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  • Maintenance of detention basins covered in new law

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – The Township Council has adopted an ordinance creating a new fee structure for the operation and maintenance of detention basins. The ordinance was adopted on Oct. 19. A detention basin is defined as a facility that has been designed to temporarily store storm runoff…

  • Italian American assoc. plans meeting

    The Italian American Association of Monmouth County will hold a general meeting on Nov. 15 at Old New York, Route 516, Old Bridge, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to men and women age 21 and over. There is an admission fee of $ 25 ($15 for members who bring a guest who is…

  • Flag honors heroes of 9/11

    Martin Mabe, of Manalapan, (third from left) recently donated a “Flag of Heroes” to the township. Mabe, an emergency services volunteer, said he donated the flag in honor of his father, Larry, a decorated World War II veteran and community volunteer who passed away last year. The flag is hanging in the courtroom at town…

  • Candidate seeking write-in support in Manalapan race

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Dennis Bruzzi MANALAPAN – Although he is running without a party affiliation, Dennis Bruzzi has a slogan that speaks to his professed tenacity: “I’m not going away.” Bruzzi announced last week that he is running as a write-in candidate for a three-year term on the Township…

  • Freehold VFW plans for rebirth with new veterans

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer There is a major effort afoot to breathe new life into the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post No. 4374 on Waterworks Road, Freehold Township. The post was chartered in 1946 by a group of returning World War II veterans who wished to serve the needs…

  • Walking for a good cause

    CHRIS KELLY staff Adele Barbera, of Marlboro, participates in the “Walk for the Cure,” a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The Marlboro Greens adult community, Marlboro, hosted the walk on Oct. 22.

  • Freehold class of 1956 will recall good times

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Fifty years ago, the newly created Freehold Regional High School District was experiencing growing pains. In 1956, the 2-year-old regional high school district had only one school, the then 30-year-old Freehold High School at the corner of Robertsville Road and Broadway. The enrollment in…

  • Fundraiser benefits local Women’s Health Center

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Wall Township resident Sharon Watt has donated $2,117 to the Women’s Health Center at CentraState Medical Center. The gift was generated through a fundraising event honoring women that Watt, 27, hosted last month as an assignment for a professional/personal-development course, and represents the contributions of more than 50 area women. “Each student…

  • Six candidates vie for three seats in Howell

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Despite differences of opinion in other areas, ask the six people running for seats on the Township Council and they will tell you the same topic is their biggest concern – taxes. Three four-year terms on the council will be up for…