Category: News Transcript News

  • Retired reporter honored

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — At its meeting on July 15, the Manalapan Township Committee honored former News Transcript staff writer Kathy Baratta with a mayoral proclamation. Baratta retired in January 2009 for health reasons from her position as a staff writer with the News Transcript. She covered Manalapan for the News Transcript…

  • 16 liquor licenses renewed

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee has voted to renew liquor licenses that are held by various entities in the township. Members of the governing body passed a resolution renewing the liquor licenses at their meeting on June 23. The period of renewal is from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. According to information…

  • New testimony due on shopping center

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Testimony on planned renovations to a mostly vacant shopping center on Schanck Road is expected to continue at the Aug. 13 meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. No new testimony was heard when the application came before the board on June 30. Due to a technical issue with the application that…

  • Road projects in the works

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Road improvements projects are being planned for several thoroughfares in Manalapan. At its meeting on July 15, the Township Committee passed a resolution supporting the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (DOT) planned replacement of the Gordons Corner Road bridge over Route 9. The resolution states that the DOT…

  • ‘Earth, Wind and Sky’

    An exhibit of photographs by environmentalist and nature photographer Bill Dalton is at the Terner House Gallery in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township. “Earth, Wind and Sky” will run through July 31. The Terner House Gallery is adjacent to the Ocean Township Library on Deal Road in Oakhurst. Hours are Monday, 10 a.m. to…

  • Two police officers join Marlboro force

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Municipal officials welcomed two new police officers to fill vacancies in the Marlboro Police Department during the Township Council’s July 16 meeting. Officer Kevin Cain and Officer Donna Gonzalez were sworn in as members of the force in front of an audience that included their family members, friends…

  • Manalapan Scouts dig in to help feed the hungry

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The members of Boy Scout Troop 180 at the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church have been working hard to serve the community by undertaking a project called “Planting a Row for the Hungry.” Assistant Scoutmaster Jeff Winter, who is supervising the Scouts for this project, donated a portion of…

  • In dark time, husband finds the ‘availability of hope’

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer ALong Branch man has launched a charity in honor of his deceased wife to help those affected by life-threatening illnesses. Darren LeBlanc founded Anthem of Hope in memory of his wife, Misty, who died on Sept. 23, 2008, after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Darren LeBlanc with his late…

  • Rezoning could bring homes, retail center

    Howell officials have been tangling with Elon Associates for more than a decade BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — An ordinance that officials said would allow Howell to resolve decadeold litigation with Elon Associates has been adopted in a unanimous vote of the Township Council. The ordinance rezones a 48-acre tract at the corner…