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    RosaMaria Gomes Verdadeiro, R.N., Matawan, has received the Morton Samuels Award for Excellence in Nursing from St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston. The award was created to recognize the importance of nurses to patients and families. Gomes Verdadeiro joined the staff three years ago, and currently works on the medical surgical telemetry unit. The New Jersey…

  • Officials to keep pressing for redesign of area road

    Relative of woman killed in recent accident blasts circumstances of crash BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The mother-in-law of a woman who was killed last month in a head-on collision on Sharon Station Road in Upper Freehold Township described her daughter-in-law’s fatal injuries to the Township Committee at its July 9 meeting. Debbie Van Pelt,…

  • Costanzo, Fowler join town’s planning board

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The Planning Board welcomed two new members when it held its annual reorganization meeting on July 13. Following their appointment by Mayor Michael Reina, Stephen Costanzo and Gene Fowler joined the board. They are joined on the panel by Daniel Burke, Joseph Riccardi, Township Councilman Howard Tilis, Robert…

  • Jackson road work scheduled

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Road improvements are expected to be made this fall at the intersection of New Prospect and Bennetts Mills roads. It is expected that the Ocean County Board of Freeholders will award a $673,100 contract to P&A Construction, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, to undertake the work. According…

  • Ocean County acquires open space

    The Ocean County Board of Freeholders recently approved the purchase of two natural land sites, preserving an additional 53 acres of open space in the county. “These two properties fit perfectly into our natural lands program,” said Freeholder Director John C. Bartlett Jr., who serves as liaison to Ocean County’s natural lands program. “Each one…

  • Monmouth fair back with fun in Freehold

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The 35th annual Monmouth County Fair, organized and presented by the Monmouth County Park System in cooperation with the Monmouth County 4-H Association, will be held July 22-26 at the East Freehold Park Showgrounds on Kozloski Road between Route 33 and Route 537 in Freehold Township. The fair’s 35th year will have…

  • Rezoning could bring homes, retail center

    Howell officials have been tangling with Elon Associates for more than a decade BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — An ordinance that officials said would allow Howell to resolve decadeold litigation with Elon Associates has been adopted in a unanimous vote of the Township Council. The ordinance rezones a 48-acre tract at the corner…

  • Residents cheer zoners’ decision on application

    Proposal for facility on Fort Plains Road was source of contention BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — Residents gave the Zoning Board of Adjustment a standing ovation once a roll call vote revealed that a proposed child care center known as Country Resort at Brookside was rejected. After one year, six hearings and vehement…

  • Residents may sign up for ‘We Care’ program

    PLUMSTED — Whether it is hurricane season or a snow and ice storm in the winter, for anyone who may need special assistance in an emergency, Plumsted’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is implementing the “We Care” program in conjunction with the Ocean County OEM. To be enrolled in the “We Care” program, residents should…

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