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  • Manalapan honor guard tapped for event in capital

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Police Honor Guard has been honored with a command performance of sorts that will take place in Washington, D.C., during national ceremonies that will honor police organizations from around the United States. The Manalapan Police Honor Guard has been selected to be…

  • Assistant prosecutor honored by association

    Robert Honecker The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey recently recognized Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Robert A. Honecker Jr. with the Outstanding Career Advocacy Award. The presentation was made Sept. 15 at the annual State of New Jersey County Prosecutors Association meeting, held in Atlantic City. According to a press release, the award is given…

  • Through the years

    Four generations of one family came together recently to forge a special memory. Baby Alana Georgette Pytel, of South River, was born Sept. 3. Alana is joined in this photo by her mom, Vanessa Pytel (r); her grandmother, Anita Karatzia (l), of Marlboro; and her great-grandmother Laura Abraham, of the Bronx, N.Y. Alana’s proud dad…

  • Public invited to attend Veterans Day service

    The Township Committee is inviting the public to attend the 2006 Freehold Township Veterans Day ceremony to be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at the municipal building, corner of Schanck and Stillwells Corner roads. The committee announced that the featured speaker for the ceremony will be Maj. Gen. James Livingston, who has earned a…

  • Parent named foundation trustee

    MARLBORO – The Marlboro Educational Foundation, a group of Marlboro residents and business people dedicated to raising funds for innovative and creative programs not covered in the general school budget, has announced that Lisa Naboulsi is a new trustee. According to a press release, Naboulsi was PTO president of the Marlboro Early Learning Center for…

  • Matawan, Keyport men face child porn charges

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer NEWARK – Two Monmouth County men were among 125 arrested in 22 states as part of Operation Emissary, a joint investigation of child pornography conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice and the New Jersey office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Layne Bracht, 24, a former…

  • Methodist church marks 175 years in Freehold

    Congregation traces origin to 1831 in West Freehold BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Rev. Garfield Greene, pastor, and Anne Mayer of the First United Methodist Church, Freehold, stand in front of the church that was constructed in 1858 when the congregation moved from the outskirts…

  • Marlboro Planning Board approves 4-home project

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – An application to construct four homes off Texas Road was approved by the Planning Board last month. Representatives of Sunset Park appeared before the board on Oct. 18 for preliminary and final major subdivision approval. The applicant proposed to subdivide a 7-acre site into…

  • Special needs council will begin to develop programs

    Guest speaker expected to discuss Old Bridge’s 20-year-old Camp Robin BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – The Mayor’s Special Needs Council, a new panel recently formed by the Township Committee, has hit the ground running and intends to keep the pace. Headed by teacher and Manalapan resident Jamie Bruno, the…