Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Colts Neck school board OK’s capital Improvements

    Colts Neck school board OK’s capital Improvements

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has approved a slate of capital improvement projects. Work will consist of renovations to the entrances of the Conover Road Primary School, the Conover Road Elementary School and the Cedar Drive Middle School in order to increase security.…

  • Colts Neck’s Brannan wins indoor MOC 3,200 state championship

    Colts Neck’s Brannan wins indoor MOC 3,200 state championship

    By Tim Morris When Colts Neck High School’s Jordan Brannan won his first NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III championship it was a big deal to the standout. To the Cougar, it meant that he was now one of the big guys — one of the best distance runners in the state. Two weeks later, Brannan…

  • Freehold Borough will receive boost in state aid

    Freehold Borough will receive boost in state aid

    By Christine Barcia Staff Writer FREEHOLD – The proposed state budget for fiscal year 2017 includes an increase in funding for the Freehold Borough K-8 School District. “We are relieved to see at least this nominal easing of our overall under-adequacy shortfall in state aid. These funds will avoid harmful degradations to our educational programs.…

  • Community garden established at Oakley farmstead

    Community garden established at Oakley farmstead

    By Clare Marie Celano Correspondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Land that was farmed for many years will once again become a source of fresh produce. The new Freehold Township Community Garden at the Oakley farmstead, Wemrock Road, will host a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 9 for gardeners, according to Ronnie Leibowitz, Rutgers Master Gardener and…

  • Lindemann, Keosseian capture region wrestling championships

    Lindemann, Keosseian capture region wrestling championships

    By Tim Morris Five Howell High School wrestlers survived the gauntlet that was Region 6 and are headed to the state championships. “It was a great weekend,” Howell head coach John Gagliano said. “Five is the most we’ve had in my 19 years. “The schedule this season and the competition they faced all year really…

  • My Hometown works to support Freehold Borough

    My Hometown works to support Freehold Borough

    By Clare Marie Celano Correspondent Tyler Merzer has not only committed himself to helping those in need in Freehold Borough, he has inspired other teenagers to do the same. Tyler, 17, is a senior at Marlboro High School. In 2013 he created My Hometown, an organization that helps to raise awareness about the need for…

  • Nine Century 21 Mack Morris Iris Lurie agents earn Quality Service Pinnacle Award

    Nine Century 21 Mack Morris Iris Lurie agents earn Quality Service Pinnacle Award

    Iris Lurie, broker/owner of Century 21 Mack Morris Iris Lurie, Marlboro, announced that Century 21 Real Estate LLC recently recognized sales affiliates Fran Krumholz-Bookman,Laurin LaLima, Alan Katz, Carrie Moyer, Lori Ragovin, Sheryl Kerner, Alan Lurie, Susan Kaplan and Brian Lichtenthal with the  Century 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award. “The Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award is an…

  • Environmental commission highlights programs offered to community

    Environmental commission highlights programs offered to community

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The health of the environment is always on the minds of the volunteers who serve on the Manalapan Environmental Commission. The activities and programs the commission presents each year are intended to share the commission members’ concerns for the Earth with all of Manalapan’s residents. Commission Chairwoman Jenine…

  • Middletown official charged on 14 counts, suspended without pay

    Middletown official charged on 14 counts, suspended without pay

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A township official has been suspended without pay after being charged on 14 counts for underreporting his income on several years of tax returns and failing to disclose income earned outside of his employment with the township. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s…