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  • Death of boys, 12 & 13, shakes community

    Two youngsters were on Bar Harbor Road when struck; circumstances unclear BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The combination of two preteen boys on a Freehold Township residential street at dusk and a minivan being driven on the same street turned deadly on Feb. 27. JEFF GRANIT staff Anthony Viscuso, 12, pays his respects at…

  • Young artists display talent at annual show

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer If anyone can lure children away from the din of the electronic world, it’s Elaine Smith and the local artist has been doing just that for years. CLARE MARIE CELANO Art instructor Elaine Smith congratulates two of her students whose work was honored at a recent art show held…

  • U.S. attorney sought records on The Village

    Project in Manalapan has preliminary OK for Route 33 location BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Records pertaining to The Village at Manalapan commercial project were subpoenaed by the U.S. District Attorney’s Office in Newark in 2005. Aspokesman for U.S.Attorney for New Jersey Christopher Christie told the News Transcript this week that Christie would…

  • Dancer extols meaning behind the movements

    Howell’s ‘White Eagle’ performs Hoop Dance in Thompson Park BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent American Indian dancer Matthew “White Eagle” Clair held his audience spellbound as he performed a hoop dance at a recent meeting of the Intertribal Indians of New Jersey at Thompson Park, Jamesburg. ERIC SUCAR staff Matthew “White Eagle” Clair, of Howell,…

  • Second former mayor lambastes Internet posts

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN- For the second meeting in a row, the topic of anonymous Internet attacks was front and center at a Township Committee meeting. Another former mayor came forward to state his opinion about the anonymous attacks and a sitting committeewoman said the attacks, which can be seen by a worldwide…

  • Substitute teacher pleads guilty

    MANALAPAN- An incident that surprised students and staff members at the Pine Brook School, Pease Road, in December resulted in a guilty plea being entered in state Superior Court on Feb. 25. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Mary Kaminski, 54, of Middletown, admitted to having endangered the welfare of…

  • Police investigating ‘suspicious activity’

    MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Police Department is investigating an incident that is being called “suspicious activity” that occurred on Feb. 28 at Manalapan High School, Church Lane. According to a police statement issued onMarch 3, a teacher reported to the principal what was characterized as a possible drug transaction occurring between a 17- year-old male…

  • Hockey parents pushing for official recognition

    FRHSD board members are asked to sanction new sport at 6 schools BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Agroup of about 150 people attended the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education meeting on Feb. 25 to ask administrators to sanction ice hockey as a sport within the district. The meeting was held at the…

  • Investigation into officer’s behavior enters 2nd month

    FREEHOLD- More than amonth into an investigation that is examining allegations of police brutality, law enforcement officials told the News Transcript this week that the investigation is continuing. Monmouth CountyAssistant Prosecutor Peter E.Warshaw Jr. said that because the investigation is ongoing, he could not reveal any information about it. Freehold Borough Police Chief Mitch Roth…