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DeVito promoted to sergeant
COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Police Department has filled a void in its command staff following a retirement earlier this year. Officer Kristian DeVito was promoted to sergeant of the police department’s traffic safety bureau at the May 30 meeting of the Colts Neck Township Committee. “I can’t think of anyone more deserving of…
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Local stuntman suffers life-threatening injuries
Fundraisers planned to help with young man’s care BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent “Crazy Mike” Gaboff Sharon Gaboff did not have a good feeling onApril 21. Her friend and fellow Millstone Township resident Jackie Hundertpfund reminded her that Gaboff’s son was doing a big stunt for an online commercial for the “Knight Rider” film that day…
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Marlboro commits funds for affordable housing
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The adoption of three ordinances by the Township Council will safeguard nearly $7.2 million of Marlboro’s affordable housing trust fund. A law that was enacted in 2008 gave New Jersey municipalities four years to spend the money that was sitting in their affordable housing trust fund. State officials…
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Golfers can win overnight stay
The Kimball Medical Center Foundation is giving golfers everywhere a chance to win an overnight stay at the Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson. For $100 per raffle ticket, golfers can enter to win an overnight stay for eight guests in the cottage at Metedeconk, gourmet meals, and a round of golf for two foursomes.…
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Manalapan police reported that at about 3:30 a.m. May 24, a resident of Lauren Court, Manalapan, confronted a person who was described as a white male in his 20s with short cropped brown hair attempting to burglarize the home. The suspect fled the area on foot and was unable to be located. The suspect is…
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A social media skeptic finds true love on the Internet
CODA GREG BEAN I saw my granddaughter’s beautiful face for the first time yesterday when I checked my Facebook page, and there was her picture looking back at me, posted by her mom, my daughter-in-law. I can’t wait to see this tiny young lady in person around the middle of July when she’s finally born.…
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for the record •••
On May 30-31, Marlboro Middle School pupils, co-directed by teachers Robin Gartenberg and Lisa Scalici, performed D.W. Gregory’s “Miracle in Mudville.” A May 30 article in the News Transcript did not list both directors.
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Low interest rates are taking a toll on Americans’ savings
Some will do nothing. The rest of us can do something about the Federal Reserve’s position on interest rates. “The purpose of the Federal Reserve’s policy of low interest rates is to speed the economic recovery, which will increase loan demand and opportunities for profitable lending, among many other benefits, and thus, ultimately, lead to…
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Toxic cleanup was worth the 25-year effort
The importance of what happened in Marlboro in May cannot be understated. After 25 years, one of the nation’s most notorious cases of wide-scale pollution was formally declared fully cleaned and remediated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It took an entire generation, but the Imperial Oil site off Tennent Road has now…
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