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  • Racing returns

    Harness horses are off and running at Freehold Raceway (top) as drivers head into the first turn during Aug. 4 qualifying races. The venerable harness track on Park Avenue, Freehold, will kick off the 2006-07 meet on Aug. 10. Post time is 12:30 p.m. On Aug. 4, the drivers and standardbred horses got their first…

  • Auditions

    Women of Song, a female vocal group, is seeking sopranos and altos. The group performs a variety of music. Rehearsals are held Friday mornings in the Marlboro area. Some sight-reading skills would be helpful. Details: Randy (732) 787-1697. Over The Rainbow Productions is seeking an 18-year-old boy who is a baritone/tenor for “The Fantasticks.” The…

  • Republicans asking Dems to agree to spending limit

    Monmouth County Republican Chairman Adam Puharic issued a call this week for spending limits to be followed in this fall’s county election for two freeholder seats and the surrogate’s office. Puharic also announced that the GOP would initiate what he called “An Ethical Roadmap for Monmouth County Republicans.” Puharic and the Monmouth County Republican Committee…

  • No identification of crash victim

    MARLBORO – Police are still investigating the details of a fatal accident that occurred on Route 18 north. According to police, at 9:15 a.m. July 28 a dump truck being driven by John Rodriquez, 29, of Long Branch, flipped over on Route 18 north between Route 520 and Tennent Road. Rodriquez and a passenger, Timothy…

  • Former chief remembered

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Former Manalapan Police Chief John McCormack reminisced about his predecessor, Jimmie Rand Potts Sr., who died at home in Jackson on July 25. Potts, 71, served as Manalapan’s chief of police from 1991-97, when he retired from the force after 25 years of service.…

  • Scholarship awarded to Manalapan woman

    Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley, president of the Constitutional Officers’ Association of New Jersey, announced that Paige Glotzer, of Manal-apan, was awarded a $1,500 scholarship by the association. The scholarship was presented at the organization’s monthly meeting at the Breakers Hotel, Spring Lake, on July 20. Glotzer is a 2004 graduate of Manal-apan High…

  • Brick Twp. stands alone in paying board members

    Other local planning, zoning boards do not pay residents who serve BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer What does Brick Township have in common with Los Angeles that no other area municipality has the distinction of sharing? Brick Township, in Ocean County, as does Los Angeles, Calif., compensates its Planning Board and…

  • Police seek suspects in craft store robbery

    MANALAPAN – Police are searching for the suspects who committed a burglary and armed robbery at a local crafts store last week. According to information provided by police, in the early morning hours of Aug. 3 three suspects entered the A.C. Moore store, Route 9 at Craig Road, by forced entry and committed an armed…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago Mr. and Mrs. John Cottrell and Mr. and Mrs. George Stover of Old Bridge had an exciting experience while returning home from the Old Tennent harvest home in their automobile last Wednes-day evening. They were proceeding at a leisurely rate between Tennent (Manal-apan) and Englishtown when a horse and buggy driven by…