• Residents air views during Manalapan budget hearing

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee is expected to adopt a $30.68 million municipal budget for 2012 at its meeting on May 9. The budget was the subject of a public hearing on April 25. Residents Tom Madden, Deborah Smarth, Ray Kalainikas and Butch Budai addressed the budget. Madden expressed concern that…

  • ‘Art on the Edge’ seeking entries

    The Belmar Arts Council (BAC) announces a call for submissions to its “Art on the Edge” exhibition. The show is open to artists working in all media, age 16 and older. This year’s jurors are Stacy Smith of the Zimmerli Museum and art collector Alex Goetchius. Entries will be received on May 4 from5-8 p.m.…

  • Manalapan officials name Marsala new police chief

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Police Chief Chris Marsala MANALAPAN — There is a new man in charge of the Manalapan Police Department. Chris Marsala, who most recently served as a captain and commander of the police department’s Operations Division, was named police chief in a 5-0 vote of the Township Committee on April 25. Marsala…

  • Greater Media Newspapers takes home 15 awards in NJPA contest

    Jeff Granit, “Balance,” first place, Feature, Independent Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 15 awards from the New Jersey PressAssociation for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2011. The photography department swept the feature category, taking home first, second and third places. The prestigious Robert P. Kelly Award…

  • Properties in Freehold Twp. will undergo reassessment

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Municipal officials are accepting bids from firms that are seeking to be hired to conduct a reassessment of properties in Freehold Township. The goal of the reassessment will be to relevel the field in terms of the property taxes that property owners pay, according to Township…

  • Marlboro moves to create recreation & swim utility

    Municipal officials say town cannot continue to subsidize recreation and swim programs BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has introduced an ordinance that if adopted will consolidate the Marlboro Recreation and Parks Commission and the Marlboro Swim Club Utility, in hopes that the merger will ease the financial burden now being…

  • They’ve drawn one more ridiculous line in the sand

    CODA GREG BEAN Here’s today’s theoretical question: What’s lower than whale manure? Answer: The national approval rating for Congress if they don’t get this student loan nightmare sorted out by the July 1 deadline, and the interest rate on 7.4 million student loans doubles from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. According to the folks who…

  • Voters should know who is paying for election ads

    We need to support S. 2219, the Disclose Act of 2012, which would restore transparency to U.S. elections by requiring complete disclosure of spending on big-money advertising in candidate elections. It’s just wrong. Secret campaign cash should have no place in our American democracy. But now we are seeing huge sums of money from secret…

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