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MANALAPAN — The possibility of affordable housing being constructed on a tract of land near their neighborhood has residents of Rockingham Court and Blair Lane asking municipal officials for more information. Both streets are off Taylors Mills Road between Conmack Lane and Pease Road. During the Dec. 9 meeting of the Township Committee, Sheryl Cintron,…

ENGLISHTOWN – The Borough Council has appointed Katelyn Kwiecinski and Michael Makwinski to serve as Class II special law enforcement officers with the Englishtown Police Department. According to Englishtown Police Lt. Peter Cooke, Kwiecinski and Makwinski both attended the Monmouth County Police Academy where they completed their instruction and earned their certification on May 14.…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Planning Board has signed off on a new planned adult community zone the Township Committee is expected to create by ordinance later this month. In a 6-0 vote on Dec. 2, the Planning Board gave its consent to an ordinance the Township Committee introduced in November.…

A bill that designates swatting as a felony and establishes more stringent punishments for the crime has been signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie. “It is time to send a message that this is not going to be treated lightly,” said Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Camden, Gloucester), who sponsored the bill and was himself the…

Julie and Michael Hertz Julie Danielle Batansky, daughter of Toby Stolberg and Norman Batansky, of Philadelphia, married Michael Ira Hertz, son of Janet and Howard Hertz, of Marlboro, on June 28, 2015. Rabbi Marc Israel of Temple Beth Hillel– Beth El, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, performed the ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her father,…

Sanzio Salon and Day Spa will hold its ninth annual holiday bake sale from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 18-19 and from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 20 at the salon, 1008 Route 34, Matawan. This year, Mikey Richert, a 10-year-old cousin of a salon employee, is battling a medulloblastoma brain tumor. Mikey…

By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO – An individual some people considered suspicious led to an NJ Transit bus being examined by police on the morning of Dec. 10. The police activity tied up traffic on Route 9 during the morning rush hour and in the end, no one was charged in connection with the…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Five young men have made a commitment to learn firefighting skills through Freehold Borough’s junior firefighter program. Matthew Rossi, Jared Capolupo, Michael Soto, Tanner Maine and Joseph Lubrano were appointed to the Freehold Fire Department’s junior firefighter program during a recent Borough Council meeting. “We accept members from…

Karen Mackiel of Freehold Township is a self-taught artist who knew from the time she was a child that she had an inner talent. She has spent her life honing that artistic skill. An exhibit of Mackiel’s art is on display until the end of the year in the main foyer of the Monmouth County…