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  • Panter: Pedestrian safety deserves close look

    Karcher: DOT has approved traffic light at Cambridge Square BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Pedestrian safety is becoming a hot button issue in western Monmouth County following several recent accidents in which pedestrians were struck by vehicles in the area of local commuter parking lots. In one incident, a Manalapan husband…

  • Fresh Air Fund seeking volunteers

    The Fresh Air Fund’s Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex area volunteer leaders are currently seeking committee members and host families to ensure that summer 2006 is special for New York City children. Each summer, close to 5,000 children, ages 6 to 18, enjoy two-week vacations with volunteer host families in suburban and small town communities across…

  • Marlboro council race cost 2 sides $141,000

    Republicans outspent Democrats 2 to 1 in winning three seats BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — In a municipal election in which both political parties raised the same amount of money from outside sources, a sizable donation from a candidate may have given the Republican ticket the edge it needed…

  • Pair charged in shoplifting incidents in 2 communities

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Two men from Staten Island, N.Y., stand accused of shoplifting items at stores in Manalapan and Free-hold Township on Jan. 9. According to information provided by Freehold Township police, Michael Mc-Ginness, 20, and Joseph Barclay, 25, were placed in the Monmouth County jail, Freehold Township, following…

  • Art teacher continues to inspire her students

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Art teacher Elaine Smith presents Willie Ponder with the Overall Best in Show award for his work “Santa Elna Big Ben Park, Texas, 1947” during her annual presentation of her students’ work. FREEHOLD — Karen Preston has a new passion. Well, it’s not exactly…

  • Right to farm ordinance will have public hearing

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Marlboro MARLBORO — As a prerequisite to qualify for a grant that would preserve farmland in Marlboro, the Township Council introduced a right to farm ordinance on Jan. 19. The ordinance, which is scheduled for a public hearing and possible vote for adoption on Feb. 2,…

  • ‘Abracadabra’

    CHRIS KELLY staff Magician Eric the Great gets some help from Anthony Mentesana, 6, of Manalapan, and Sara Rodolico, 5, of Freehold Township, while performing at the YMCA of Western Monmouth County’s Family Fun Day, Jan. 22 in Freehold Township.

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago Tax assessors from the shore district of Monmouth County received a hard knock last Friday at the meeting of the Board of Equalization of Taxes of New Jersey at the Court House in Freehold when the fact, as claimed by taxpayers from the inland townships for years, that property holders along the…

  • CentraState sets for day of health for women

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — In support of the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day for Women, CentraState Healthcare System is helping to raise awareness of the threat of cardiovascular disease in women. At the Freehold Raceway Mall on Feb. 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., CentraState’s health promotion staff will provide free demonstrations in…