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  • Little named to seat on freeholder board

    Highlands official surprise victor in GOP vote for freeholder BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MANALAPAN — Going into Saturday’s Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders election, Howell Mayor Joseph DiBella had the support of some of the county’s political heavy hitters, such as state Sen. Joseph Kyrillos, who nominated DiBella, and…

  • Upper Freehold official called to service in Iraq

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Stephen Alexander An Upper Freehold Township municipal official will answer a different call of duty this month. Maj. Stephen Alexander will report to Baghdad, Iraq, during the first week of March. Alexander, 40, a township committeeman in the western Monmouth County community, is an Air Force…

  • Worship center seeks approval for building

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Testimony began in front of the Planning Board last week on an application that proposes the construction of a 49,000-square-foot house of worship on Vanderburg Road. Representatives of the Monmouth Worship Center appeared before the board on Feb. 15 to seek site plan approval,…

  • Train line data to be reviewed

    Don’t expect to board a passenger train in Lakewood, Freehold or Manalapan anytime soon. According to a press release from state Assemblyman Michael J. Panter (D-Monmouth and Mercer), NJ Transit has reopened its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) study to re-examine the data previously gathered regarding the three MOM (Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex) passenger rail line proposals. NJ…

  • Worship center seeks approval for building

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Testimony began in front of the Planning Board last week on an application that proposes the construction of a 49,000-square-foot house of worship on Vanderburg Road. Representatives of the Monmouth Worship Center appeared before the board on Feb. 15 to seek site plan approval,…

  • Society plans database of sites needing restoration

    The American Littoral Society announced that it is building a comprehensive database of sites in coastal New Jersey in need of habitat restoration. The society is calling on individuals and groups who are active in and around the coast from Sandy Hook to the Delaware Bay shore to help identify habitat that needs to be…

  • Hotel to go back up for sale

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — The 19th-century American Hotel, East Main Street, which operated as a banquet facility and restaurant for years before it was closed at the end of 2003, will be put on the auction block for a second time on March 23 at 1…

  • MADD chapter to renew battle vs. drunk drivers

    Red ribbon project honors FTHS grad who was killed in Fla. BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Tara Colegary FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — In remembrance of the fifth anniversary of a drunk driving accident that killed a Freehold native, Mothers Against Drunk Driving debuted its new Monmouth County chapter with the Tara Colegary…

  • Soap opera stars lined up for juvenile diabetes event

    The Central Jersey chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will host its first “Stars That Shine” karaoke and bartending soap opera event on March 31 at Elements, the lounge, Sea Bright. JDRF’s mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. The soap opera event will include…