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  • FoodBank puts out call for help

    FREEHOLD – As the economy continues to struggle, the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties is experiencing a 15 percent decline in food donations. To help reverse that trend, Monmouth County Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow has joined the FoodBank in publicizing the need for help. “Throughout Monmouth County, people are choosing between putting gasoline in…

  • Council gives final nod to town’s spending plan

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – By a vote of 3-1, the Township Council adopted a $34 million municipal budget for 2008 on July 17. Council members Rosa Tragni, Frank LaRocca and Randi Marder voted to adopt the budget. Council Vice President Steve Rosenthal voted no on the budget’s adoption. Rosenthal said his objection…

  • Green roofs, walls becoming latest trends

    BY GOTTI KELLEY Correspondent It’s not what you think and, no, you did not forget to scrape off the moss up there. Green roofs and walls are all the rage and are appearing in ever-greater numbers on “green” houses, corporate headquarters and public buildings. Used by fashion designers, interior decorators and restaurateurs, these verdant backdrops…

  • Town’s purchase of parcel would end zoning litigation

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Township officials appear to be one step away from acquiring a piece of property that has been the subject of litigation for years. The 25-acre parcel is known at the Tillis tract but is in fact owned by the Providence Corporation. The land lies along Route 522 (Freehold-Englishtown…

  • Breaking News: Verizon on hot seat again as phone service shut off

    Manalapan officials irked by recurrence of same problem BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Breaking News: Verizon on hot seat again as phone service shut off Manalapan officials irked by recurrence of same problem BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN — For the second time in as many months the Manalapan Police Department had its telephone…

  • Quilters welcome new members

    The Molly Pitcher Stitchers Quilt Guild presented a display of quilters during June at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan. The display included a summary of quilting history during the following eras 1830-60: Migration Westward; 1860-90: Civil War Era; 1890-1920: Amish Quilts; and 1920-50: Great Depression and World War II. Members of the guild sewed…

  • More than a handful of beautiful babies

    Manalapan couple blessed with birth of quadruplets BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer T racy Gorelczenko, 34, and her husband, Andrew, 38, of Manalapan, have always had a lot to be thankful for. The couple, who were friends first, share high-powered jobs and the love and support of an extended family. JEFF GRANIT staff Andrew and…

  • Classmates preparing to reunite

    Memories of their glory days will be on the agenda when members of the class of 1968 from Southern Freehold Regional High School get together for their 40th class reunion next month. Southern Freehold Regional High School was the second high school in the Freehold Regional High School District. The building was later renamed Howell…

  • Amanda’s Easel expands to keep helping children

    $450K grant funds renovations, new therapy programs BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Winnie the Pooh, Superman, Santa Claus and a Tyrannosaurus rex are just some of the toys that play therapist Chris Bellissimo has on his shelves at Amanda’s Easel, a program of 180 Turning Lives Around Inc. JAMIE ROMM Renovated facilities and new therapy…