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  • Marlboro Day promises fun

    MARLBORO – The Marlboro Parks and Recreation Commission is gearing up for the 24th annual Marlboro Day celebration to be held on Sept. 9 at the Marlboro municipal complex, Wyncrest Road. The event will kick off at noon with entertainment, free rides for children, games, crafts, pony rides and vendors. DJ Mike Brachfeld from Sound…

  • Monmouth Boy Scouts rev up recruitment drive

    The Battleground District of Monmouth Council Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has announced the official launch of its “Race for Cub Scouting” fall recruitment drive. In September, Cub Scout packs in Allentown, Colts Neck, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan, Marlboro, Millstone, Roosevelt and Upper Freehold Township will all hold “Join Scouting” nights…

  • Charity golf outing scheduled for Oct. 8

    The Saint Vincent de Paul Society of Saint Thomas More Church, Manalapan, and Our Lady of Mercy Church, Englishtown, will host a charity golf outing on Oct. 8 (Columbus Day) at the Bella Vista Country Club, Marlboro. Registration is under way and will be limited to the first 96 golfers who sign up. The format…

  • New personnel are in place in Manalapan-Englishtown

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District will start the 2007-08 school year with an enrollment of about 5,500 students and several staff changes. Opening day for students in the K-8 district is Sept. 6. The present enrollment figure is about the same as the 2006-07 school year. The 2007-08 school year…

  • Single mothers make their lives an open book

    Collaborative effort aims to empower, inspire those facing adversity BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – For My Daughter’s Keeper Inc. (MDK), mom’s the word. However, moms come in all shapes and sizes: Rich, poor. Old, young. Educated, going through school. Married, single. Therefore, MDK, North Brunswick, Middlesex County, recently launched a new program…

  • Friends to meet again for 6th ‘Walk with Joe’

    Monmouth Battlefield park will host 5K walk to honor Sept. 11 victim BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – In an event that has become a community tradition, the sixth annual “Walk with Joe” will be held Sept. 8 at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Route 33. The 5K memorial walk will once again be hosted…

  • Church welcomes new pastor

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Philip Matarazzo HOWELL – When God called, Philip Matarazzo of Toms River answered. After a 21-year career in the business world, Matarazzo embarked on a second career and pledged to do God’s will. Matarazzo, 53, was recently selected to be the spiritual leader of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church,…

  • Horse show special event aids battle against cancer

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Correspondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The crowd remains quiet, and the horse and rider team in the ring are sailing effortlessly over red and white jumps in the Stillwell-Hansen ring at East Freehold Park, home of this year’s 112th Monmouth County Horse Show and the Ride for Riverview. Not even the rain,…

  • Attendance areas to be discussed by Freehold Regional officials

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer ASept. 20 workshop meeting of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education may provide some indication of possible attendance area changes for the 2008-09 school year. The board will meet at 8 p.m. Sept. 20 at its headquarters on Pine Street, Englishtown, to discuss what if any changes…