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  • Friends will rally for Marlboro boy Oct. 5

    MARLBORO — Billy Sherwood Jr. was on a family vacation with his parents, Billy and Dena Sherwood, when they noticed something was amiss with their 14- month-old son. The Sherwoods cut their vacation short and came home in hopes of finding out why Billy’s balance seemed to be troubled. On July 6, Billy was diagnosed…

  • Colts Neck house tour offers views of history

    COLTS NECK — A glimpse of bygone days will be offered when the Colts Neck Historical Preservation Committee presents its ninth annual house tour Oct. 4. Four historic homes, including a house that dates from around 1745, and a oneroom schoolhouse will be open to the public for inspection. One unique feature of the Dickinson-…

  • Area native stars in play

    Manalapan native Michael Buckley will star in a new comedy he wrote, “Nemesis,” Off-Broadway in New York City, Oct. 3-12. Performances of “Nemesis” will be held at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor. According to a press release, “Nemesis” is not simply a play about “the business,” but an exploration…

  • Four seeking seats on town committee

    Roth and Holland, Green and Garcia run in Manalapan BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Bill Garcia MANALAPAN — One incumbent member of the Manalapan Township Committee is seeking re-election to the governing body, while three other candidates are making their first bid for a seat on the township’s government. Two three-year terms on the five-person…

  • Student concussions drawing attention

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer In an effort to keep all student-athletes safe and to develop a district-wide consensus on how to treat brain injuries and concussions, the Freehold Regional High School District is participating in a baseline testing grant initiative funded by the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey (BIANJ). On Sept. 22 during…

  • Vietnam air cavalry topic of talk

    On Oct. 2 at 10 a.m., the New Jersey VietnamVeterans’Memorial Foundation will host an encore video and oral history discussion of “Centaurs in Vietnam: Air Cavalry at War” delivered by husband and wife Carl and Ruth Ann Burns of Manalapan. Carl was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in Vietnam, while Ruth Ann served there as…

  • Youth agent back to seek new talent

    Don Buchwald and Associates, a fullservice talent agency in Manhattan that specializes in television, film, commercials and voiceovers, will hold its second annual open casting call for children on Oct. 4 at the Marriott Lincroft Red Bank, 245 Half Mile Road, Red Bank. Several of last year’s casting call picks are currently appearing in major…

  • Nonresidential growth continues in Monmouth

    Monmouth County is bucking state and national trends by registering solid nonresidential growth and investment, new data shows. The Monmouth County Economic Growth Report, drawing on a survey of municipal building permits, reveals that $54,250,307 in nonresidential building permits were issued in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $37,255,052 in the same quarter in…

  • Hearing on junk yard pushed back to Oct. 21

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Attorney John Giunco, representing Schechter Enterprises, asked for an adjournment of a scheduled hearing before the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment in order to appeal a notice of violation issued to the property at 158 Tennent Road. The hearing was supposed to occur at the board’s Sept. 16…