• Marlboro council adjusts storm-water fee

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Developers who plan to build structures in Marlboro will now face a more consistent storm-water management fee. The Township Council at its Sept. 12 meeting adopted an ordinance that amended the municipality’s existing set of fees. The council members voted unanimously on the matter. Builders will now be…

  • Quick Chek earns approval from Marlboro zoning board

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — An application proposing the construction of a Quick Chek convenience store with a gas station and a 10,200-square-foot multi-tenant retail building received the green light at the Sept. 24 meeting of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment. The applicant, a subdivision of Edgewood Properties, secured preliminary and final…

  • Team gears up for marathon run

    The Central Jersey Dystonia Support and Action Group, which has been meeting at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, for 14 years, is racing to find the cure. For the first time, the support group has a team running in the Nov. 3 New York City Marathon. The CentraState Healthcare Foundation is one of the team’s…

  • Axelrod Performing Arts Center will present new programs at JCC

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Axelrod Performing Arts Center will return to its home at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Deal Park to present a program of cultural events that includes blockbuster musicals, concerts and film premieres. Two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 9. The concert will also…

  • Panel of military vets separates fact from fiction

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Military service is lauded by some people and criticized by others, but few individuals besides the men and women who have served know what the military really has to offer. “Everyone bases their conception of what the military is like based on what the media tells you and what you…

  • Nov. 2 event in Freehold promotes healthy lifestyle

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Residents are invited to attend a health festival to be held at the Park Avenue Elementary School gymnasium, Park Avenue, on Nov. 2 to learn how to improve their health. “Knowledge is power,” said Lynn Reich, who chairs the Mayor’s Health and Wellness Initiative. “The festival is…

  • No contest in race for seats on Freehold school board

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD BOROUGH FREEHOLD — Three three-year seats and one one-year seat will be up for grabs on the Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 5 election. Seeking the three-year seats are Annette Jordan, Michele Tennant and Paul Ceppi. Jordan and Tennant are currently serving…

  • Candidates make case for service on school board

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Three three-year terms and one one-year term on the Marlboro K- 8 School District Board of Education will be up for grabs in the Nov. 5 election. Michael Lilonsky, Victoria Dean, Rajashree Dixit and Dara Enny are each seeking a full term. Lilonsky is the current president of…

  • New associate pastor ordained and installed

    COLTS NECK — Sept. 15 was a special day for the congregation at the Colts Neck Reformed Church. The congregation’s new associate pastor, Jeffrey Knol, was ordained and installed as the 19th Minister of Word and Sacrament in the 156-year history of the church in Colts Neck. Knol grew up and went to college in…

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