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  • ‘Local heroes’ have their moment in the spotlight

    Book by Swedish authors pays tribute to Sound of Asbury Park BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer   A book written by two Swedish authors about the Jersey Shore music scene captures the fabric of the Asbury Park area in the 1960s and pays homage to the musicians who…

  • Police officer remembered

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Officer Kenneth Miller MARLBORO — Kenneth Louis “Wimpy” Miller was “a true volunteer in every sense of the word,” according to Marlboro Police Chief Robert Holmes. Miller, 67, a lifetime resident of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died July 15. Miller served as a police officer for Marlboro for 28…

  • Charity bike-a-thon is annual family event

    Ride benefits adult and pediatric cancer research and treatment BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Mary Sullivan (r), of Freehold Township, who will be a volunteer on the route of the 29th Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, a two-day, 190-mile charity bike-a-thon, is joined at the finish line in Provincetown last year by (l-r) her sister, Fran, Fran’s husband, Dave,…

  • Traffic light adjusted at busy spot in Colts Neck

    COLTS NECK — 12th District legislators Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande hailed improvements made by the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to the timing of the stoplights at state Route 34 and Monmouth County Route 537 in Colts Neck. “There are big issues facing our state, but there are also…

  • Count Basie Theatre closes for upgrades

    BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer RED BANK — The lights may be dark on the Count Basie Theatre, but they won’t stay that way for long. The historic circa-1926 theater at 99 Monmouth St. closed for four months of renovations on June 30. Rusty Young, chief executive officer of the Count Basie Theatre Foundation, said…

  • Fire department to honor men killed in line of duty

    Aug. 2 ceremony expected to include surviving daughter BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Five Freehold Borough firefighters who have died in the line of duty will be honored on Aug. 2. A ceremony will begin at 12:30 p.m. at the Freehold Fire Department, West Main Street, and then participants will walk to…

  • Terms set for Marlboro administrators’ contracts

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — No members of the public offered an opinion in regard to contract renewals with Marlboro K-8 School District administrators at the Board of Education’s July 15 meeting. On Aug. 19 the board members will vote on contracts for Superintendent of Schools David Abbott, Assistant Superintendent Marc Gaswirth and…

  • Liquor license made available

    MARLBORO — A plenary retail consumption license is available in Marlboro following the Township Council’s July 17 passage of a resolution to allow an additional license in the municipality. The minimum bid for the liquor license has been set at $710,000. The mayor and council reserve the right to reject all bids if the highest…

  • CERT training to be offered in Marlboro

    MARLBORO — An ordinance creating an Office of Emergency Management, and establishing the Marlboro Emergency Management Council and a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) was adopted at the Township Council’s July 17 meeting. Following the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) program of Citizen Corps, Marlboro has instituted CERT. The Citizen Corps administers a program in…