Tag: Manalapan
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Alliance’s open house to target substance abuse
MANALAPAN – The Manalapan-Englishtown Community Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse wants to mobilize a community-based effort to fight the abuse of alcohol and drugs, empower residents to be pre-emptive on the issue and to employ strategies and efforts to prevent substance abuse from occurring. With those goals in mind, the alliance will host…
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McNaboe will serve as mayor of Manalapan
MANALAPAN – Republican Township Committeeman Jack McNaboe will serve as Manalapan’s mayor during 2018. McNaboe was elected mayor when the members of the Township Committee held their 2018 reorganization meeting on Jan. 5 in the municipal building. In Manalapan’s form of government, residents do not directly elect a mayor. Every January, the five members of…
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Gordons Corner Fire Company names new officers
MANALAPAN – The Gordons Corner Fire Company has sworn in new line officers and association officers for 2018-19. A ceremony was held on Jan. 1. The new line officers are Chief Robert DiTota, 1st Assistant Chief Michael Alongi, 2nd Assistant Chief Frank Kuka, Capt. Larry Kole, 1st Lt. Jason Kole, 2nd Lt. Joshua Shalikar and…
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JCP&L completes upgrades to more than 80 major circuits
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) completed upgrades on more than 80 major circuits in 2017 to help enhance service reliability to approximately 175,000 customers in about 150 communities in northern and central New Jersey. The $4.7 million program included installing 750 new pieces of high tech equipment to help pinpoint problem areas and restore…
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Thieves target vehicles in Manalapan
MANALAPAN – Vehicles in the Holiday North residential development near Route 9 and Franklin Lane were the targets for criminals on Dec. 20. Manalapan police reported two incidents of burglary to a motor vehicle and the theft of property. At 10 a.m., officers responded to a home on Locust Grove Lane to investigate a report…
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New officers join force in Manalapan
MANALAPAN – The Township Committee has hired two full-time police officers and two part-time special officers for the Manalapan Police Department. All four men were sworn in as members of the police department during the Dec. 11 meeting of the governing body. The new full-time officers, both of whom were named as one-year probationary officers,…
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Congregation Sons of Israel celebrates 100th anniversary
MANALAPAN — More than 200 area residents representing more than three generations of Congregation Sons of Israel family members joined together on Dec. 3 in celebration of the congregation’s 100th anniversary. Congregation Sons of Israel was founded as an Orthodox synagogue in Englishtown on Dec. 30, 1917 and is one of Monmouth County’s most senior…
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Thieves hit Manalapan pharmacy in latest bid for drugs
MANALAPAN – Two individuals are being sought in connection with the burglary of a drug store in Manalapan and details provided by police appear to match other recent incidents in which pharmacies have been targeted. Manalapan Police Capt. Thomas Barstow reported that at 3:25 a.m. Dec. 12, two individuals dressed in all black are believed…
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Planner calls Manalapan parcel suitable for cell tower
MANALAPAN – A planner testifying on behalf of Verizon Wireless said that with “reasonable conditions” imposed, the visual impact associated with the proposed construction of a cellular communications monopole can be mitigated. Planner William F. Masters Jr. was the final witness called by attorney Lynne Dunn on Nov. 30 as a public hearing resumed before…
