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  • Independent candidate enters Manalapan race

    Klauber, Pezzullo and Bruzzi will seek one seat BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer The November race for one three-year term on the Manalapan Township Committee will include an independent candidate as well as candidates representing the Democratic and Republican parties. Democrat Drew Shapiro, who is serving as Manalapan’s mayor in 2006,…

  • Life skills reflected in school’s family project

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Madison Hirsch, 10, (c), is congratulated by classmates Laura Tlapanco (l) and Dulce Baltazar for having the most money in her checking account as she received a $50 savings bond from Sovereign Bank during the presentation of A Family Affair at…

  • Colts’ Reid returns home with plan to help youths

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Richard Kee, of Delaware, performs with the Heavenly Angels Soul Steppers at Liberty Street Park, Freehold Borough. The performance was one of the activities held as part of the Liberty Street Park basketball court revitalization project. FREEHOLD – Youngsters…

  • Marlboro wants change in proposed state sign law

    Residents would be notified of development plans BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer The Marlboro Township Council has passed a resolution requesting an amendment to pending state legislation that would allow municipalities to adopt certain sign ordinances. The state Senate recently passed two bills which, if signed into law, would permit municipalities…

  • New roller coaster debuts

    JACKSON – It has the steepest vertical drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world. El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure’s new wooden roller coaster, has made its debut at the Jackson theme park. “El Toro breaks new ground for wooden roller coasters and is the perfect addition to our world class coaster collection,”…

  • Verizon wants to compete for cable television dollars

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – The borough could become one of the first communities in New Jersey to open its doors to competition in the cable television market. These were the words of John P. Szeliga, external affairs director for Verizon. During a meeting of the Borough…

  • League seeks more money to finish baseball building

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – In 2004, after the Township Council approved the construction of a $150,000 building for the North Howell Little League, the governing body planned to buy the building back at the same cost upon its completion. But at the council’s June 13 workshop…

  • Rollermania coming to town

    FREEHOLD – Rollermania will be coming to Clifton’s, Park Avenue, at 9 p.m. June 29. Ian Mitchell’s Bay City Rollers consists of former Roller Ian Mitchell. His Bay City Rollers are actually The Cryers, a band from Freehold. Tickets will be $20 at the door. Clifton’s may be reached at (732) 308-0500. “It is a…

  • Deadly accident

    JEFF GRANIT staff At 11 a.m. June 16, Mario Ugalde, 41, of North Carolina, was driving a box truck in the right lane of Route 18 north near Route 34, Colts Neck, when his truck was sideswiped by a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer, driven by Paul Fields III, 38, of Washington Township, was in the left…