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  • IRS offers income tax advice to students with summer jobs

    Some high school and college students with summer jobs may not realize that they have to pay taxes on their income. The IRS is offering tips for students about income earned while working a summer job. All employees fill out a W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, when starting a new job. Employers use this form…

  • Ethics board dismisses Schlaflin complaint

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Charges against resident Paul Schlaflin have officially been dismissed by Marlboro Ethics Board after the state ruled the board did not cite a specific violation of the township’s ethics code that Schlaflin had committed. The state Local Finance Board recently remanded the case back to the Marlboro Ethics Board.…

  • Proposed state legislation concerns Freehold council

    FREEHOLD — Borough Council members have unanimously passed a resolution which states Freehold Borough’s opposition to two pending pieces of state legislation that have to do with multiple dwellings of three or more units. One bill is in the state Senate and one bill is in the state Assembly. The council passed the resolution at…

  • Airman gets warm welcome at school

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Fifth-grade pupils at the Marlboro Elementary School recently had a chance to meet a local hero they wrote letters to and sent gifts to while he was serving in Afghanistan. Airman Simone “Sam” Saracino, of Howell, took time to meet with the pupils on May 26. Saracino, 21, is…

  • Email takes aim at local message board

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — An Internet message board that is owned and operated by a private individual was the subject of an anonymous email that was sent to Howell’s mayor and Township Council. The author of the email called on government officials to take action against the message board. Greater Media Newspapers…

  • Volunteer answers call to travel to Alabama

    Harvey Grossman assists people who suffered losses in recent tornadoes BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Harvey Grossman MANALAPAN — More than a month after a devastating tornado ripped through Alabama, people in the hardest hit areas of that state are struggling to rebuild their lives . When officials at the New Jersey Department of Banking…

  • Special video earns award

    COLTS NECK — Colts Neck High School was selected from more than 80 schools around the country as the Judge’s Award winner of the national Act Out Loud contest to curb distracted driving. Act Out Loud, sponsored by the Allstate Foundation and National Organizations for Youth Safety, is a school-based, teen-led competition to raise awareness…

  • Two seats available on Township Committee

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Two Republican incumbents will seek re-election to three-year terms on the Township Committee in November. They will face a challenge from one, and possibly two, Democrats. Republicans have had total control of the governing body for almost four decades. The Republicans running for re-election are David…

  • Local playwrights ‘choose to laugh.’ You will, too

    Play looks at highs and lows of life in adult communities BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Brandon Allentoff (l-r) of Howell, and Milt Keiles and Arnold Brown, both of Monroe Township, rehearse a scene from “Fade Out at Clo-Achers.” The play, written by Monroe Township residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, steps beyond the security…