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  • Orchards slated to be preserved

    COLTS NECK – Eastmont Orchards, Route 537, is destined to play a major role in the township’s open space preservation program. An ordinance to that effect is expected to be approved at the Township Committee’s regular meeting on June 28, according to Robert Bowden, Colts Neck’s clerk and administrator. The process to acquire development rights…

  • Sheriff leads national group

    Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley was sworn in as president of the American Jail Association (AJA) at the association’s annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 24 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. An active member of AJA since 1996, Oxley progressed through the elected offices culminating with his installation as president.…

  • County police academy graduates 38 new officers

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Monmouth County Police Academy graduated 38 new police officers recently, many of whom will now go on to serve as full-time patrolmen. The members of the graduating class, three of whom paid their own way through the academy and do not have promises of employment, trained for nearly 750 hours over…

  • Hip hop fundraiser scheduled for June 24

    MARLBORO – The New Life Youth Services, a faith-based organization, is sponsoring a “Hip Hoppers Against Drugs” fundraiser talent and fashion show to benefit efforts aimed at combating adolescent substance abuse. The event will be held on June 24 from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Monmouth Worship Center, Route 79, just north of Route 520. A…

  • Project turns out to be a mitzvah for Habitat

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Sal and Magda DeJesus are happy to be living on E Street, Freehold Borough, in a home that was constructed as part of a Habitat for Humanity project. FREEHOLD – The Jewish community of western Monmouth County could not have planned…

  • Children without insurance may obtain immunizations

    FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Health Department is reminding parents to make immunizations a part of their child’s routine health care. Vaccines are available to protect against measles, mumps, rubella, influenza, hepatitis B, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, haemophilus, influenza type B, (previously a leading cause of bacterial meningitis among children under 5 years of age),…

  • Puharic chosen new county GOP chair

    Aberdeen resident vows to restore unity to divided party BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Puharic MIDDLETOWN – It’s the dawn of a new – and much younger – era for Monmouth County Republicans. On June 13, Adam Puharic, 35, was elected chairman of the Monmouth County Republican Committee. The…

  • International film series at Manalapan library

    The Monmouth County Summer International Film Series will be held Wednesdays at 2 and 6:30 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. All films have English subtitles. The films are: “Nobody Knows” in Japanese on July 12, “Edukators” in German on July 19, “Saraband” in French on July 26, “Paradise Now”…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff CentraState Medical Center oncology nurses (l-r) Caroll DeRocco, Laura Rivera and Marsha Opalach do their part to support cancer research as they participate in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life fundraiser at Freehold Raceway, Freehold Township, on June 17.