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  • Seniors taught best way to get emergency action

    ACES 911 program focuses on importance of calls in time of need BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent When you play in the game of life, you want to hold the best cards possible – especially in emergencies. An innovative education program, Adults Calling Emergency Services 911 (ACES 911), initiated by the Monmouth County Sheriff ‘s Office…

  • Freehold man faces drug charges

    On July 10, detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office’s Narcotics Strike Force, Gang Task Force and Bayshore Narcotics Strike Force, and from the Asbury Park Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit, arrested Robert A. Shannon in the Monmouth Mall parking lot in Eatontown. Shannon, 32, of Freehold Borough, was identified by an investigation conducted by…

  • Marlboro Scouts make use of Brown Road property

    Township purchased 20-acre parcel with open space funds BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Boy Scout Troop 86 became the first group to use Marlboro’s open space parcel known as the Brown Road property overnight from June 13 to June 14. The Brown Road property is between Route 79 and Tennent Road. The tract…

  • Former foundation officer sentenced to 15-year term

    On June 27, Mark Vernaglia, 45, currently residing in Avon-by-the-Sea, was sentenced to three consecutive five-year custodial terms for a total of 15 years in New Jersey state prison. The sentences were imposed by state Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mellaci Jr., sitting in Freehold. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, these sentences follow…

  • Hero nominated for animal welfare work

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Concern for the welfare of animals is a basic tenet for Victor “Buddy” Amato and one that carries over into his professional life, whether in his work at a local animal shelter or a marshal arts dojo. In recognition of Amato’s devotion to animal welfare, Holmdel resident Barbara Ling…

  • $34M Marlboro budget awaits council approval

    Three factors cited as primary reasons for rise in tax rate BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Township officials want residents to know that a reduction in state aid between 2007 and 2008 is partially to blame for a pending 2-cent increase in the municipal tax rate. A budget amendment that was presented during…

  • Tree-climbing champ rises to the occasion

    Mark Chisholm continues streak of state crowns BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Mark Chisholm has done it again. For 16 consecutive years, Chisholm has won the New Jersey State Tree Climbing Championship, with his most recent victory coming during a competition that was held at Thompson Park, Lincroft, on June 14. Mark Chisholm Chisholm, 37, a…

  • 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…