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ANDREW MILLER staff Christian Marcus, 3, tosses a beanbag at a game sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 5903 during the Autumn in Englishtown Family Festival on Main Street on Oct. 6. Looking on is Knights member Andy Rohmeyer of Englishtown. The annual community event took place on Main Street and in Sanford Park…
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Samaritan Center director retires from local charity
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer After more than 20 years at the helm of the Samaritan Center, Carol Puorro has retired as the center’s director. Puorro, who now lives in Brick Township, is a former Manalapan resident who along with her husband Joseph raised her family in Manalapan and took on the role of director…
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Cops seek person who took victim from crash scene
Two young adults killed in accident on Center Street, Freehold Township BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Township police are looking for the person or persons who removed Robert D. Landry, 19, of Bradley Beach, from the scene of the Oct. 5 motor vehicle crash that took the lives of Michael C. Baldwin, 20,…
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Work gets under way on new playing fields
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Trucks unload dirt at the Manalapan Recreation Center, Route 522, as a project that will add playing fields and other amenities gets under way. MANALAPAN – Work is under way along Route 522 on new sports fields and other amenities at the Manalapan Recreation Center. Municipal officials…
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County nets $452K at auction
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders announced that the 2007 Monmouth County surplus auction netted $452,045. The amount includes the proceeds from a one-day auction held at East Freehold Park Showgrounds in Freehold Township and a five-day online auction. Seized and surplus property of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, motor pool, bridge department and park…
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Resident charged with assault on cop
MANALAPAN – Police have charged a township resident with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following a traffic stop that resulted in a police officer being transported to a hospital. Police said Steven Elliot Cohen, 54, of Longstreet Road, was stopped by Patrolman William Cytryszewski at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 4 on Taylors Mills Road. Cohen…
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First Presbyterian Church welcomes permanent pastor
ENGLISHTOWN – The Rev. Dean Overholser, the new pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Englishtown, 50 Main St., will take the opportunity to meet and greet the community at large at the Autumn in Englishtown Family Festival to be held in Sanford Park on Oct. 6. Previously, Overholser, 66, was the pastor of the…
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Planning Board approves addition
MARLBORO – The Planning Board on Sept. 19 granted approval to an application proposing an addition to a warehouse/ office on Amboy Road. The applicant, Lucas Construction, was represented by attorney Salvatore Alfieri. The plan calls for an addition of 8,750 square feet to an existing building and a separate office space of 759 square…
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Rec program finances subject of discussion
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – When the members of the Manalapan Recreation Advisory Board held their last meeting, they were discussing what could be done to improve the township’s summer recreation program. One of the biggest concerns following a year that ended with a $15,089 deficit in the program was how to expand…
