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Plan for fee-based leaf pickup is put on hold
MANALAPAN — The municipality’s request for proposals for a leaf collection initiative produced only one offer from a private landscaping company headquartered 60 miles away in Bergen County. With that response as the only offer, Committeeman Ryan Green announced at the Aug. 15 meeting of the Township Committee that Manalapan’s professionals “have determined that this…
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FRHSD approves changes to administrative structure
Chief academic officer is one new position; five director slots also created BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has voted to restructure a portion of the district’s administration. Board members unanimously passed a resolution enacting the changes at their Aug. 27 meeting, held at district headquarters in…
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Send us your summer photos
It’s back to school and back to work for nearly everyone, but you don’t have to let summer go just yet. Greater Media News/StringFly wants you to submit your photos of people having fun in the summertime. Consider submitting your photos of your family picnic, splashing in the pool, building a sandcastle at the beach,…
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Colts Neck officials take 3-year view of finances
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Municipal budget projections for the next three years suggest Colts Neck’s finances should be in order, not taking into account the possibility of hefty unexpected costs, according to Deputy Mayor Michael Fitzgerald. “We are trying to do the budget forecast for the purpose of making sure we…
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Experts: Motive hard to ascribe immediately after shooting
BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Experts in workplace violence and criminal justice reacted to the Aug. 31 shooting in an Old Bridge Pathmark supermarket by analyzing what the alleged shooter’s motivations may have been. A Pathmark employee allegedly shot and killed two fellow employees before turning the gun on himself during the 4 a.m. shooting,…
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Employees get counseling after shooting
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene of a shooting at a supermarket on Route 9 north, Old Bridge, on Aug. 31. Two employees working the overnight shift were killed by a gunman who then committed suicide, authorities said. JEFF GRANIT staff During an overnight shift at the Pathmark supermarket on…
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Gunman worked, then returned on deadly day
Tragedy in Old Bridge According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan:The alleged gunman and both victims in the Pathmark shooting had been working an overnight shift Aug. 30-31.Suspected gunman Terence S. Tyler, 23, left the store at about 3:30 a.m. and drove away.He returned about 20 minutes later, dressed in desert camouflage clothing with a…
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Old Bridge in shock after shooting deaths
Neighbor: ‘You’re not safe anywhere. You just never know.’ BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan can be seen through the shattered windows of a Pathmark supermarket on Route 9 north, Old Bridge, on Aug. 31, shortly after a store employee gunned down two coworkers. JEFF GRANIT staff OLD BRIDGE — In…
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Marlboro school board moves date of election to November
Panel is not unanimous; switch to take effect on Election Day 2013 BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has voted to move the annual election for school board members to the date of the general election in November. The board made the decision at its Aug. 21 regular…
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