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Drainage system repairs planned
MARLBORO — A storm-drainage system that was damaged during superstorm Sandy in 2012 is in line to undergo repairs that will largely be funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Marlboro Township Council adopted an ordinance at its May 15 meeting that green-lighted the use of $470,000 in capital surplus funds to perform…
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Alliance to sponsor golf outing
The Freehold Municipal Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse will host the annual Ray Kershaw Memorial Golf Outing, named after the late Freehold Township Mayor Raymond A. Kershaw, at the Knob Hill Golf Club, Manalapan on July 1. This event is a major fundraiser for the municipal alliance that helps to support local substance abuse prevention…
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Joe Piscopo set to headline Manalapan Day festivities
By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — With the support of a growing number of sponsors, Manalapan’s biggest celebration of the season keeps expanding each year. This year is no exception, as Manalapan Day will take place 3-10 p.m. June 14. The community festival, which is held annually at the Manalapan Recreation Center, 120 Route…
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Manalapan voters tap committee candidates
By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — On primary day, June 3, voters nominated two Republicans and two Democrats to run for a pair of three-year seats on the Manalapan Township Committee. It is uncertain if the two Democrats who were nominated last week will be on the November ballot. Republicans Susan Cohen and Jack…
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Tara Hansen Foundation to host annual golf outing
The Tara Hansen Foundation will host its second annual golf outing on July 7 at Trump National Golf Course, Colts Neck. Tee It Up Fore Tara will support the Tara Hansen Foundation in its efforts to improve maternal health awareness in the United States so that women no longer die from childbirth, according to Ryan…
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Engineer admits driving drunk in crash that injured three
Ernest Feist, who previously served as the township engineer in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, has pleaded guilty to charges of injuring three people in a motor vehicle accident that occurred while he was intoxicated. Two of the people who were injured in the crash are residents of Manalapan. Feist, 55, of Monroe Township, pleaded guilty…
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Sayreville students seek sweet success
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Students at Samsel Upper Elementary School in Sayreville make the case for naming saltwater taffy as the official state candy. The students lobbied the state Assembly’s Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee in Trenton on June 5 alongside state Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), who introduced a bill in January…
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Crematorium application put on hold
By MARK ROSMAN The Old Tennent Cemetery Association’s application to build a crematorium on the grounds of the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church in Manalapan will not be heard at the June 12 meeting of the Manalapan Planning Board. On June 4, an official with the board said the application, which had been scheduled to be…
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The sounds of summer
By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Free outdoor concerts are attracting a growing number of music lovers to local Main Streets every year, and towns are responding by expanding their summer lineups. While central New Jersey towns such as Freehold and Long Branch present outdoor concerts on a weekly basis each summer, Woodbridge goes even further,…
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