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  • Halloween social to take place in Howell

    The Howell Township Parks and Recreation Department will host its annual Halloween Social for Howell residents from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Recreation Building, 251 Preventorium Road, Howell. The event will feature activities, face painting, balloon sculptures and more. There will also be horse and carriage rides in addition to a Mad…

  • First aider takes pride in service

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Two nights a week Noël Olivarius sleeps with her pager right by her head so she won’t miss a call if her presence is needed. Olivarius, a resident of Freehold Township, is an emergency medical technician (EMT) and a member of the volunteer Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad.…

  • Boards may request environmental report

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has adopted an ordinance which will permit the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment to request certain environmental reports in connection with development applications. The ordinance was adopted with a 5-0 vote at the council’s Oct. 16 meeting held at the Marlboro Greens…

  • Volunteers being sought for youth help line

    Volunteers are needed to answer phones at 2nd Floor, a youth help line available for young people to call about anything on their minds. It is available to children and young adults between the ages of 10 and 24. Calls are answered by volunteers and professional staff who use a technique called “active listening” to…

  • High school students put politics at center stage

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Jason Scheurer, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey, speaks at a political forum sponsored by the Freehold Township High School chapter of the Junior States of America. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — In an effort to increase public awareness of and educate citizens about the political…

  • Former Howell resident killed in Pa. car crash

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer   A former resident of Howell now living in central Pennsylvania was killed and several of her family members were injured in an Oct. 19 motor vehicle accident on Interstate 81 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. According to police, Melissa Fogel, 17, was killed as she…

  • Board waives site plan for course’s rest room

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Representatives of the Bella Vista Country Club, School Road East, came before the Planning Board on Oct. 15 seeking a waiver of a site plan for the construction of a 100-square-foot accessory structure to be used as a rest room and storage facility near the 13th hole on…

  • Police say texting preceded accident

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Anyone driving on Ward Avenue last week may have been wondering why a 1998 Cadillac was covered with signs that said “Texting has got to stop.” It was Mary Sweet’s way of getting a message out to people that sending text messages from a mobile communications device…

  • Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce 2008 ATHENA AWARD NOMINEES

    The Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce presents the 23rd Annual ATHENA Award with Diamond Sponsor:BMW of Freehold,a member of the DCH Auto Group; Ruby Sponsor: HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospitals of New Jersey atTinton Falls andToms River;Platinum Sponsor: CentraState Healthcare System; and Silver Sponsors: Ampersand Graphics, Commerce Bank, Especially For You Florist, Greater Media Newspapers and Ronald…