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Residents are invited to enjoy trail
MARLBORO — In honor of National Trails Day, the township will host the second annual Mayor’s Ice Cream Bike and Stroll on June 5. The Mayor’s Ice Cream Bike and Stroll is held to increase awareness of the valuable bicycle path Marlboro has, as well as the importance of alternative, sustainable forms of recreation and…
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Grant named Officer of the Year in Manalapan
Other awards presented to police department at township meeting BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Patrolman Reginald Grant MANALAPAN — Accolades for excellence and heroism abounded at the start of the Manalapan Township Committee meeting held May 12 in town hall. Several members of the Manalapan Police Department and the police department itself, under the leadership…
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Performers step up to help facility for cancer patients
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Mothers are women who have busy lives with little or no down time. They are not supposed to get sick, there is no time for that. When a life-threatening disease like cancer strikes a mother, she is forced to take a step back and focus on getting better, but the…
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Highlands painter exhibits at SCAN
Paintings by artist Norma Wokas will be on display from June 1 through July 30 at the SCAN Adult Education Center in Eatontown. “Boat House” Wokas is a member of the Guild of Creative Art, the Art Alliance and the Art Society of Monmouth County and has studied art at the Guild of Creative Art…
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Bridge naming caps effort to honor Marine
Cpl. Philip A. Reynolds recognized with signs at Route 9 location in Freehold BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer United States Marine Corps Cpl. Philip A. Reynolds may no longer walk the streets of Freehold, but the memory of a man who made the ultimate sacrifice for his nation will live on forever in his…
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Applicant begins making case for Route 79 auto repair shop
MARLBORO — An auto repair shop could make its new home on Route 79. Vincent Ferraina came before the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment on May 4 seeking a use variance and site plan approval to demolish an existing one-story home and to construct a two-story auto repair facility on property that is across Route…
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Concerns raised about past activities on Marlboro site
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Previous work on a parcel of land off Wilson Avenue has caused some neighbors of the property to be concerned. An application known as Marlboro Hills Estates has come before the Planning Board for approval of a four-home subdivision on the site, which is off Wilson Avenue across…
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FRHSD to take input on superintendent search
Two public meetings of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education have been scheduled to allow representatives of West Hudson Associates — the consulting firm hired by the board to conduct the search for the district’s next superintendent — to listen to and collect input from resident concerning the superintendent search. The first…
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Manalapan municipal offices will close on Fridays during summer
MANALAPAN — Following in the footsteps of other Garden State municipalities whose budgets have been hit hard by the current economic situation, Manalapan officials have announced that municipal offices will be closed on Fridays this summer. Offices in town hall are closed today, June 4, and will be closed on the following days (all Fridays):…
