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Planning Board signs off on Rt. 537 zone changes
Area in question stretches from Elton-Adelphia Road to intersection of Siloam Road BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee is in receipt of a recommendation from the Planning Board to change the zoning along a stretch of Route 537. The town’s elected officials will have the final say on whether…
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Red light camera contracts draw assemblyman’s ire
State Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth), who has recently expressed concern regarding New Jersey’s red light camera pilot program, last week raised concerns about contracts that have been entered into by municipalities that are operating red light cameras. The cameras are in place at 63 intersections around the state and tickets are issued by police after…
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Spooktacular events fill Freehold’s Oct. calendar
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – The streets of Freehold Borough will once again be transformed into a festive Halloween haven as the borough’s annual Spooktacular event comes to town this month. The Halloween season began with a window painting contest on Oct. 9 as art students from all six schools in the…
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NJEA’s Hipp Foundation grants boost programs in two schools
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Two teachers in the region served by Greater Media Newspapers have received grants from the New Jersey Education Association Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education to continue special projects they started last year. Rita Williams, a teacher at the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School, Plumsted, received $10,000…
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Colts Neck officials make snow plans
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — While some residents are busy drinking apple cider and carving pumpkins, municipal officials have turned their attention to the approaching winter and its potential to unleash powerful snowstorms. The Colts Neck Township Committee passed a resolution at its Sept. 27 meeting that confirmed a second-year option for…
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Area women receive scholarships
The scholarship advisory committee of the Barbara “Foof” Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund announced that it has awarded nursing scholarships totaling $3,000 to six members of the Ocean Medical Center staff. Samantha Bernard (Brick Township), Juana Maria Buergo (Freehold), Andrea Clauser (Point Pleasant), Jodi Imperato (Howell), Sharon Lubeck (Brick Township) and Nicole Marie Ortiz (Toms River)…
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on campus
Daniel Feng of Morganville has been named to the dean’s list for the summer semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Cierra Mautone of Freehold has received the Dr. & Mrs. Charles S. Swope Memorial Scholarship Foundation award, which is granted to 10 students for exemplary scholarship, leadership and service at West Chester…
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State board dismisses complaint against Lucas
Issue concerned Manalapan committeeman’s application for farmland preservation funds BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A state board has dismissed allegations of unethical behavior that were made against Township Committeeman Andrew Lucas earlier this year. The allegations surrounded Lucas’ attempt to place a 96-acre piece of property on Iron Ore Road, Manalapan, into the…
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datebook
The candidates running for seats on the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education in the Nov. 6 election will take questions from residents at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School, Millhurst Road, Manalapan. Refreshments will be served. A community luncheon will be held at the First Presbyterian Church…
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