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Free tax preparation available at library
Free income tax preparation will be provided by AARP volunteers at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. The service is available for low- and middle-income taxpayers with simple returns. Preparations, done in a first-come, firstserved basis, will be offered Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Tuesdays from…
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Complaint halts farmland preservation application
BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A combination of state, county and township funds totaling $1,152,000 for a local farmland preservation application is on hold pending the resolution of an ethics complaint that has been filed with the state. Manalapan Township Committeeman Andrew Lucas is seeking to sell a development easement on the property of…
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Freehold Twp. opens camp to nonresident children
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP— Beginning this summer, Freehold Township’s summer day camp program will be open to nonresidents. The program will be open to children age 4 through eighth grade who live in Freehold Township or any other municipality. Superintendent of Recreation Sue Mc- Gough said 2012 marks the first time…
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Business ethics come into focus at Team Challenge
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Several Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) students recently navigated their way through ethical dilemmas that sometimes pose problems for even the most successful business executives. The 2011 Team Challenge, sponsored by the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee, called for groups of students to tackle case studies that…
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• The Red Horse Art Gallery will host an art exhibit created by the Freehold Art Society, as well as the artwork of artists Linnea Tober, Michael Turner and Thomas Wilczewski, from Feb. 24 through April 18. A meet the artists reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. March 1. The gallery is on the…
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Applicant pulls variance request
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The applicant who proposed an automobile restoration shop at 75 Vanderburg Road in the village section of Marlboro recently withdrew his application for a use variance from the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment. Scott Carbone, the applicant, thought it became clear that board members were not in favor…
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Police dispatchers now on Monmouth payroll
FREEHOLD — The last four Freehold Borough Police Department dispatchers who were on the borough’s payroll are now employees of Monmouth County. The department’s dispatchers have been transferred to the Monmouth County 911 Communications Center. The county is now providing police communications (dispatch) services for the borough. The dispatchers’ move to the county from Freehold…
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Moreto named police chief; to retire May 1
BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Capt. Louis Moreto, who has been the acting chief of the Manalapan Police Department since January 2011, has been appointed as Manalapan’s next police chief. On Feb. 8, the same night that Moreto was appointed police chief in a 5-0 vote of the Township Committee, the governing body voted…
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Colts Neck proposal would establish ‘no-knock’ list
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — A new ordinance could provide Colts Neck residents and business owners with stronger tools to fend off unwanted solicitors. Township Committee members introduced the ordinance, which amends a municipal code related to peddlers, canvassers and solicitors, at their Feb. 8 meeting. If the ordinance is adopted on…
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