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  • Tour of cemeteries set for Oct. 28

    The Monmouth County Historical Association will sponsor a lecture and walking tour of the cemeteries along Kings Highway in Middletown on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. The tour will include Christ Episcopal Church, Old First Baptist Church, the Hartshorne family burial ground and the Presbyterian burial ground. According to a press release, these sites contain…

  • Effort continues to search for answers to rare disease

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – Walk a mile, help a township youngster. The Zachary Foundation will host its third annual walk/run to raise money and awareness for the incurable mitochondrial disease pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency. The 5-kilometer walk and 1-mile walk/run will be held at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center,…

  • Coda

    This year, old-fashioned is the height of fashion Greg Bean Like many men of my acquaintance, I have a simple philosophy when it comes to fashion: Pick a look you like and stay with it forever. For me, that means my work wardrobe consists almost entirely of khaki or colored-denim trousers, oxford shirts with buttoned…

  • Manalapan to determine cost of developing park

    MANALAPAN – Steps are being taken to clean up Thompson Grove Park in order to make it a site for passive recreation. Mayor Drew Shapiro announced at a recent Township Committee meeting that members of a Girl Scout troop have already started to weed the 65-acre municipal park on the south side of Manalapan. The…

  • Two River Theater hosts ‘Best of New Jersey Dance’

    Series will showcase state’s dance companies from Oct. 28 to June 3 BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent American Repertory Ballet The variety and quality of New Jersey’s dance companies may be one of our state’s best-kept secrets. If you are curious about what Terpsichore has inspired in the Garden State, plan to attend…

  • Library to host Archives Day

    More than 50 organizations have reserved exhibit tables for the 11th annual Archives and History Day celebration at Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manal-apan. Archives and History Day, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 14, according to a press release from Gary Saretzky,…

  • Walk will raise funds to fight world hunger

    The Freehold Clergy Association will sponsor the Freehold Area CROP Walk on Oct. 15. Participants will have their choice of completing a walk of 1, 3 or 6 miles through Freehold Borough. The Freehold Clergy Association includes the clergy and leaders of more than 20 Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim congregations, as well as…

  • Aid squad will no longer provide weekday service

    Lack of volunteers means MONOC will respond, charge BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer The Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad is in trouble, so much so that residents in Freehold Borough and Freehold Town-ship will soon begin paying for services that have been provided free for 66 years. A…

  • On Campus

    Scott Kaufman-Ross, son of Harlene and Michael Ross of Marlboro, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Washington Univer-sity, St. Louis. He has completed his sophomore year and is enrolled in the Olin School of Business. Scott is treasurer of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and a 2004 graduate of the…