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  • Scouts help Pace Car program

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Cub Scout Pack 155 recently signed up 81 area residents for the Freehold Township Police Department’s “Please Slow Down, It’s Our Town” Pace Car program. “These Scouts did a great job,” Police Officer Brian Worth said. “I was really impressed by how many people they registered for the Pace Car program.” The…

  • Gross, Apy, Davidson honored by Boy Scouts

    The Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts of America, held its 90th anniversary volunteer recognition dinner recently at the Buttonwood Manor, Matawan. During 2007 Monmouth Council is celebrating 90 years of service to youth and families and a tradition of participating citizenship, character development and community service throughout Monmouth County. Numerous volunteers were recognized including Andrew Lennert,…

  • Residents asking: Can’t you smell that smell?

    Howell appears at odds with MRRSA over odor in Freewood Acres BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – Residents of Howell’s Freewood Acres section off Route 9 near Interstate 195 appear to be caught up in a web of bureaucracy in their ongoing attempt to get rid of something that stinks…

  • Family vacation, what a relief – not always!

    Amy Rosen Around Town Amy RosenAround Town My family and I recently returned from vacation at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. Picture this: one woman and four men driving eight hours. What is the woman not going to do as often as she wants? Hint: it’s not shopping. When my husband gets behind the wheel of…

  • Marlboro resident accepts new role: deputy mayor

    Paul Abelow wants to help improve town he’s lived in since 2001 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer BY REBECCA MORTONStaff Writer Paul Abelow MARLBORO – Paul Abelow is a husband and father, the owner of a marketing and sales company, a volunteer firefighter and ambulance driver, and Marlboro’s new deputy mayor. Abelow was sworn in…

  • MV violations to bring loss of parking privilege

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Correspondent BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Correspondent For seniors in the Freehold Regional High School District, a speeding ticket won’t only cost them a few dollars in fines – it will now cost them the privilege of parking in the student lot as well. When the district’s six high schools open in September,…

  • National Gymnastics Day to be hosted in Marlboro

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer BY REBECCA MORTONStaff Writer MARLBORO – She inhales deeply to gain a better focus on her target, rubs her palms together, pauses, then sprints down the stretch. In about five seconds she will lift off the springboard and must master not only her flip, but also her landing. On Aug.…

  • Monmouth County Fair returns for its 33rd year

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Fairgoers are busy getting ready for the Monmouth County Fair’s opening night, tonight at 5 p.m. at the East Freehold Park showgrounds, Kozloski Road, between Route 33 and Route 537. The county fair remains a tradition, with this year marking its 33rd year of providing family fun. With the Monmouth County 4-H…

  • In the Arts

    In the Arts Billed as “The Petite Picasso,” Alexandra Nechita returns to Stone Harbor for a second consecutive summer show, “Quest for Peace,” Aug. 3-5, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The young artist from Romania began drawing at the age of 2 and was recognized as a child prodigy before she was 10 years old.…