• Pen pal pays a visit to Marlboro pupils

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Third-graders in the Marlboro Elementary School classroom of teacher Judy Olesh ask questions of their pen pal Maj. Erik Morton during his visit to the school. MARLBORO — The pupils in Judy Olesh’s third-grade class at the Marlboro Elementary School were giddy over the arrival of their…

  • Makeover planned for Schanck Road center

    Applicant also seeks approval to construct new building on site BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer An artist’s rendering shows the redesigned Schanck Road shopping center in Freehold Township. Renaissance at Schanck Road LLC is before the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment seeking the approvals it needs to proceed with the planned renovations. FREEHOLD…

  • Colts Neck trims tax levy

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Colts Neck Township Committee members have voted to cut $350,000 from the Colts Neck K-8 School District 2009-10 budget after voters rejected a proposed $19.2 million general fund tax levy in April. Colts Neck Mayor Benjamin T. Forester, Deputy Mayor Kenneth F. Florek and Committeeman Edward C. Eastman Jr. voted…

  • Preservation of 58-acre farm advances

    Manalapan officials authorize survey of tract BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Manalapan has taken another step toward preserving a 58-acre horse farm on McCaffrey Road. The Manalapan Township Committee passed three resolutions at its May 13 meeting dealing with the farm that is owned by Michael Sherman. Sherman raises horses and breeds horses on the…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Erik Morton demonstrates the proper way to salute an officer during a welcome-home party that was held in his honor at the Marlboro Elementary School, Marlboro. Pupils at the school wrote letters to Morton while he served in Iraq from September 2008 through March 2009. For more, see…

  • Henry B. Swakopf

    Mr. Swakopf, 99, of West Milford and formerly of Silvermead, Freehold, died May 15, 2009, at Milford Manor Nursing Home, West Milford. Mr. Swakopf retired in 1979 as a supervisor at Furman Leather, Maspeth, N.Y., prior to which he worked at S&S Handle, Newark, and Wrights Aeronautical, Paterson. He was predeceased by his first wife,…

  • Janet C. Forlenza

    Mrs. Forlenza, 69, of The Villages, Howell, died at home on May 14, 2009. She was a lifelong resident of Monmouth County and a 1957 graduate of Middletown High School. Mrs. Forlenza retired from the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, Freehold. Her husband, Robert A. Forlenza, died in 2005. Surviving are two sons, Robert W. Forlenza…

  • Dorothy M. Schultz

    Mrs. Schultz, 88, of Freehold Township, died May 11, 2009, at home. She was raised in Tinton Falls and had lived in Little Silver, Middletown, Toms River and Silvermead, Freehold Township, before settling in Monmouth Crossings last year. She retired as a bookkeeper from Sarbo, Middletown. Mrs. Schultz was predeceased by her husband, Russell, and…

  • Daniel S. Buckiewicz

    Mr. Buckiewicz, 21, a lifelong resident of Howell, died at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was a student at Ramapo College, Mahwah, and was to receive his bachelor’s degree in law and society on May 15. Mr. Buckiewicz was to attend NYU Law School in August. A graduate of Freehold Township High School,…

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