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Amended ordinance allows billboards in certain areas
HOWELL — Township Council members and Mayor Robert F. Walsh recently voted unanimously to adopt an amended sign ordinance that will allow billboards in certain sections of Howell. “I would prefer personally to keep a prohibition (against billboards), but I guess we have to do this,” Councilwoman Pauline Smith said at the Sept. 21 council…
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Party benefits diabetes research
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A couple of friends who wanted to have a Halloween party turned their event into a way to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). Amanda Needleman, 13, and her friends were discussing the idea of hosting a Halloween party for their fellow eighthgrade students. Amanda…
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McMorrow wins full term on Township Committee
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Barbara McMorrow will retain her seat on the Township Committee, following her victory in the Nov. 2 Freehold Township municipal election. McMorrow, a Republican, received 5,974 votes to outdistance her opponent, Democrat Raymond Santiago, who received 3,299 votes in the race for a three-year term. The…
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Liquor license will go up for bid
MARLBORO — A retail liquor license is available in Marlboro after the Township Council gave the OK for the item to be bid on. Councilman Jeff Cantor, Councilwoman Carol Mazzola and Councilman Scott Metzger passed a resolution authorizing the sale of the plenary retail distribution license during the council’s Nov. 4 meeting. Council President Frank…
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Howell Holiday Giveaway seeks toys for local children
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The Howell Holiday Giveaway currently is collecting new toys and gifts to give joy at the Christmas and Hanukkah holidays to more than 450 less fortunate children who reside in Howell and Farmingdale. According to Anna Ornstein, the coordinator of the program for more than five years, the project is sanctioned…
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GOP retains control of county freeholder board
BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer County Republicans have once again secured control of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Republican candidates, incumbent Robert Clifton and Neptune City Mayor Tom Arnone, handily defeated their Democratic counterparts, incumbent John D’Amico and Spring Lake Borough Councilwoman Janice Venables, in last week’s freeholder elections. Of the 344,668…
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Students to tell a tale from ‘Arabian Nights’
MARLBORO — Guests will travel around the world when pupils who attend the Marlboro Memorial Middle School perform “The Arabian Nights.” The show will be performed on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in the MarlboroMemorialMiddle School, Nolan Road. Admission is free and everyone in the community is welcome to…
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Optimists will host poker event
The Sunrise Optimist Club of Freehold will host a Texas Hold’em poker tournament on Nov. 12 at the Our House restaurant, 420 Adelphia Road Route 524), Howell. Doors will open at 6 p.m., first card will be dealt at 7 p.m. The cost is $100 per person and includes a dinner buffet and $6,000 in…
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Clerk checking signatures on petition for fire district
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Firefighters have turned in a petition containing almost 1,000 signatures to the Freehold Borough clerk as they continue an effort that could eventually result in the creation of a fire district. The municipal clerk is now verifying every signature on the petition in order to ensure that…
