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  • Business operation will be focus of June 30 meeting

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Economic Development Committee (EDC) is sponsoring a Manalapan Business Development meeting to be held at 8 p.m. June 30 at Manalapan Town Hall, 120 Route 522. The meeting will give attendees the opportunity to network with local business owners. In addition, the topics of starting, expanding, and enhancing…

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    Freehold Township High School’s Gregg Tilley (1004) runs the second leg on the Patriots’ 4×800-meter relay team at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in South Plainfield on June 3. Tilley gave the Patriots’ quartet a lead they never surrendered on their way to winning the state championship in this event. For more, see Sports. JEFF…

  • Howell budget hikes tax rate by 4.3 cents

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Township Council members reluctantly voted to introduce Howell’s 2010 municipal budget which calls for a 4.3- cent increase in the municipal purposes tax rate. That means the owner of a home that is assessed at the township average of $355,000 will pay about $152 more in municipal…

  • Variance granted for mini-golf/arcade

    New business will take space in Exclusive Plaza, Marlboro BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Get ready to putt around as a new miniature golf facility and arcade has received approval for a location in Marlboro. Kiss Golf, LLC, won approval from the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment on May 18 and will build an indoor…

  • Commission will host tour of historic homes

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Individuals with an appreciation for the historic, the antique and the memorable will find a day of adventure and visual eye candy on Saturday, June 26, when Freehold Borough’s second annual Historic Homes House Tour takes place. The event will be a walking tour and visitors will…

  • Program encourages ownership of a home

    Freehold Borough gains certification for Live Where You Work BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Buying a home in today’s economy is a difficult task, but prospective homebuyers may now have a better chance of acquiring one in Freehold Borough. Freehold Borough officials joined representatives of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency at…

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    Ron DiMonda (blue shirt, above) of Lakewood talks about his custom 1983 Spartan that is decorated in a “101 Dalmatians” theme during Kruise Nite in Freehold Borough on May 27. At right, David Millen of Freehold admires the interior of a 1965 Dodge A100. Kruise Nite activities will return to Downtown Freehold on June 24.…

  • Teacher’s fight with MS inspires student to help

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The most important lessons learned in school don’t always involve reading, writing and arithmetic or standardized tests and budgets. Those that involve compassion and helping others in real life situations can be lessons that last a lifetime and impact society in a positive way for years to come. Sometimes the…

  • Projects earn honors for pupils

    MARLBORO — Under the guidance of honors science teacher Christine Farrell, three Marlboro Memorial Middle School teams entered proposals in the national Siemens “We Can Change the World Challenge,” sponsored by Discovery Education, and the students have been selected for honorable mention awards. The winning teams are “2 Much Garbage,” Kimberly Cherin and Radhika Chinni,…