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  • Freeholders join Navy to commemorate battle

    SANDY HOOK – Monmouth County freeholders Theodore J. Naro-zanick and Lillian G. Burry, with representatives from Naval Weapons Station Earle, marked the 64th anniversary of the Battle of Midway recently with an overview of the famous World War II battle and a laying of the wreath. The battle, fought June 4-7, 1942, near the central…

  • Two injured in Rt. 79 crash

    MARLBORO – Two drivers were injured following a head-on motor vehicle collision on Route 79. According to information provided by police, at 6:38 p.m. June 9, Charles Dooling, 21, of Marlboro, was traveling north on Route 79, just north of Beacon Hill Road, in a Volkswagen Jetta. Police said a vehicle that was not involved…

  • County will make money from sale of methane gas

    FREEHOLD – In a move that will increase revenues, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has struck a deal with GSF Energy LLC to sell the methane gas that is produced from the decomposition of solid waste at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center, Tinton Falls. According to a press release from the county, GSF Energy…

  • 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.…

  • Rec director irked over release of town memos

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Recreation Director Gerald Collincini has retained an attorney to discuss his options regarding what he considers to be defamation by unnamed municipal officials. In a memo to township officials that followed the publication of a recent article in the News Transcript, Collincini maintained that…

  • Freehold Twp. to welcome 111th annual horse show

    The 111th Monmouth County Horse Show will return to East Freehold Park, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, Aug. 16-20 and exhibitors will see a number of upgrades both in prize money and continued improvements to the facility. The show, first held in 1895, is one of the nation’s longest running and most prestigious horse shows, according…

  • Open space at Village to be focus of discussion

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Looking to make the outcome of The Village at Manalapan mutually appealing, further discussion of the retail development project’s final design is scheduled for tonight’s meeting of the Township Committee. Richard Cramer, who is Manalapan’s municipal planner, and attorney John Giunco, representing Manalapan Retail…

  • Group seeks to preserve 5,000 acres in five years

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Judith Stanley Coleman The leader of the Monmouth Con-servation Foundation (MCF) fears the worst for Monmouth County horse farms and beaches. Judith Stanley Coleman, MCF’s president, gave her annual report at the foundation’s 29th annual board meeting on April 30. MCF is a nonprofit organization dedicated…