• Sinderella’s Ball will support ALS organization

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer A group of neighbors and friends from Marlboro have joined forces to honor an ailing friend and to help others like her who are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Using music to propel their mission, they have organized a fundraising event called Sinderella’s Ball to be held at the…

  • JCP&L plans infrastructure improvements

    Having spent more than $2 billion in capital improvements since 2001, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) said it plans to spend an additional $251 million in 2014 to further expand and strengthen its infrastructure to enhance and maintain service reliability throughout its 13-county service area throughout New Jersey. This represents about a $50 million…

  • GOP, Democrat leaders comment on indictment

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Two of Monmouth County’s political leaders are trading punches over the federal indictment of Andrew Lucas, a former Republican mayor of Manalapan. Lucas was indicted on Feb. 7 on charges of wire fraud, illegal monetary transaction, loan application fraud, making false statements to the IRS, aggravated identity theft, obstruction of…

  • Marlboro pursues 50-acre tract

    MARLBORO — The campaign to protect open space in Marlboro is pressing forward as strong as ever in 2014. The Township Council introduced an ordinance on Feb. 6 that would sanction the purchase of a 50-acre tract off Tennent Road, near its intersection with Crine Road, for open space and recreation. The governing body is…

  • Trump swaps land in Colts Neck

    COLTS NECK — Some might say Donald Trump’s recent land swap with Colts Neck was not his most lucrative deal. The Township Committee adopted an ordinance at its Jan. 29 meeting that provided for the exchange of conservation easements between the municipality and the Trump National Golf Club, Route 34. Colts Neck transferred 639,000 square…

  • Albivi Brick Oven heats up in Millstone

    By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor Albivi Brick Oven offers traditional Italian fare and many specialty dishes at its location on Perrineville Road in Millstone Township. A lbivi Brick Oven offers much more than chicken parmesan. Albivi owner Vincenzo Castronovo, interviewed on a busy Valentine’s Day, said his favorite dish is the filet mignon. The restaurant’s…

  • Resident says cable company solves problems

    Lately, in the press, there have been articles bashing cable television companies. I can only speak about Cablevision, as I have been a customer for a long time — 41 years, to be exact. Originally, I lived in Long Island, N.Y., moving to New Jersey in 1989. I started using Cablevision in 1973, the same…

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    Raindrops cascade down a window outside of Staples in Ocean Township on Feb. 13. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Scope of Colts Neck road work expanded

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The cost of improvements to several municipal roads appears that it will run higher than initially expected. The Township Committee approved a resolution at its Jan. 29 meeting to allot an additional $98,544 to cover a series of upgrades that the governing body greenlighted last summer. According…

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