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  • Segway vehicles to transport security

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Freehold Raceway Mall is rolling out a new tool for its shopping center security team, the original personal electric transporter, the Segway PT. “We’re finding the Segway not only helps our security officers respond quickly when they need to, but it also invites interaction with our customers. This kind of positive connection…

  • Veterans to gather for ceremony

    MARLBORO – Local veterans are expected to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for the relocated veterans memorial outside Town Hall on Labor Day, Sept. 3. Councilman Joseph Pernice described the memorial as a place where people may go and reflect. “It will be open 24 hours a day so that anyone may come and sit…

  • Missionaries feel blessed to have helped the needy

    Trip to Ecuador was memorable summer experience BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Andrew Rounds, 15, of Freehold Township, recently reflected about the time he spent in Ecuador this summer. Andrew Rounds, 15, of Freehold Township, visits with a youngster at an orphanage in Ecuador during the Monmouth Worship Center’s recent mission to the South American…

  • Additional help sought for watershed projects

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – A request has been made to Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.) and to Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) asking them to continue doing their best to ensure that Marlboro receives sufficient funds out of the $15 million for watershed restoration that was recently approved by the U.S. House of…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff The future of a European copper beech tree that has stood behind 55 E. Main St., Freehold Borough, for more than a century may be in jeopardy because of a disease. For the story by staff writer Clare Marie Celano, see page 34.

  • Searching for the truth about ‘da Truth Squad’

    Attorneys’ briefs debate identity of Internet blogger BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Attorneys’ briefs debate identity of Internet blogger BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – For some people, “da Truth Squad” would be nothing but a semi-literate and incomprehensible grouping of words. To others “da Truth Squad” is an Internet blog author and Web…

  • New law seeks to stop stalkers in their tracks

    Marlboro resident recounts how one man has tormented her BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The hair-raising feeling that someone is watching you is a terrifying reality for one woman who lives in Marlboro. Her experiences, combined with the help of Marlboro police Detective Sgt. Paul Reed, Marlboro police Detective Ross Yenisey, Manalapan Police Chief Stuart…

  • Tract’s potential future use remains undecided

    Federal official suggests taking closer look at sites with railroad tracks BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The immediate possibility of a solid waste transfer station being built on Route 33 has been lifted. So what’s next? Municipal officials may examine ways to protect properties that have active or non-active railroad tracks…

  • Hearing on Fairfield Road athletic center will resume

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – The question of whether a sports training facility will be permitted on Fairfield Road is expected to be discussed at the Sept. 17 meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The Monmouth County Athletic Center has been the subject of previous hearings. Bart McInerney and Timothy McInerney, the…