Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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Fire company treasurer admits to theft of funds
A volunteer firefighter and official with a Marlboro fire company has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $60,000 as treasurer of the organization, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. On Aug. 29, Chester A. Jameson, 52, of Old Bridge, pleaded guilty to one count of third degree theft by deception before state Superior Court…
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Green Wave football team looks to get back to winning form
By Matthew Rocco The 2015 football season was a tough one for Long Branch High School, which has long been a force to be reckoned with in the Shore Conference. With a new campaign about to begin, the Green Wave hope to regain that status with a roster that gained a lot of experience last…
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Rumson looks to keep championship tradition going on gridiron
By Warren Rappleyea With a slew of key players returning from a team that won a third straight state sectional championship, expectations are understandably high for Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s football team this fall. After winning a pair of NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group II crowns in 2013 and 2014, the Bulldogs moved up to…
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Olympian Laurie Hernandez joins ‘Dancing With the Stars’
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Fresh off her Olympic success, Laurie Hernandez will exchange the floor exercise and balance beam for the dance floor. Hernandez, 16, who earned a gold medal as part of the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team as well as a silver medal for her individual performance on the balance…
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Missing Edison man located
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — News coverage of the 52-year-old township man reported missing since July 10 led to an anonymous tip to his whereabouts and a subsequent happy ending. Edison police found Thomas Roach alive and well at a substance abuse rehabilitation facility. Roach phoned his family members within 36 hours after…
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Woman charged with poisoning man was pharmacy technician
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A 44-year-old Metuchen woman — indicted for attempting to murder a man she has a child with by poisoning him with prescription drugs — once held a pharmacy technician license, according to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Theresa Freis allegedly administered clonazepam or a benzodiazepine or…
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Route 18 Auto teams up with Saint Peter’s to fight breast cancer
Route 18 Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in East Brunswick is donating $50 for every new and used automobile sold during September and October to The Breast Center at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. The Breast Center at Saint Peter’s University Hospital is the first breast center in central New Jersey — including Middlesex, Somerset…
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Worker killed in Edison industrial accident
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A 36-year-old New Brunswick resident died after steel scaffolding collapsed on him as he was working as a laborer at the NU World Beauty Supply warehouse in the Heller Industrial Park on Mill Road. Julio Perez, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was one of several laborers who…
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Braves are poised to return to championship form
By Tim Morris There’s a lot for the 2016 Manalapan High School football team to look forward to this season. That’s saying a lot for a program that has placed itself among the elite in the state this decade and has a state championship (NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group V) to show for it. However, these…
