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  • Zoning board considers plan for cemetery

    Marlboro panel told burials would observe Islamic traditions BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Members of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment recently heard testimony that could lay the foundation for an Islamic cemetery to be established in the Morganville section of the municipality. Representatives of Tiba Associates, the contract purchaser of the property in question,…

  • Nutritionist’s book nudges Americans toward whole new diet

    Marlboro woman eager to help people make better food choices BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Copyright © Environmental Working Group. www.ewg.org. Reprinted with permission. I t is no secret that many Americans don’t have the healthiest diets, especially compared to those of other countries. Often consisting of highly processed, unnatural and fast foods, the Western diet…

  • Plan for adult community dies with committee vote

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP— Municipal officials will not proceed with a rezoning of a 117-acre tract at Route 537 and Siloam Road. Instead of rezoning the land to accommodate a planned adult community and a small strip mall, officials will leave the current zoning in place — single-family homes on 2-acre…

  • Manal.-Eng. board introduces $81.1 million spending plan

    Englishtown property owners in line for a $300 decrease BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Property owners in Englishtown will see a significant decrease in their K-8 school taxes during the 2012-13 school year, according to the tentative budget that has been introduced by the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education. Property owners in Manalapan will…

  • Samaritan Center seeking share of $1M donation

    MANALAPAN — Samaritan Center Inc., an all-volunteer ecumenical food pantry in Manalapan that serves clients living in Englishtown, Manalapan, Marlboro and Millstone Township, is participating with other nonprofit anti-hunger organizations in the United States in a philanthropic competition for a share of the $1 million offered by Rhode Island philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein. The rules…

  • Council goes on the record against hike in water rates

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Municipal officials recently took a step to formally contest the Middlesex Water Co.’s (MWC) petition with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) for a 17.47 percent increase in its water rates. On March 1, members of the Marlboro Township Council passed a resolution that authorized a…

  • School board candidates speak

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro Township K-8 PTA, PTO and SCOPE organizations, along with the Greater Red Bank Area League of Women Voters, are sponsoring a candidates night for the residents who are running for a seat on the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education. The forum will be held on March 19 at 7:30…

  • Fundraiser aids police K-9 unit

    MARLBORO — Sometimes giving back to the community is as simple as ordering a hot dog. Stewart’s Restaurant of Marlboro recently donated more than $500 to the Marlboro Police Department K-9 unit, Stewart’s co-owner Larry Rosen said. From Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, customers who presented a flier advertising the fundraiser received a 15 percent…

  • Dancer to appear on TV show

    By Amy Rosen A manda Krohn, 16, of Manalapan, will be one of six young dancers featured on season two of “The Rockettes Summer Intensive.” The premiere is slated to air March 18 at 7 p.m. on MSG Varsity, channel 14 on Cablevision. Amanda, a junior majoring in dance at Howell High School’s Fine and…