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  • 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…

  • Schoor enters guilty plea in federal court

    Howard M. Schoor, the founding member of a well-known area civil engineering company, pleaded guilty on Sept. 22 and admitted paying $15,000 to the former mayor of Ocean Township and the chairman of the Ocean Township sewerage authority for their support of contracts with the engineering firm, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. Schoor, 69,…

  • Mayors seek changes to affordable housing law

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer At least a dozen mayors in the state have joined forces to seek reform to New Jersey’s affordable housing law, which the mayors claim makes unrealistic demands on municipalities. The group of mayors met recently as part of the Mayors’ Housing Policy Committee which was established by the New Jersey…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Real estate developer and television personality Donald Trump meets with reporters during a press conference he attended in Colts Neck on Sept. 17 to discuss his plans for the Shadow Isle Golf Club, which he just purchased for $28 million. For more, see sports.

  • Orchid society to host auction

    New Jersey’s largest orchid auction is scheduled for Oct. 11 at the Colts Neck Fire House No. 1, Route 537, Colts Neck. The auction will begin at 10 a.m. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Sponsored by the Deep Cut Orchid Society, which covers all of mid-New Jersey and south, the auction will feature more than…