Category: News Transcript News

  • Auditions

    Writers and producers Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore will hold auditions for their new adult comedy, “You’ve Got Hate Mail,” March 29, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Brookdale Community Col-lege Performing Arts Center, Lincroft. The open role is for a female, age 25-35. Comic timing is a must. Auditioning actresses should bring a picture…

  • Explorers give young people taste of police career

    Marlboro post marks 25 years of providing opportunities to youths BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer The current members of the Marlboro Police Department’s Explorers post (above) are learning about careers in law enforcement just like their predecessors (photo at right) did in the first year of the program 25 years ago.…

  • Mayor shares love of reading with Errickson students

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Students in the Freehold Township schools took part in the 10th annual National Education Association (NEA) Read Across America event on March 2. Students were involved in various activities throughout the day in support of an effort to promote enthusiasm for reading. Students exchanged books, older students read to those in younger…

  • DePasquale announces plan to run for freeholder

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Joe DePasquale MANALAPAN – He says everyone knows him as Joey D., but hopes they will want to know him as Monmouth County Freeholder Joseph DePasquale. DePasquale, 44, of Manalapan, said he intends to run on an independent Republican ticket as a candidate for a three-year…

  • in the service 

    Air Force Airman 1st Class Kyle L. Decker, son of Ron Decker of Hampstead, N.C., graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The airman completed training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits…

  • Datebook

    + LeTip of Manalapan meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 a.m. for a business networking breakfast at the Manalapan Diner (back room), Route 9 north, Manalapan. Details: (732) 513-8213. + Single Friends, a group for adults age 55 and older, meets every Thursday for fun and chat on singles issues, at 7:45 p.m. at Huddy’s Restaurant…

  • Artist showcases latest work in Freehold venue

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Artist Chris Robinson, known as Kortez, recently showcased his latest work in the town he calls home. “I made a conscious decision to make Freehold my creative home,” Kortez said. “Even if things take me elsewhere, I would like to look at Freehold as…

  • Parents struggle to deal with impact of budget

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Sometimes people simply do not hear you unless you scream. Such is the case with members of the Freehold Borough Board of Education and school district administrators who are pleading with anyone who will listen to help the district get the funding…

  • Residents may see hike in municipal tax bill

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Property owners are facing the prospect of an increase in the amount of money they will have to pay to support the municipal budget this year. Mayor Andrew Lucas announced at the March 14 meeting of the Township Committee that preliminary numbers indicate there…