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  • Marlboro will conduct bulk pickup

    By Jack Murtha MARLBORO — Despite worries among residents in recent weeks that municipal officials were planning to eliminate Marlboro’s bulk trash pickup program, that service is scheduled to continue this spring. On April 12, Township Council members unanimously voted to award a contract of service to Freehold Cartage Inc. The cost for the bulk…

  • Manalapan dog park opening postponed to April 29

    MANALAPAN — The threat of inclement weather on April 22 has prompted Manalapan officials to postpone the planned grand opening of the Manalapan dog park on that date. The new grand opening date is April 29 at 3 p.m. Municipal officials announced the decision to cancel the April 22 festivities at noon on April 20.…

  • Englishtown council introduces $1.95M budget

    By Mark Rosman ENGLISHTOWN — The Englishtown Borough Council has introduced a $1,953,828 municipal budget for 2012. A public hearing on the budget will be held in May on a date to be determined, according to Borough Administrator Laurie Finger. The budget will be supported by the following revenues: a local tax levy of $1,153,801,…

  • St. Mary’s Church makes use of new solar energy farm

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Members of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Colts Neck will celebrate Earth Day 2012 with a bit more energy than usual. Parish officials recently teamed up with Solis Partners to install a solar energy farm on church property, business manager Joseph Noble said. He said 686 solar…

  • Residents could get alternative for leaf pickup in Manalapan

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — For residents of Manalapan who do not like to bag the leaves that cover their lawn each fall, a municipal solution could be on the way. At theApril 11 meeting of the Township Committee, Committeeman Ryan Green asked his fellow members of the governing body to consider offering a…

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    Jersey Transit, an a cappella ensemble, performs in concert at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, on April 15. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • ‘Fun Can Be Work!’

    Stanley Stamaty The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County in Freehold Township invites the community to a preview gala opening of the exhibit “Fun Can Be Work! The Art of ClaraGee Stamaty, Stanley Stamaty and Mark Alan Stamaty” on Sunday, April 22, at 1 p.m. The reception will include a fruit, cheese and wine table,…

  • Freeholders appoint area residents to Brookdale Board of Trustees

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has appointed David G. Flaherty of Howell and Charles Karcher of Colts Neck to fill two vacant seats on the Brookdale Community College Board of Trustees. The appointments were made during a special meeting on March 29. “With the appointment of these trustees we have begun the process of…

  • Green, Ptasiewicz will not be challenged in primary

    Manalapan governing body has one three-year term on the ballot in November BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The 2012 campaign for one seat on the Manalapan Township Committee is expected to pit a sitting member of the governing body against a resident who will be making his second consecutive bid for public office. Filing petitions to…