• Purchasing agent could have benefits for town

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The administration’s ability to award contracts without approval from the Township Council may increase due to a proposed new position. The council introduced an ordinance at its Jan. 24 meeting to establish the position of purchasing agent in Marlboro’s municipal government. The ordinance will be up for adoption…

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    Michael Blaskovich of Colts Neck was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Fla., where he is majoring in aerospace engineering. Allison Diamond, daughter of Harold F. Diamond of Manalapan, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.,…

  • Democrats seeking candidates for office

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Democratic organization is currently interviewing potential candidates for the Township Committee election that will be held in November 2013. There are two seats on the committee up for election this year. The current composition of the committee is all Republican. Five residents serve on the governing body. Any individual who is…

  • McDonald’s OK’d in Englishtown

    ENGLISHTOWN — The dollar menu. Ronald McDonald. The Big Mac. Get ready, Englishtown. This Revolutionary War municipality will become home to a 20th-century icon. At its meeting on Jan. 22, the borough’s Unified Planning/Zoning Board approved an application for the construction of a Mc- Donald’s fast food restaurant on property at the intersection of Gordons…

  • Child’s small voice makes big impact with president

    Max Gomez, 10, of Marlboro, was invited to White House after writing on gun control BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer In photo at left, Max Gomez, 10, of Marlboro, is joined by his sister, Veronica, and parents, Barbara and Michael, at a White House press conference during which President Barack Obama addressed the issue of…

  • Judge: Principal should be removed

    Commissioner of education will have final say on FRHSD matter involving Jeff Simon BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer An administrative law judge has forwarded a recommendation to the state commissioner of education that Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon be removed from his position due to multiple violations of Freehold Regional High School District policies…

  • Then and now: Lessons from the Selma march

    Activists say issues like income inequality, voter ID show civil rights struggle not over BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The Rev. Gillbert Caldwell, to the left of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., marches during a 1965 protest for racial justice. PHOTO COURTESY OF REV. GILLBERT CALDWELL AND THE CHURCH WITHIN A CHURCH MOVEMENT According to…

  • Falcons’ Louie to continue successful swim career at NYU

    Varsity Report BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Metuchen High School’s Artie Flaherty slices through a pair of John F. Kennedy Memorial High School defenders Nick Wolferman (l) and Joe Duffy to score a basket during a Feb. 2 game. The host Mustangs won the game, 60-44. SCOTT FRIEDMAN St. Joseph’s Ethan Louie laughed when he talked…

  • Family Service, Feb. 23

    Rabbi Zelizer and Nita Polay Levin of Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will be conducting a Saturday Morning Family Service 10:15-11:45 a.m. Feb. 23. This service is for students in grades two through six and their families. For more information, contact Hazzan Levin at 732-548-2238, ext. 14, or [email protected].

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