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Court appearance requirement ends
MARLBORO — Residents can say goodbye to the days when they had to wait around in Marlboro municipal court in order to make a mandatory appearance because of fines related to pet licensing. During the Township Council’s Dec. 10 meeting, members of the governing body adopted an amended version of a township ordinance that required…
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Resident sums up view of project: ‘Just do it’
Engineer says county will move forward with plan for traffic signal BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Residents who live in the vicinity of the intersection of Gravel Hill Road and Route 537 came out to the municipal building on Dec. 9 to learn about the options under consideration by Monmouth County…
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Bowling trip provides a bit of holiday cheer
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Students from Howell schools received an early dose of holiday cheer at a recent bowling trip sponsored by the Howell Police Department. Ethan Peltier, 7, (top photo), a pupil at the Newbury School, Howell, gets set to bowl with the assistance of Joyce Martinez and Howell Patrolman Jim Conaty during…
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MTMUA dissolved by council vote
Ratepayers of Marlboro utility will be transferred to new Water Utility Division BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The fate of the Marlboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority (MTMUA) has been decided, with Marlboro Township Council members taking action to dissolve the nearly 50-yearold local water authority. The council took action on the hotly debated topic during…
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Demographer projects K-8 enrollment drop in Marlboro
By Rebecca Morton Demographer projects drop in Marlboro K-8 enrollment By Rebecca Morton MARLBORO — Enrollment projections for the 2010-11 school year have been presented to the 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 that as…
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Manalapan OKs concept for Village development
Commercial project has been under discussion for several years By Mark Rosman Manalapan OKs concept for Village development Commercial project has been under discussion for several years MANALAPAN — The Village at Manalapan commercial center has received its initial go-ahead from the Manalapan Planning Board. At its Dec. 10 meeting the board voted 9-1 to…
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Committee’s action allows plan for Manalapan apartments to advance
By Mark Rosman Committee’s action allows plan for Manalapan apartments to advance MANALAPAN — A plan to construct a 100 percent affordable housing apartment complex on Wood Avenue, Manalapan, just outside of Englishtown was advanced by the Manalapan Township Committee on Dec. 16. Wood Avenue is also known as Route 522 and as Englishtown-Jamesburg Road.…
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Craftsman puts scenes of Christmas on display
Willie Hutcherson started small, and village has grown over time BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff AChristmas gift from Willie “Hutch” Hutcherson’s son turned Hutch into a Christmas village set designer. Willie Hutcherson puts a lot of thought and tender loving care into the Christmas village display that he sets up in…
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Peggy M.W. Taylor
Mrs. Taylor, 74, of Boone, N.C., and formerly of Freehold, died Dec. 10, 2009, in Blowing Rock, N.C., after a long struggle with lung cancer. She was born in New Jersey and graduated from Freehold High School, moving to North Carolina shortly after. Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her first husband, Ben Mc-…
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