• Project Rebuild offered at Bethel AME

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A new program to be offered at the Bethel AME Church, 3 Waterworks Road, Freehold, aims to strengthen families and the community, according to Troy Lynn Carr, pastor. Project Rebuild will begin on March 19 and run for 12 weeks (one two-hour session per week). The program is being…

  • Freeholders introduce 2012 county budget

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has introduced a $487.35 million budget for 2012. The budget contains a $4.15 million decrease in spending from 2011 and marks the second year in a row the amount to be raised by taxation has not increased. The vote to introduce the budget was 5-0. According to a press…

  • TRT Cares seeking volunteers

    MARLBORO — After three successful years of serving the needs of the community, TRT Cares is now recruiting new volunteers to join its staff. TRT Cares was launched in November 2008 when members of Temple Rodeph Torah recognized the need for a community outreach program to assist individuals and families affected financially and/or emotionally by…

  • Manalapan police vehicles will receive new equipment

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Township Committee has awarded two contracts to a Lakewood firm that will provide equipment for the Manalapan Police Department. The committee took the action at its meeting on Feb. 22. One action awarded a new contract and the second action amended a contract that had previously been…

  • Students accepted into orchestras

    Four students were sponsored by Marlboro K-8 School District orchestra director Katie Gussman for the Region II Intermediate Orchestra auditions on Jan. 28. All four students placed in one of the two orchestras. The symphonic orchestra is the top group, which includes woodwinds, brass, and percussion. The string orchestra is the second group, which accommodates…

  • Marlboro to seek $900K for new liquor license

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Celebratory drinks may soon flow inside a new Marlboro tavern, but not before the township and prospective business owners go through a bidding process for a consumption liquor license. The license, which can be used to sell alcoholic beverages at a restaurant or bar, is set at a…

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    An age-restricted condominium in Glenbrook Estates, Marlboro, sits vacant, waiting for a buyer who qualifies to purchase this affordable housing unit. Several other affordable housing units in Marlboro remain vacant as well. JACK MURTHA

  • Attorney, FRHSD spar over legal document

    School district takes issue with principal’s response to tenure charges Statements and counter-statements were flying on the afternoon of March 2 between the Freehold Regional High School District and the attorney representing a suspended district employee. Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon was placed on administrative leave in December. In February, FRHSD Superintendent of Schools…

  • Freeholders oppose request for increase in water rates

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has passed a resolution opposing a decision by the New Jersey-American Water Company to seek a 20 percent rate increase. “Elected county and municipal officials have demonstrated a sensitivity to taxpayers by cutting spending against the tide of risingexpenseswhilefacedwitha2percent cap,” Freeholder Director John P. Curley said. “The New Jersey-American…

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