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  • Brookdale Community College trustees select new president

    Maureen Murphy The Board of Trustees of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, have announced that Maureen Murphy, president at San Jacinto College South, Houston, Texas, has been named president of the college, effective July 1. Murphy, who will be paid $194,000, will succeed interim President William Toms, who is returning to continue his consulting practice, according…

  • Sheriff’s dept. details plan for communications tower

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Representatives of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office detailed their plans to build a 195-foot-tall emergency communications tower in the township at the Feb. 15 meeting of the Marlboro Planning Board. Board members did not have the authority to vote on the construction of the tower, which is scheduled…

  • Freehold Borough prepares to host ‘Irish Week’

    By Clare Marie Celano FREEHOLD — The borough is gearing up to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a week of sights and sounds of all things Irish. The event is being sponsored by Downtown Freehold and the Freehold Borough Arts Council (FBAC). Events have been scheduled from March 12-17. Irish week will begin on March…

  • Former chief still awaits day in court

    MARLBORO — The trial of former Marlboro Police Chief Robert C. Holmes, who faces multiple sex crime charges, is still pending, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. A Monmouth County Grand Jury returned a seven-count indictment in July 2009 that charged Holmes with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, according to a previous…

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    Members of the Java String Quartet, Winnie Burke, Katie Gussman, Warren Brumel and Amanda Gruber, perform for pupils at the Marlboro Memorial Middle School on Feb. 29, after offering advice to the school’s aspiring musicians earlier that morning. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Volunteers sought for domestic violence response team in Marlboro

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro Police Department is recruiting volunteers to serve on the Marlboro Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT). In affiliation with 180 Turning Lives Around and with the assistance of the response team volunteers, the police department continues to make available this service to victims of domestic violence. Applications are available now and interviews…

  • Freeholders oppose request for increase in water rates

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has passed a resolution opposing a decision by the New Jersey-American Water Company to seek a 20 percent rate increase. “Elected county and municipal officials have demonstrated a sensitivity to taxpayers by cutting spending against the tide of risingexpenseswhilefacedwitha2percent cap,” Freeholder Director John P. Curley said. “The New Jersey-American…

  • Marlboro struggles to sell affordable units

    Mazzola says demand exists for rental housing, but those units are not available in town BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer For several decades, municipal officials in Marlboro and other New Jersey communities have struggled to build the number of affordable housing units the state has mandated them to construct within their borders. Now, however, Marlboro…

  • Firefighters gave years of service to two towns

    Gene Coyne & Harry Read given traditional honors during funeral services BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Gene Coyne Representatives of fire departments in Freehold Borough and Freehold Township said goodbye to two of their brothers in February. Firefighters Gene Coyne and Harry Read each received a full fireman’s funeral complete with an honor guard.…