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  • Marlboro puts a halt on affordable housing

    By Rebecca Morton MARLBORO — Plans for the development of affordable housing in Marlboro are coming to a halt as municipal officials will wait to see what is going to happen with this issue on the state level. During the Feb. 18 meeting of the Marlboro Township Council, Mayor Jonathan Hornik discussed the changing landscape…

  • Driver faces DWI charges after crash

    MANALAPAN — Multiple charges were lodged against a resident of Somerset following his involvement in a motor vehicle accident in the Knob Hill residential development, Route 33, on Feb. 4. Police charged Joseph Locricchio, 45, a loan officer who resides in Somerset, with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, leaving the scene of an…

  • Monmouth County plans budget sessions

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has scheduled five public budget sessions to gather information from department heads as well as from Monmouth County residents. Budget workshop meetings will take place from 1:30-4 p.m. Feb. 19; from 1:30-5 p.m. Feb. 24; and from 1:30-4 p.m. Feb. 26. All three meetings will be held in the…

  • Six Flags will host job fair Feb. 20

    JACKSON — Six Flags Great Adventure will host a job fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 20 at its employment center, 1 Six Flags Blvd., Jackson. Positions in merchandise, park services, landscape, tollbooth, marketing, ride operations, entertainment, games, loss prevention, human resources, safari, cash control, lifeguards and guest relations are available. Prior to…

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    Anne Opramolla uses a broom to clear snow from her car on Brinckerhoff Avenue, Freehold Borough, on Feb. 11 after another snowstorm blanketed western Monmouth County on Feb. 10. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • WMUA doubles discount for senior, disabled ratepayers

    The Western Monmouth Utilities Authority (WMUA) announced that it has doubled the discount for certain senior citizen and disabled ratepayers, increasing the discount from $20 per quarter to $40 per quarter, which will directly benefit nearly 400 households. The WMUA provides waste water treatment service to more that 25,000 customers in Manalapan, Marlboro, Englishtown and…

  • Plan details development of walkways

    Marlboro officials want to accommodate pedestrians BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer If all goes according to a pedestrian access plan, Marlboro residents could eventually see the construction of sidewalks that will connect them to public transportation, shopping areas and schools. During a series of meetings that municipal officials held in 2008 to solicit input from…

  • Manalapan to conduct photo contest

    MANALAPAN — The township of Manalapan will hold its second annual photo contest. The theme of the 2010 photo contest is “Furs, Feathers and Fins” – a contest of pictures of animal life. The contest is open to all Manalapan residents, but photographs entered in the contest do not need to be taken in Manalapan.…

  • Study looks at parking situation in Freehold

    Officials may pursue idea of new driveway into East Main Street parking lot BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Atraffic and parking study of Freehold Borough’s downtown district has been submitted to the New Jersey Department of Transportation by Monmouth County on behalf of Downtown Freehold. Downtown Freehold, formerly called the Freehold Center Partnership, oversees…