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  • Where to go, what to do with kids in Monmouth Co.

    ‘The Parent Pages’ is a resource for activities, enrichment and more BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Becoming the parent of Gage, 6, and Ryan, 8, prompted Keelin Hutzley to write a resource guide for parents. It’s a simple idea, but oh so timely. A resource guide for parents and newcomers that…

  • Man gets prison sentence in wake of fatal accident

    On Sept. 29, William Hand, 46, of Beachwood, was sentenced to eight years in state prison in connection with a fatal motor vehicle crash in Howell and burglary of a residence in Manalapan, both occurring April 27, 2005. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Hand must serve six years, nine…

  • Acme stores in Marlboro, Freehold Twp. to close Nov. 2

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Shop now or forever hold your peace. Two Acme supermarkets in western Monmouth County are slated to be closed on Nov. 2. The Acme supermarket at the intersection of Route 79 and Ryan Road, Marlboro, and the Acme supermarket in the Mount’s Corner shopping center at…

  • Monmouth arts council announces 2007 awards

    The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) announced its Local Arts Program Grant Awards for Fiscal Year 2007 at a special networking event for MCAC members on Sept. 13 at the Holmdel Theatre Company, Holmdel. The grants will go to local nonprofit arts organizations for a wide range of art exhibitions, concerts, dance, theater, film and…

  • Health seminars scheduled

    MANALAPAN – The township will sponsor a three-in-one seminar aimed at keeping residents healthy and safe. Scheduled for Oct. 17, the Manalapan Health Forum is offering three topics during an event for residents that will be held at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive. Free registration will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Residents will…

  • Howell artists’ creativity finds no limits with age

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Artist and craftsman John Guempel creates houses like this one out of cereal boxes and coffee stirrers. HOWELL – One uses pencils to go places he has never been. The other just uses anything he can find. Two artists…

  • Exhibits will be unveiled at Monmouth battlefield

    BRAVO (Battlefield Restoration and Archaeological Volunteer Organ-ization) has invited as its guest of honor the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) to witness the unveiling of two wayside exhibits. The Molly Pitcher exhibit dedication, on Oct. 28 from 2-4:15 p.m. at Monmouth Battlefield State Park Visitor Center, Route 33, Manalapan, would be impossible without…

  • Scouts earn Eagle rank

    FREEHOLD – Five Boy Scouts from Troop 18, St. Rose of Lima Church, were recognized in an Eagle Court of Honor ceremony. The troop members who attained the rank of Eagle Scout are Mario Favorito, Jonathan Noto, C.J. DeMarco, Christopher D’Ambrosio and Gregory Heden. D’Ambrosio, 16, of Freehold Town-ship, began his scouting career in 1997.…

  • Care of detention basins draws look from council

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – The Township Council has introduced an ordinance that would, if adopted, create a new fee structure for the operation and maintenance of detention basins. A detention basin is defined as a facility that has been designed to temporarily store storm runoff so a controlled…