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  • Historic panel would like final say on signs

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The historic character and ambiance of Freehold Borough’s downtown district is something that needs vigilant monitoring and protection, according to members of the borough’s Historic Preservation Advisory Commission. According to a commission member, there has been a general feeling that the panel has been overlooked in the…

  • Family displaced by fire at Freehold Borough’s Rug Mill Towers

    By Clare Marie Celano FREEHOLD — One family was displaced from its second floor apartment following a fire at the Rug Mill Towers on Jackson Street, Freehold Borough, this morning, Sept. 14. Officials said the family’s apartment was uninhabitable following the fire. No further information as to where the family would be relocated was immediately…

  • Attorney gains approval for office use in home

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — If you wait long enough and try hard enough, sometimes things do indeed turn out the way you want them to. Such is the case for attorney Veronica Davis who, after trying unsuccessfully for almost two years to obtain a use variance that would permit a professional…

  • Steel from WTC received with honor

    Port Authority official presents Manalapan with ground-zero artifact BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer On the clear, sunny morning of Sept. 8 — a day that was eerily reminiscent of the weather on Sept. 11, 2001, when the world was changed forever by an act of terrorism — Manalapan residents, officials and family members of those…

  • Marlboro mom’s video shines light on hunger

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A desire to help spread the word about world hunger led to a Marlboro mother and her two sons being featured on boxes of Cheerios cereal. Dolores Catalano said she was reading an issue of the News Transcript when she saw an article seeking submissions for the ShopRite…

  • Marlboro expects to battle COAH

    State agency says township has not done enough to permit affordable housing BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Arenewed legal fight concerning the construction of affordable housing in Marlboro is just getting under way as municipal officials have filed a complaint for declaratory relief from the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). Marlboro officials are also…

  • Local vice principal earns Ed.D. degree

    MARLBORO — Peter Kopack, the vice principal of the Asher Holmes School, recently earned his Ed.D. degree in educational leadership, with a minor in curriculum development, according to information provided by the Marlboro K-8 School District. Kopack earned his doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, which is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern…

  • Horse Park needs to raise $50K to keep Jersey Fresh

    Park’s first fundraiser, a hoe-down, will be held on Sept. 25 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Horse Park of New Jersey has been a golden thread holding New Jersey’s horse industry together since 1988, but now the once solid strand has started to show signs of fraying. Ashley Kehoe rides Mazetto as they compete…

  • Donations to aid squad lag; members are also needed

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Some things just do not seem to get any better no matter how hard you work at addressing an issue. Despite the best efforts of representatives of the Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad to inform the communities of Freehold Borough and Freehold Township about the services…