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  • Center St. neighbors join for block party

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO Members of the Holy Excited Echoes gospel choir from the New Hope Baptist Church perform at a block party held on Center Street, Freehold Borough. The Sept. 13 event was sponsored by the Freehold Borough Neighborhood Pride Committee. FREEHOLD — If it takes a sense of…

  • New plan for Village to be heard

    Project site is at Route 33 & Millhurst Road, Manalapan BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer After several years of tantalizing advertising and titillating political accusations, The Village at Manalapan retail center may turn out to be just another strip mall application. Manalapan Planning Board Chairman Don Holland, who is a Democratic candidate seeking a three-year…

  • Fall forestry festival scheduled

    JACKSON — Visitors to the 14th annual Fall Forestry Festival will experience 30 nature themed exhibits, trek along 10 guided hikes and enjoy the beauty of the autumn forest. Scouts, families and groups are invited to the Forest Resource Education Center (FREC) for this free event on Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,…

  • Town yard sale planned

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Recreation Commission is seeking resident participants for a townwide yard sale to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 11. To encourage the maximum number of yard (garage) sales in town on that day, the borough will waive any of the normal fees or permits required. A map…

  • Howell greets recovering soldier

    Army Lt. Brian Brennan is given hero’s welcome by friends, well-wishers BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Through the small opening of a limousine window, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Brennan greeted a crowd of people at the Southard Fire Department substation on Maxim-Southard Road in Howell with open arms. ERIC SUCAR staff Crowds of well-wishers…

  • Marlboro committee plans special events

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Community Events Committee is announcing a list of get-togethers to bring people out for a good time. A Halloween parade has been scheduled for Oct. 26. Deputy Mayor Huimin Shen said Marlboro’s first Halloween costume parade will be held from 2-3 p.m. in the parking lot of…

  • Community will gather for annual Howell Day

    HOWELL — For more than three decades, Howell residents have been showing up each fall to partake in the township’s largest display of community spirit, Howell Day. On Sept. 27 atOakGlen Park,Old Tavern Road, between noon and 7 p.m., Howell residents will have another chance to be part of this 36-year-old tradition. Howell is home…

  • Dogs have their day at new park

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer PHOTOS BY REBECCA MORTON Dogs enjoy the new off-leash dog park next to the Marlboro Recreation Community Center. A grandopening ceremony for the facility was held Sept. 13. View High Definition video here. MARLBORO — The Marlboro municipal complex on Wyncrest Road went to the dogs on Sept. 13 as…

  • Law would give boards chance to request tests

    Planning and zoning panels would examine environmental aspects BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — An ordinance which would allow the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment to request environmental reports be provided with certain applications had its first reading and introduction at the Sept. 4 meeting of the Township Council. Councilman Frank…