• Library will waive fines for food donations

    Library will waive fines for food donations

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer Administrators of the Monmouth County Library System will waive fines owed by by library patrons who donate food during National Library Week, April 10-16. The library system is holding a food drive that will run through April. Donations will be sent to the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Food…

  • Colts Neck introduces $11.75M municipal budget

    Colts Neck introduces $11.75M municipal budget

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has introduced a tentative 2016 budget totaling $11.75 million that will be supported in part by the collection of $7.21 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners. Officials will use $1.13 million from surplus funds (savings) as revenue in the…

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  • Jackson planners approve Six Flags solar energy project

    Jackson planners approve Six Flags solar energy project

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer JACKSON – Opponents of a solar energy project on property owned by Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson that would require the clear-cutting of thousands of “old grove” trees said their fight was not over after the Jackson Planning Board approved an application for the energy generation facility. Board members Andrew…

  • Howell to partner with Rider on teacher leadership

    Howell to partner with Rider on teacher leadership

    By Jennifer Ortiz Staff Writer HOWELL – Administrators in the Howell K-8 School District have discussed a grant that will provide teachers with the opportunity to enroll in a teacher leadership master’s course at Rider University, Lawrenceville. After completing the course, a teacher would be eligible to mentor Rider University student-teachers who have a bachelor’s…

  • Audubon’s April agenda features education, participation

    Audubon’s April agenda features education, participation

    By Christine Barcia Staff Writer Spring is not only the time of year for changing clocks, planting flowers and cleaning out the house, it is also the time of year for Monmouth County residents to embrace bird watching. “It is astounding how many different species of birds co-exist with us here in Monmouth County,” said…

  • Marlboro council approves funding for capital projects

    Marlboro council approves funding for capital projects

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Township Council has adopted a bond ordinance that will fund a series of capital improvements. No one from the public commented on the ordinance when given the opportunity to do so during a public hearing on Feb. 25. The council adopted the ordinance following the public hearing.…

  • High school board introduces 2016-17 budget

    High school board introduces 2016-17 budget

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer April 25 has been scheduled as the date for a public hearing on a $206.1 million budget that the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has introduced for the 2016-17 school year. According to district administrators, the budget will be supported by the collection of a combined $132.3…

  • Student’s app a winner in congressional challenge

    Student’s app a winner in congressional challenge

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer Manalapan High School student Ariel Rakovitsky recently received a visit from a congressman who honored the young man as the creator of an award-winning application (app) in a nationwide competition. Rakovitsky, of Marlboro, is a sophomore at Manalapan High School and was selected as the winner of the Congressional App…

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