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Committee bans large trucks on several Manalapan roads
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Trucks of a certain size will be banned on Woodward Road between Route 33 and Sweetmans Lane under the terms of an ordinance that was adopted by the Manalapan Township Committee in a unanimous vote on March 17. The action followed a request from residents of Woodward Road…
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Council appoints Rosenthal as Marlboro deputy mayor
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Praised for his financial acumen and dubbed a “brilliant man,” Steve Rosenthal was recently sworn in as a deputy mayor of Marlboro. Rosenthal, who served on the Township Council for four years but did not seek reelection in 2009, was honored during the council’s March 4 meeting. The…
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Wicked rainstorm kept emergency crews busy
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — One of the worst wind and rainstorms Freehold Township officials said they have ever seen pummeled the area on March 13, bringing down trees and wires, flooding basements and seriously damaging several homes, leaving in its wake a cleanup effort that kept officials busy for days.…
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Quest for truth continues 147 years after Slocum murder
Historical presentation revisits murder and trial BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent On the night of July 14, 1863, in the town of Mechanicsville (now West Long Branch), Abigail Bob Waitt Sr. (l-r), Bob Waitt Jr., Joann Slocum Mazzucca and Arthur T. Green II pose for a portrait following a presentation on the murder of Abigail Slocum…
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Green has questions on quick approval
Roth says Planning Board was able to hear all testimony on apartments at one meeting BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The Manalapan Planning Board’s recent action on an application that proposes the construction of an affordable housing development in town was the topic of comment at the March 17 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee.…
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Redevelopment plan shows homes, retail
Township planner reviews concept for Entron site with Planning Board BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Amix of residential units and retail/ office space could be in the future for the former Entron site in Marlboro. At their March 17 meeting, Marlboro Planning Board members got a look at the municipality’s draft redevelopment plan in the…
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Freehold Township High School’s Connor Lewis tries to avoid a tag by Old Bridge High School shortstop Tyler Amato during a scrimmage between the teams at John A. Phillips Park, Old Bridge, on March 19. The 2010 high school baseball season starts April 1. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Manalapan-Englishtown board introduces school budget
By Mark Rosman MANALAPAN — Residents who spoke at the March 23 public hearing on the 2010-11 budget being proposed by the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education made two things clear. One, in desperate economic times such as these they cannot shoulder any more property taxes, and two, although they respect and praise…
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Freehold Borough school budget to have public hearing
By Clare Marie Celano FREEHOLD — A public hearing on the Freehold Borough K-8 School District’s 2010-11 budget will be held on March 29 at 7 p.m. in the Park Avenue Elementary School cafetorium, Park Avenue, Freehold Borough. The $20.8 million budget does not lay off any employees, it does not cut any core programs…
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