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Open space tax rate size to be on ballot
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Voters will get a chance to make their feelings known on a proposal to reduce the amount of money that is being collected on an annual basis through Marlboro’s open space tax. Mayor Jonathan Hornik explained during the May 6 Township Council meeting that with the recent revaluation…
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Panel continues hearing on local ethics complaint
Matter concerns email submitted to website by zoning board member BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — An ethics case is continuing in regard to a vulgar email that was sent by a member of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment to the operator of an Internet website during the 2009 election season. During that…
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Manalapan moves forward to acquire 49-acre property
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has voted to begin eminent domain (condemnation) proceedings with the intent to acquire a 49-acre tract that is bordered by Church Lane, Route 522 and Tennent Road. At a meeting on May 12, committee members voted 5-0 to adopt an ordinance that permits officials to…
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Big Brook gives up piece of N.J. history
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The remains of animals and the weapons that were used to hunt them are just a part of the mysteries hidden below the surface of Monmouth County. Photo shows a lanceolate stemmed paleopoint (spear point) that was found at Big Brook in Marlboro. The paleopoint is a remnant of the…
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Freehold teachers, board reach 2-year pact
No raise for 2010-11, after 3 percent raise for 2009-10 BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer After 18 months of negotiations, the Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education and the Freehold Borough Education Association (FBEA) have reached agreement on a twoyear contract. The FBEA represents the Freehold Borough school district teachers, teacher assistants,…
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Antique auto show to aid Ashley Lauren Foundation
Classic cars from collections of area residents will be exhibited at May 23 event BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The public is invited to view a bygone era of automobile transportation and utility vehicles and to help a local charity by attending the Garden State Concours d’Elegance scheduled to be held at the East Freehold Showgrounds,…
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Beyond petunias and marigolds
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow.” Doug Tallamy Now don’t get me wrong, petunias, especially the new-wave cultivars, are terrific showstoppers. The marigold was just named the Flower of the Year by the National Garden Bureau and justifiably so. A most durable, hardy plant featured in…
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Growth of public jobs is draining residents
GUEST COLUMN JOHN GREENE Iconcur with Kenneth J. O’Dowd, (“Reinstating ‘Millionaire’s’ Tax Might Make Sense for State,” News Transcript, Your Turn, April 28) that there would be considerable financial savings in New Jersey if we eliminated the redundant administrative overhead of smaller school districts by combining them with other contiguous districts. However, his contention of…
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