• Park’s new play areas win award for town

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The conversion of underused and decaying recreation facilities into new play areas at Michael J. Tighe Park has netted an honor for Freehold Township. The municipality was recently named the recipient of a New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers award for a project at the Georgia…

  • Officers make a very special delivery on Valentine’s Day

    MARLBORO — Valentine’s Day was a little bit sweeter for a pair of Marlboro police officers who delivered a baby girl. Officers Janice Shewan and Andrew Goldberg responded to a 911 call at midnight Feb. 14 from a person reporting that a woman was in labor. According to information provided by police, Tabitha Finucan, 25,…

  • Pieces put in place for Kershaw Commons

    New apartment building on Gully Road will be home to people who have MS BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer An archetect’s rendering shows how Kershaw Commons, a residence for individuals who have multiple sclerosis, will look when it is constructed off Gully Road in Freehold Township. RENDERING COURTESY OF BARTON PARTNERS FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP —…

  • District facing loss of state aid

    Manalapan-Englishtown district sees significant increase in health costs BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Administrators in the Manalapan- Englishtown Regional School District say they are being punished by Gov. Chris Christie because they have been fiscally responsible over the years. That fiscal responsibility has translated into surplus (savings) and reserve accounts that in some cases were…

  • Marlboro puts a halt on COAH homes

    Mayor Hornik says officials will wait to see how issue is decided at state level BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Plans for the development of affordable housing in Marlboro are coming to a halt as municipal officials will wait to see what is going to happen with this volatile issue on the state level. During…

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    Ryan Feldman, 7, (l) of Marlboro, displays the shield he designed in an attempt to win movies tickets to see “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” Looking on is Ryan’s brother, Aaron. The Marlboro library hosted a Percy Jackson Camp Half-Blood event on Feb. 11 to coincide with the movie’s release. More pictures,…

  • Parents pushed board to give teachers a good deal

    On Feb. 10 in a letter to the editor (“Teachers’ New Deal in Marlboro Is Shocking”), Ronald Birenkrant expressed his rage at the teacher salary increases that had been reported in the range of 21.85 percent; and (Marlboro Assistant Superintendent of Schools) Dr. Marc Gaswirth, in a Your Turn guest column that same day (“Even…

  • Public is invited to special event at World War II Center

    Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution will host a 65th Anniversary Commemoration on Feb. 27. I will be providing a very special battle scene diorama to accompany Gilmon Brooks’ recollections of his Marine landing on Iwo Jima. Gil served when the Marines were a segregated branch of the service…

  • Writer says sidewalks would be good for Country Hills

    Now, I’m going to go out on a limb and say you know very well that safety is quite an important thing. Well, if I’m correct, then I’m pretty sure you also know that sidewalks provide safety. You see, I live in Morganville and my neighborhood, Country Hills, on Nolan Road, is across from the…

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