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  • Volunteer firefighters, EMS responders to be honored at Kiwanis Club event

    MARLBORO — The Kiwanis Club of Marlboro will host its seventh annual Dinner Dance Gala at the Grand Marquis in Old Bridge at 7 p.m. Sept. 28. The festivities will begin with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner and dancing. “This year we are honoring Marlboro’s volunteer firefighters and [emergency medical services] first responders. These…

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    Freehold High School’s Laura Wroblesky (l) and Taylor Spallanzani try to block a shot sent their way by Marlboro during the Sept. 13 match in Marlboro. The Mustangs won the match in straight sets. For more on the area volleyball teams, see Sports, page 68. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Marlboro residents open homes to Chinese guests

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — A second group of middle school students from Wujiang, China, traveled from their homeland in August and had a chance to digest what life is like in a suburban New Jersey community. A total of 17 students between the ages of 12 and 14, accompanied by three chaperones,…

  • Marlboro council grants OK for Islamic cemetery

    Plans call for 7,350 plots at Spring Valley Road site BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Representatives of Tiba Associates are one step closer to establishing an Islamic cemetery in the Morganville section of Marlboro. The Township Council has voted unanimously to consent to the founding of a proposed burial ground in a Land Conservation zone…

  • Board ready to move forward with bus ads

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — A new source of revenue for the Marlboro K-8 School District may soon be bustling along township roads. The Board of Education voted unanimously to enter into an interlocal services agreement with the Educational Information and Resource Center (EIRC) to place advertisements on district school buses. Board members…

  • Investigation continuing into Manalapan hate crime

    Unknown individuals targeted Jewish residents in Monmouth Heights BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Law enforcement authorities are still investigating what one member of the Manalapan Township Committee termed a “hate crime” during the governing body’s regular meeting on Sept. 12. The evening marked the committee’s first public meeting since swastikas and anti-Semitic statements were found…

  • Mom keeps the faith as sons battle muscular dystrophy

    Event in Monroe Township will benefit medical trust BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Brothers Ben, 11, (l) and Jake Swomiak, 13, pause on their way to celebrate Ben’s birthday. Both boys were born with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disorder characterized by rapid muscle degeneration. When Jocelyn Canale was 3 years old, doctors told her mother…

  • Newly enacted tenure reform widely supported

    Legislators will consider ending seniority protection for teachers during layoffs BY DEANNA McLAFFERTY Correspondent Described as a “win-win” for students and educators alike, a bill implementing tenure reform for New Jersey’s teachers was recently signed into law after months of bipartisan debate. Gov. Chris Christie signed the Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of…

  • Marlboro council tightens regulations for billboards

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — An ordinance that further regulates billboards should protect Marlboro from an onslaught of businessmen who hope to make a buck off ad space along township roads, officials said. The Township Council adopted the ordinance, which amends the municipal code in regard to land development, at its Sept. 6…