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  • Armed robbers hit Manalapan CVS

    By Amy Rosen MANALAPAN — Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the CVS pharmacy on the corner of Woodward Road and Route 33 east. According to a press release from the Manalapan Police Department, at about 9:30 p.m. May 4 two suspects who were described as light-skinned black males entered the CVS…

  • School event stresses importance of trees

    FREEHOLD — Children from Freehold Borough’s three schools had a chance to learn how great it is to have trees around the community when they attended an Arbor Day workshop held at the Park Avenue Elementary School on Arbor Day, April 24. The program was presented by members of the Freehold Borough Shade Tree Commission…

  • Economic realities drive budget

    Freehold Twp. officials introduce $40.6M plan BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Township officials have introduced a $40.6 million municipal budget for 2009 that includes a wage freeze, a hiring freeze, employee layoffs and virtually no local improvements in the coming year. A public hearing on the budget will be held at 8 p.m.…

  • Manalapan plans projects for 2009

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has introduced a capital budget for 2009 that provides for several municipal projects. According to information provided at the committee’s April 22 meeting, the capital budget provides for road and paving improvements, including catch basin replacements, totaling $1,688,619; the acquisition of various equipment (dump truck,…

  • Workers see week’s hours cut

    Marlboro white collar employees on four-day week BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Marlboro Township Council members have passed a resolution which authorizes Mayor Jonathan Hornik and the township clerk to execute a collective bargaining agreement with Communications Workers of America Local 1034 representing Marlboro’s white collar workers and police dispatchers. The resolution was unanimously passed…

  • Colts Neck officials adopt $11M budget

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Township Committee has adopted an $11 million budget for 2009. The spending plan contains a 1- cent increase in the municipal tax rate. A public hearing on the budget was held on April 29. The committee members voted 5-0 to adopt the budget. Committeeman Edward Eastman…

  • Projects ask students to think about others

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Students of the Marlboro Middle School’s 8M team recently spent time giving back to their community during the group’s Big Give service learning project. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MARLBORO K-8 SCHOOL DISTRICT Eighth-grade pupils in the Marlboro Middle School’s 8M team record books on tape for children at the Marlboro…

  • Deer report to be discussed

    On May 11 the Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners will hear the Monmouth County Park System’s presentation of the Deer Management Program Annual Report – 2009. The report, prepared by park system staff, will contain information about the program as administered by the park system during the 2008/2009 deer hunting season and staff recommendations…

  • Wille elected board president in Freehold Twp.

    Mindy Wille and Kay Poklemba Holtz were re-elected to the positions of president and vice president, respectively, when the Freehold Township Board of Education held its reorganization meeting April 28. Both women were elected to their positions in a unanimous vote of the board, according to Dawn Gravatt, the school district’s public information officer. At…