approve a payment that will permit the preservation of the 97-acre Burke farm on Iron Ore Road, Manalapan, to move forward. The committee took its action on…
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County parks sustain $8M in Sandy damage
Trails, beach facilities, marinas, skate park destroyed by superstorm BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Photos (counter-clockwise from top right) show damage caused by Sandy at Bayshore Waterfront Park, Middletown; at the historic Walnford property in Upper Freehold Township, and at two locations along the Henry Hudson Trail, washing out a footbridge in Middletown, and devastating…
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Water utility customers will see increase in rates
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Customers of the Marlboro Water Utility Division must stomach a rate increase in 2013. The Township Council adopted an ordinance at its Feb. 21 meeting that raised consumption rates and various fees for water utility services. The action increased the quarterly bill of the average customer, who uses…
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Developer still pressing case to convert senior housing
MARLBORO — After a considerable amount of litigation, a developer that wants to convert an approved age-restricted community to a neighborhood for people of all ages will likely make its case before the Marlboro Planning Board this spring. The Planning Board tried to negate the need for a conversion hearing by arguing that a consent…
