Tag: Marlboro

  • Marlboro pupils earn honors in poster contest

    Marlboro pupils earn honors in poster contest

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer  MARLBORO – Seven sixth grade students from the Marlboro Memorial Middle School have received awards from the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders following their participation in the 2017-18 Monmouth County Fair Housing Poster Contest. The awards were presented by freeholders Lillian Burry and John Curley. The Monmouth County Fair Housing…

  • Marlboro, Manalapan playing strong in tennis tournaments

    Marlboro, Manalapan playing strong in tennis tournaments

    By Jeff Appelblatt The Manalapan High School and Marlboro High School boys’ tennis teams each took part in the Monmouth County Tournament (MCT), but Christian Brothers Academy (CBA), a rival of each, ran away with the competition, taking away the title previously held by Holmdel High School, which was this year’s runner-up. Marlboro’s Jordan Paul…

  • Board approves next phase of medical office plan

    Board approves next phase of medical office plan

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Planning Board has granted final approval to the second phase of an application that will renovate and add on to an existing dwelling to create a medical office building at 8 Robertsville Road (Route 520). The property is just west of Route 9, opposite and west of…

  • Area teams have strong performances at county relays

    Area teams have strong performances at county relays

    By Jeff Appelblatt Marlboro High School’s outdoor track and field team was excited by what its student-athletes did at the Monmouth County Relay Championships May 4 in Long Branch. The girls’ 4×100-meter relay team of Lauren Newman, Briana Mullan, Alexa Friedman and Danielle Spano won. Gianna Gomez won the long jump and triple jump relays.…

  • Marlboro High School to promote boys’ lacrosse with Friday night game

    Marlboro High School to promote boys’ lacrosse with Friday night game

    By BRETT CARROLL Staff Writer Marlboro High School’s boys’ lacrosse program will help promote the sport when it plays a varsity and a junior varsity game against Red Bank Catholic High School May 12 The JV game will begin at 5 p.m., and the varsity match will follow at 6:30 p.m. Both games will be…

  • Marlboro school board cuts tax levy by $220,000

    Marlboro school board cuts tax levy by $220,000

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a 2017-18 budget that reduces the amount of money to be collected in local taxes from 2016-17. The 2016-17 budget totaled $90.91 million and was supported by a tax levy of $75.12 million paid by Marlboro’s residential and…

  • Marlboro budget will lower municipal tax

    Marlboro budget will lower municipal tax

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – With a 5-0 vote by the Township Council, Marlboro’s municipal budget for 2017 has been put in place and is expected to result in an $8 decrease in municipal taxes for the owner of a home assessed at the township average. The $36.8 million budget was adopted on…

  • Colts Neck, Marlboro have strong showings on track

    Colts Neck, Marlboro have strong showings on track

    By Jeff Appelblatt The Shore Conference A North Division track and field meet was dominated by Colts Neck High School and Neptune High School. From Colts Neck, it was the usual suspects that took over the 3,200-meter run. Jordan Brannan won, while Anthony Russo, Matthew Schaefer and Kevin Berry rounded out the top four runners…

  • Marlboro technology students excel at conference

    Marlboro technology students excel at conference

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – Students from the Marlboro Middle School excelled at the annual New Jersey Technology Student Association (TSA) Middle School State Conference at The College of New Jersey, Ewing. Seventh- and eighth-graders who are members of the Marlboro Middle School TSA competed in the event. This year, approximately 800 students…