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Through Mayor Hornik's shared services efforts with Manalapan, please see the attached invitation to enjoy a Holiday Concert in our neighboring town

The Manalapan Arts Council is excited to present the "Champagne Pops!" concert performed by the Manalapan Symphony Orchestra and conducted by musical Director Michael Avagliano. The concert will include a bubbly mix of classic favorites, from Rossini overtures to Strauss Waltzes. In keeping with the New Year's tradition of the great Vienna Philharmonic, the program will conclude with the famous Blue Danube Waltz. The performance will be held on Sunday, December 6th at 3:00 pm, at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School, 155 Millhurst Road, Manalapan New Jersey. The performance is free to all.

The exuberant performance will include selections include Strauss' Emperor Waltz, the overture to Die Fledermaus, the Hungarian Dances of Brahms, and the overture to La Gazza Ladra by Rossini.

The Manalapan Arts Council is the Township of Manalapan's volunteer organization that works to bring art and cultural events to the residents of Manalapan and the general public. Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Manalapan Arts Council should contact Susan Lapkin at (732) 446-8303.

Imperial Oil/ Champion Chemical Superfund Site Clean-Up Tennent Road in Marlboro NJ

ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE

Marlboro Township and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announce the startup of remediation activities for contaminated soils at the Imperial Oil/Champion Chemicals Superfund Site, located on Tennent Road in Marlboro, NJ. The soil on the plant property is contaminated with heavy metals including arsenic and lead, as well as PCBs. Marlboro Township has benefited from the 25million dollars in stimulus funding to pay for the cost of this cleanup.

The cleanup work includes the excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated soil and remaining floating product and the restoration of affected wetlands on Tennent Road in Marlboro Township. EPA plans to conduct a public information session in late November 2009 to inform the area residents in Marlboro of the details of remedial activities. A formal announcement of the date and location of the session will follow.

The work which work which will begin shortly is for cleanup of contaminated soils at the Imperial Oil/Champion Chemical Superfund Site, referred to as Operable Unit 3 (OU3). A Record of Decision for OU3 was issued in September 1999. The OU3 remedy calls for the excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated soil, removal and off-site incineration of floating product, dismantling of site buildings and tank farms, as necessary to complete excavation of contaminated soil and removal of floating product, and restoration of wetlands affected by cleanup activities. Consistent with the OU3 remedy, EPA dismantled an on-site abandoned masonry building which was in danger of collapse during the fall of 2000. From 1999 through 2005, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) conducted design work for OU3, including the performance of pre-design surface and subsurface soil sampling events.

Manalapan NJ Homes will be Reassessed, Township Losing Tax Appeals

In the face of a real estate market that has seen property values drop significantly over the past several years, Manalapan officials have decided to have all properties in town reassessed.

A reassessment is different from a revaluation, which the township conducted several years ago, in that a representative from an appraisal company will not be inspecting the inside of homes, according to township officials.

Manalapan will be using the services of Professional Property Appraisers Inc., of Delran, to conduct the reassessment. The firm will provide a reassessment of all vacant land, residential properties, regular farmland, qualified farmland, commercial and industrial properties, and exempt properties in Manalapan.

Manalapan will pay Professional Property Appraisers Inc. a fee not to exceed $200,000 and the work must be completed in 2009, according to the resolution passed by the committee.

The purpose of a reassessment is to bring the assessed value of a property to its current market value, Manalapan Mayor Richard Klauber said.

During the Oct. 14 meeting of the Township Committee, Klauber announced the decision to have all of the properties in Manalapan reassessed.

"Our initial revaluation was conducted at the height of the real estate market, and many homes in Manalapan are now assessed at more than what they would sell for," Klauber said. "We have had a number of tax appeals and we have spent a large amount of money defending those appeals."

The mayor said when a property owner wins an appeal and has his taxes lowered, the township loses part of its revenue stream and other taxpayers must make up the difference.

"We are looking to stop losing these tax appeals. We've gotten approval from the county to go forward. We need approval from the state to go forward. If we don't get that, we can't go forward with the reassessment," the mayor said.

Manalapan underwent a townwide revaluation in 2007 and the value of an average home in the township was set at $429,600. Some homes are assessed at less than that amount and some homes are assessed at more than that amount.

The assessed value of a home determines how much the owner will pay in property taxes to support the operation of schools and government.

He said an individual homeowner may not see a change in the total amount of property taxes he pays after the assessed value of the home and the tax rates are readjusted.

The reassessment will bring the properties in Manalapan to a value in line with current market prices.

Marlboro Township's 1^St Annual Halloween Parade

First Annual Marlboro Township Halloween Costume Parade-Sunday October 26, 2008 2-3pm in the Marlboro Recreation Center Parking Lot (inside Recreation Center in case of rain)...Calling all witches, ghosts, goblins, princesses and superheroes...Please join your friends and neighbors for a fun filled costume parade and costume contest. Local businesses will provide treats for all participating children and prizes will be given for a variety of categories.

Parade is open to children of all ages and there is no pre-registration or fee required. We hope you will join us to make this a special day for the children. Following the festivities there will be chocolate pumpkin decorating available from 3:30-6:00pm in the recreation center building (pre-registration and minimal fee required).

For further information or to become involved, please contact parade chairperson, Stefanie Schneider at stefbeth@hotmail.com or 732-462-7520.