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  • Police dispatchers now on Monmouth payroll

    FREEHOLD — The last four Freehold Borough Police Department dispatchers who were on the borough’s payroll are now employees of Monmouth County. The department’s dispatchers have been transferred to the Monmouth County 911 Communications Center. The county is now providing police communications (dispatch) services for the borough. The dispatchers’ move to the county from Freehold…

  • Council rules state law is unfunded mandate

    Anti-bullying statute must be reconsidered by state legislators BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer I f the state Legislature wants to keep the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights on the books, it is going to need to pony up some money to help New Jersey school districts implement it, according to a ruling from the Council on…

  • Applicant pulls variance request

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The applicant who proposed an automobile restoration shop at 75 Vanderburg Road in the village section of Marlboro recently withdrew his application for a use variance from the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment. Scott Carbone, the applicant, thought it became clear that board members were not in favor…

  • Business ethics come into focus at Team Challenge

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Several Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) students recently navigated their way through ethical dilemmas that sometimes pose problems for even the most successful business executives. The 2011 Team Challenge, sponsored by the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee, called for groups of students to tackle case studies that…

  • Professional organization plans to award campership to Scout

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Members of the National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP) want to help Boy Scouts who have special needs attend summer camp this year. Marc Standig of the Morganville section of Marlboro is a member of the NATP, New Jersey Chapter, and chairs the Charitable Giving Committee. He said the…

  • Freehold Twp. opens camp to nonresident children

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP— Beginning this summer, Freehold Township’s summer day camp program will be open to nonresidents. The program will be open to children age 4 through eighth grade who live in Freehold Township or any other municipality. Superintendent of Recreation Sue Mc- Gough said 2012 marks the first time…

  • Raise for police officers OK’d

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Members of the Colts Neck Police Department will receive a salary increase in 2012 after agreeing to postpone their raise in 2011. Officers will now see the 4.25 percent raise that was called for in their contracts in 2011, Township Administrator Robert Bowden said at the Jan.…

  • Complaint halts farmland preservation application

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A combination of state, county and township funds totaling $1,152,000 for a local farmland preservation application is on hold pending the resolution of an ethics complaint that has been filed with the state. Manalapan Township Committeeman Andrew Lucas is seeking to sell a development easement on the property of…

  • Distracted driver hits utility pole on Rt. 522

    MANALAPAN — Patrols responded to a one-car motor vehicle accident on Route 522 (Freehold-Englishtown Road) at 1:22 p.m. Feb. 2. According to information provided by the Manalapan Police Department, an investigation of the accident determined a Monroe Township resident was attempting to use a GPS device in his vehicle when he realized that a vehicle…