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  • Pupils get good look at how town works

    St. Rose first-graders take walking tour of important places in Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Borough Councilwoman Sharon Shutzer takes a group of first-graders from St. Rose of Lima School through the Freehold Fire Department, which was one stop on the children’s walking tour of important places in Freehold Borough. For…

  • Man charged with felony murder in Freehold Twp. homicide

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A n arrest has been made in the Freehold Township homicide that claimed the life of Michael Conway, 42, on July 31. Monmouth County Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor Richard Incremona told Greater Media Newspapers on Oct. 19 that Richard Busby, 54, whose last known address was Newark, was arrested…

  • Clayton, Earle make bid for Freehold council seats

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Marianne Earle and Don Clayton are the Republicans running for two seats on the Borough Council in Freehold Borough in the Nov. 8 election. FREEHOLD — Republican candidates Don Clayton, 41, and Marianne Earle, 73, want to give the GOP more of a voice in local government. Clayton and…

  • Schnurr, DiBenedetto seek new council terms

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Democrats (l-r) Mike DiBenedetto, Nolan Higgins and George Schnurr are running for office in Freehold Borough in the Nov. 8 election. See separate story about Higgins’ bid for the mayor’s office, page 56. FREEHOLD — With a blend of governmental leadership experience and personalities that balance each other, Democrats…

  • Marlboro planning board gives OK to local farmland plan

    MARLBORO — A farmland preservation plan that is being proposed as part of Marlboro’s master plan received approval from the township’s Planning Board. A master plan is a collection of documents and regulations that guide the growth and development of a municipality. The farmland preservation plan is part of the entire plan. A master plan…

  • Curfew put in place by Manalapan govt.

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A curfew for people under the age of 18 will be in place in Manalapan this week. The Township Committee at its meeting of Oct. 12 passed a resolution establishing the curfew during the Halloween period. The resolution states that no one under the age of 18 will be…

  • Marlboro resident wins motorcycle

    COLTS NECK — Aaron Blufarb of the Morganville section of Marlboro was the winner of the Colts Neck Volunteer Fire Company No. 2’s Harley-Davidson Road King Raffle. The drawing was held Sept. 23. Blufarb bought a ticket on Father’s Day at Delicious Orchards in Colts Neck. Colts Neck Fire Department Deputy Chief Chris Quincannon said…

  • Site owner seeks OK for new retail space

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A new retail use next door to Costco on Route 9 north could bring about the conversion of a warehouse to a retail business. A plan for the conversion recently received preliminary approval from the Marlboro Planning Board. The placement of a billboard on the same property where the…

  • EBC Radio completes acquisition of Greater Media’s WWTR-AM

    EBC Radio has completed its acquisition of Greater Media’s 1170 WWTR-AM in Bridgewater, N.J. The Greater Media property is in the Middlesex-Somerset-Union New Jersey market, which is ranked 40th by Arbitron. EBC has been operating WWTR-AM for several years under a time brokerage agreement with Greater Media and features a South Asian format for the…