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  • Engineer: Test shows field is safe

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Following township health officer Dave Richardson’s an-nouncement that there is no health threat on the Pop Warner youth football field at the Manalapan Recreation Center, the township engineer an-nounced that he had conducted a soil test at the site and said the results agreed…

  • Freehold mayor seeks spot on new immigration panel

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Mayor Michael Wilson is asking Gov. Jon Corzine to name him to a new panel that has been charged with developing recommendations “for a comprehensive and strategic statewide approach to successfully integrating immigrants in the state.” In an Aug. 8 letter to the governor,…

  • Local stone carver creating 9/11 police memorial

    Franco Minervini completing project for police foundation BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent BY PATRICIA YOCZISCorrespondent PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Stone carver Franco Minervini works on the Sept. 11 police memorial he is creating for the National Police Defense Foundation. One part of the artist’s work will show Sirius, an NYPD police dog who was killed…

  • Planners OK 11 warehouses

    HOWELL – Planning Board members voted unanimously on Aug. 2 to approve an application for 11 detached stor-age/warehouse buildings on a 6-acre site on Okerson Road. An application filed by My Warehouse gained approval after revisions were made and a rest room was added to the site plan. The property is in Howell’s Special Economic…

  • N.J. enacts far-reaching greenhouse gas standards

    Demands 80% emissions drop by 2050; how to do it remains uncertain BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer New Jersey residents have heard it all before. Their home state has been called everything from “the armpit of America” to the “landfill of opportunity,” all while being asked, repeatedly, “So, what exit?” On…

  • Marlboro graduate lifts spirits with teddy bears

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer BY REBECCA MORTONStaff Writer MARLBORO – Children living in extreme poverty curl up to go to sleep on a bed of dirt. It was images like this broadcast on an episode of Oprah Winfrey’s television show that inspired Adam Sternbach, of Marlboro, to give some hope to children. The hope…

  • Asbury Park to host festival

    The 32nd annual Clearwater Festival, New Jersey’s oldest and largest eco-festival, will be held Aug. 18-19 at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. The theme of this year’s event, which is presented by Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater, is “Global Warming – You’d Better Sweat It!” The family friendly event combines information on the environment with…

  • Ex-teacher’s 7th book a ‘spellbinding’ thriller

    Seewald, of Old Bridge, mixes mystery, romance in many of her novels BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent Jacqueline Seewald OLD BRIDGE – Readers who enjoy romantic thrillers sprinkled with a touch of the occult and lots of local color may want to put township resident Jacqueline Seewald’s “The Inferno Collection” on…

  • Impaired drivers will be targeted

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer BY REBECCA MORTONStaff Writer MARLBORO – An increase in patrols will be present on Marlboro roads with the township’s participation in the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety’s (DHTS) “Over the Limit Under Arrest 2007 Impaired Driving Crack-down” program from Aug. 17 through Sept. 3. “During this time frame…