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  • Boy breaks jaw upon hitting deer

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – It may sound like something out of a cartoon, but when Eddie Coughlin was playing manhunt and collided with a deer, it was no joking matter. Eddie, 13, of Freehold Township, was playing the game (a variation of hide-andseek that is played in the dark) with his…

  • New medical alert cards are being made available

    Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno and state Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) are unveiling a new medical alert program which issues cards that can be lifesaving items during medical emergencies. The program, a partnership involving the Monmouth County Sheriff ‘s Office, the Monmouth County Department of Human Services, Parents of Autistic Children (POAC) and…

  • 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…

  • Man pleads guilty in two local carjacking incidents

    On June 23, Jamell China, 25, of Toms River, appeared in state Superior Court, Freehold Borough, and pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree carjacking and two counts of third degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. China entered his guilty pleas before Judge Bette E. Uhrmacher. China is scheduled to appear…