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Board OKs trip to Florida
MARLBORO — Students who attend the Marlboro Middle School will have a chance to experience a music festival in Orlando, Fla., after the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education gave a thumbs up to the excursion. In previous years, members of the school district’s middle schools’ show choir and jazz bands had the option…
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Board rejects grocery plan
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Planning Board has denied an application from an individual who wanted to develop a vacant building off Throckmorton Street as a grocery store/warehouse. The board voted on the application on Dec. 9. Atanasio Munoz sought the board’s approval to move his existing grocery store from the…
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Firm will provide planning services
MARLBORO — A re-examination of Marlboro’s master plan will soon be under way after the Marlboro Township Council gave an OK to the costs involved. During the council’s Dec. 17 meeting, council members voted 4-0 to approve a contract between Marlboro and the township planner, Heyer, Gruel and Associates, in the amount of $28,000. Voting…
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Housing could be shifted to Amboy Road property
Marlboro officials look for new site after Ticetown Rd. residents pan original plan BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has authorized the expenditure of up to $250,000 from Marlboro’s affordable housing trust fund for the purpose of investigating and determining the suitability of an alternate site for one affordable housing project…
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State, county to share costs of road project
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders adopted a resolution on Dec. 22 agreeing to fund a portion of the cost to reconstruct the intersection of Route 34 and Route 537 in Colts Neck. Officials described that location as one of the most heavily traveled intersections in Monmouth County. According to a press release, the costsharing…
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Trauma survivor finds ‘Heaven Exists’
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Life has changed dramatically for Little Silver, Monmouth County, resident Noelle McNeil, whose recovery from a near-fatal accident is chronicled in her inspirational new book. Noelle McNeil “When the lights went out on Aug. 2, 2005, I had it all. I was 20 years old, an athlete, pretty, popular and…
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New law strengthens Freehold’s taxi rules
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Borough officials have adopted a revised ordinance governing taxis that will enhance safety and address insurance concerns, according to Councilman George Schnurr. The ordinance was adopted by the Borough Council on Dec. 21 in a 6-0 vote. The ordinance will become law Jan. 1. Schnurr said he has…
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Demographer projects drop in Marlboro K-8
Numbers show current 5,938 dropping to 5,668 in Sept. ’11 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Enrollment projections for the 2010- 11 school year have been presented to the Marlboro Board of Education, and the numbers appear to signal the start of a downward trend in the Marlboro K-8 School District. Assistant Superintendent Marc Gaswirth said…
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Manalapan American Legion to honor father & son Iraq veterans
By Patricia Yoczis Correspondent Manalapan American Legion to honor father & son Iraq veterans By Patricia Yoczis Correspondent MANALAPAN — The community is invited to participate in a sendoff to Iraq for Air Force Sgt. Carlos Morales and a homecoming from Iraq for his son, Army Pvt. Devin Morales, that is being sponsored by American…
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