• BUSINESS BRIEFS

    The Colts Neck Business Association (CNBA) has donated $1,000 to Operation Provide Comfort. The CNBA’s check is the first of many sponsorship commitments Operation Provide Comfort hopes to receive to defray the cost of a benefit concert for Union Beach to be held in late August. Operation Provide Comfort Chairman Lt. Col. James Sfayer said,…

  • Project will transform hospital tract to park

    MARLBORO — Workers have started to prepare for the demolition of the facilities at the former Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital, according to state and local officials. The 100 buildings that sit on the 411- acre property on Route 520 near Conover Road are slated to be torn down during the next 15 months, according to…

  • Allaire sets 1830s school day, tea

    The Historic Village at Allaire will present “School Days at the 1830s” and a children’s tea party on June 8. Children of all ages (and curious adults) will get a taste of what it was like to attend school in 1836 at the village’s carriage house. Two separate 45-minute sessions will be conducted. School sessions…

  • High school board puts 2014-15 budget in place

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for the 2014-15 school year that will raise property taxes for residents of some of the district’s sending municipalities and decrease taxes for others. The board adopted the $196.47 million budget, with a total tax levy of…

  • Movie theater proposal before Howell planners

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Measuring larger than a football field, a proposed 14-screen movie theater is the subject of an application before the Howell Township Planning Board. Representatives of Alliance Management Co., LLC, began testimony on May 1 seeking preliminary and final site plan approval to construct a 58,000-square-foot movie theater on West Farms…

  • Manalapan, Englishtown voters asked to OK funds for buses

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer When residents of Manalapan and Englishtown go to the polls on Nov. 4, the ballot will include a question pertaining to the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District’s finances. Residents will be asked by the Board of Education to authorize the collection of an additional $1.1 million in property taxes during the…

  • Legislation could revive transfer of housing units

    State Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) has introduced legislation that would, if passed by the Senate and Assembly and signed into law by the governor, reauthorize regional contribution agreements (RCAs) between towns in the nine counties most affected by superstorm Sandy. According to a press release, these agreements will permit the transfer of housing units to…

  • Monmouth Park future ‘optimistic’ as meet begins

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer A fter two years of ownership uncertainty, the operators of Monmouth Park are ready to start on new ventures including an amphitheater and upscale restaurant. Dennis Drazin, advisor to Monmouth Park operator Darby Development and the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, said during a May 6 media luncheon that the…

  • Freehold Twp. officials plan 2014 capital improvements

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Capital improvements for Freehold Township in 2014 will include road work, computer system upgrades, new vehicles, police radios, renovations to the public works building, park and playground work, and improvements to historic structures. The Township Committee recently introduced an ordinance appropriating $8.5 million to finance the capital improvements. The ordinance authorizes the…

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