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State, county to share costs of road project
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders adopted a resolution on Dec. 22 agreeing to fund a portion of the cost to reconstruct the intersection of Route 34 and Route 537 in Colts Neck. Officials described that location as one of the most heavily traveled intersections in Monmouth County. According to a press release, the costsharing…
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SCI urges limits on public employee perks and benefits
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Excessive and wasteful public employee benefits are gobbling up millions of dollars in cash-strapped New Jersey, according to a report issued by the State Commission of Investigation (SCI). “At a time of economic distress unprecedented since the Great Depression — with government budgets depleted and austerity the theme of…
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Housing could be shifted to Amboy Road property
Marlboro officials look for new site after Ticetown Rd. residents pan original plan BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has authorized the expenditure of up to $250,000 from Marlboro’s affordable housing trust fund for the purpose of investigating and determining the suitability of an alternate site for one affordable housing project…
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Manalapan certified by Sustainable Jersey
MANALAPAN — Sustainable Jersey representatives announced that Manalapan has met the requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey certification. Manalapan is one of 32 towns out of the 240 registered municipalities that have attained certification in the first year of the program. Manalapan was recently honored at the Sustainable Jersey awards luncheon on Nov. 17. Members of…
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Firm will provide planning services
MARLBORO — A re-examination of Marlboro’s master plan will soon be under way after the Marlboro Township Council gave an OK to the costs involved. During the council’s Dec. 17 meeting, council members voted 4-0 to approve a contract between Marlboro and the township planner, Heyer, Gruel and Associates, in the amount of $28,000. Voting…
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Marlboro calls for end to unfunded mandates
MARLBORO — Township officials passed a resolution on Dec. 17 urging the elimination of state-imposed unfunded mandates. Marlboro officials want Trenton to stop telling them what to do without providing financial assistance for the task at hand. The resolution passed by the Township Council states that in 1995, New Jersey voters approved an amendment to…
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Board rejects grocery plan
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Planning Board has denied an application from an individual who wanted to develop a vacant building off Throckmorton Street as a grocery store/warehouse. The board voted on the application on Dec. 9. Atanasio Munoz sought the board’s approval to move his existing grocery store from the…
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Bond refinancing helps college
The Monmouth County Improvement Authority (MCIA) refunding of $12 million in Brookdale Community College bonds will generate a present value savings of 7.01 percent, according to a press release from the MCIA. The MCIA executed the sale of bonds on Dec. 10 to take advantage of favorable public bond market conditions to refund the college’s…
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Board OKs trip to Florida
MARLBORO — Students who attend the Marlboro Middle School will have a chance to experience a music festival in Orlando, Fla., after the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education gave a thumbs up to the excursion. In previous years, members of the school district’s middle schools’ show choir and jazz bands had the option…
