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Eatontown introduces 2016 municipal budget
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer EATONTOWN – Borough officials have introduced a $24.6 million budget where the local municipal tax rate remains the same for the third year in a row. The Borough Council unanimously introduced the budget at the council’s April 13 meeting. “We worked down to the final minute to finalize the…
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Eatontown group to hold meeting against Monmouth Mall ‘overdevelopment’
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer A new ordinance that would change current zoning at the Monmouth Mall to mixed-use has caused concerns and questions to be raised before the Borough Council from numerous members of the community. A group of residents opposed to the proposed changes and the “overdevelopment” of the mall will hold…
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Pallone sponsors poetry contest for local schools
LONG BRANCH — U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) has announced that his office will sponsor a poetry competition for local schoolchildren as part of National Poetry Month. The competition is open to all students in the 6th Congressional District. Submissions are due April 29. “From the time of Walt Whitman, New Jersey has made…
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Bedell leads Bulldogs’ strong start to golf season
By Warren Rappleyea Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s boys golf team is off to a strong start thanks in large part to the play of senior Reid Bedell. A key contributor to a Bulldogs team that won the overall NJSIAA Group II championship last year, he won the individual South-Central title and finished sixth at…
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Event proceeds will purchase, train dogs for veterans
The second annual Fundraiser for Rebuilding Warriors will be held 2-7 p.m. on April 24 at The Headliner, 1401 Route 35 south, Neptune. Pat Roddy Band, Katastrophy and Marty and the Martians will perform, as well as the Shillelagh Pipe Band and Emcee Jeff Norris. At 4 p.m. there will be a presentation of K9…
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Holocaust Remembrance Day programs slated in May
SOUTH RIVER — Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a day that holds great meaning for the Jewish people as well as people of all faiths, and the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey has worked with partners to support commemoration programs in Monmouth and Middlesex counties. The educational programs support Holocaust awareness…
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Manalapan gains deadline extension on property assessment decision
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – The Township Committee has received a one-month extension from the Monmouth County Board of Taxation to decide whether to opt out of or to remain in the Monmouth County Assessment Demonstration Program (ADP). The program is used to assign a value to a property and that value becomes…
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County freeholders came through with tax cut
Let me publicly express my appreciation to the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders for the tremendous job they have done in arriving at their new county budget. While our taxes seem ever to be increasing, it is noteworthy that the hikes we have and are continuing to see are not coming by the hands of…
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Freehold Twp. board introduces $76.8M budget
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education has introduced a budget that will pay for the operation of the school district during the 2016-17 school year. Following discussion among district administrators and board members, a $76.8 million budget was introduced. The budget, which can be…
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