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  • Relatives of Civil War Medal of Honor winner sought

    This is an open letter to the public, seeking some help and information about Thomas T. Fallon, recipient of the Medal of Honor. Upon placing flags on the graves of the veterans of Mon-mouth County, members of the Cpl. Philip Reynolds Detach-ment Marine Corps League came upon the grave of a Thomas T. Fallon at…

  • Howell resident lists council’s accomplishments

    Thank you, mayor and Township Council of Howell, for keeping municipal taxes as low as possible, for the lowest number of building permits, for the highest number of open space acres, for a shade tree ordinance to beautify Howell for generations to come; For the first architectural standards for Route 9, for a plan to…

  • Route 33 is on the way to becoming another Route 9

    I am not surprised that the Manalapan Planning Board approved the plan for The Village at Manalapan. It does not matter if they are Democrat or Republican, there isn’t one committee or board in Manal-apan that ever met a developer they did not like. Now that the Route 9 corridor of Manalapan is saturated, the…

  • Citizens panel cites need for new elementary school

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – The Board of Education’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) has presented its recommendations to the board. According to the committee, due to the enrollment issues that face the K-8 district, a new elementary school (about 97,000 square feet) which would be able to house grades…

  • Lori Clinch

    Are We There Yet? The Clinch clan sure livens up a campsite As a family, we thought it would be a ton of fun to head out on a camping trip. Turns out that thinking about it was as fun as it got. It wasn’t so much the fact that the campsites were cramped with…

  • Obituaries

    Dolores Wolff Mrs. Wolff, 72, of Manalapan, died May 9 at Madison Center, Matawan. Born in Queens, N.Y., she resided there prior to moving to Covered Bridge seven years ago. She was a keypunch operator at Palisades Institute, Greenwich Village, N.Y., for 45 years, retiring in 1998. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert in…

  • Nieliwocki will take reins at middle school

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer TALI ISRAELI Principal Stephan Charton is preparing to say goodbye to the Marlboro Middle School after seven years as students and staff welcome Vice Principal Patricia Nieliwocki to the position of the building’s top administrator. MARLBORO – After seven years as principal, Stephan Charton will bid…

  • Greg Bean

    Coda It’s much more fun when you’re playing for keeps When I was a kid of a certain age, we didn’t measure wealth by money, or social status by family lineage – we measured both by marbles. In our small town, there were no private schools and very few home-schoolers. Everyone from every segment of…

  • Make certain plans for development fit

    The first major piece of the Route 33 retail development picture came into focus on May 25 when the Manalapan Planning Board voted 7-2 to grant preliminary approval to The Village at Man-alapan. What began with a presentation in September 2003 as a developer’s vision of a project that would include multiple shopping areas, a…