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    Workers are clearing land at the corner of Woodward Road and Route 33, Manalapan, to make way for a Wawa that will include a gas station and a convenience store. According to representatives from Wawa corporate offices, construction is slated to begin in June and, assuming all goes as planned, the new Wawa is expected…

  • GOP head says enforcement was lacking on sign code

    MARLBORO — Municipal officials recently discussed alleged violations of Marlboro’s campaign sign ordinance and the alleged politicization of April’s Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education’s election with a local Republican leader. The conversation took place during the Township Council’s meeting on May 3. Chris Dean, who identified himself as the Marlboro Republican municipal chairman,…

  • Juveniles caught with drugs at high school

    MANALAPAN— Police were called to Manalapan High School, Church Lane, at 11:09 a.m. April 25 in reference to juveniles who were on school property and in possession of drugs. Police arrested three 16-year-old boys and charged each boy with distribution of controlled dangerous substances (CDS) and possession of CDS on school property. The juveniles, whose…

  • Marlboro council creates municipal rec. department

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Swim, sports and family fun will all fall under the same banner next year in Marlboro. The Township Council unanimously adopted an ordinance at its May 3 meeting that will consolidate the Marlboro Recreation and Parks Commission and the Marlboro Swim Club Utility into one entity to be…

  • in the service •••

    Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jose A. Reyes, a 2009 graduate of Freehold High School, Freehold, recently was promoted to his current rank while serving with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 36, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Reyes was promoted based on sustained superior job performance and proficiency in his designated specialty. He joined the…

  • Contaminated Imperial Oil site deemed to be clean

    Residents, officials pressed government agencies for decades to remediate land BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Officials gathered on Orchard Place in the Morganville section of Marlboro last week to announce the completion of the cleanup process at the Imperial Oil toxic waste site. The announcement put a cap on a process that stretched…

  • Book chronicles Marine’s battle with PTSD

    COLTS NECK — Former Marine lieutenant and CNN op-ed contributor Mike Scotti is the author of “The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of LifeAfter War” (Grand Central). Called “an unapologetic gut-wrencher of a book” by Kirkus Review, the memoir charts a course from the front lines of Iraq to Scotti’s struggle to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder.…

  • Program expands services to men facing tough times

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — New stories of success are coming out of the Freehold Clergy Association’s emergency housing program. The program, which recently concluded its eight year, offers a warm place to stay to men who might otherwise have to spend the night outdoors in a makeshift shelter or in no…

  • Marlboro planners vote to deny Northpointe housing application

    By Jack Murtha MARLBORO — Members of the Marlboro Planning Board unanimously voted to deny the Northpointe residential development application without prejudice, based on a lack of information and the inability to obtain an extension of time from the applicant to continue the public hearing. The board took the action at its May 16 meeting…