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  • First aid squad seeking donations, volunteers

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Volunteers who are on call 24 hours a day to help others are now in need of some help themselves. The Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad serves more than 40,000 residents in Freehold Borough and Freehold Township. The squad has 30-plus…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago New Jersey State Road Commis-sioner Hutchinson in a recent interview expresses himself as very much in favor of an ocean boulevard, the building of which has been under discussion throughout the state for the past few weeks. It is altogether probable that at the next meeting of the New Jersey Legislature the…

  • GOP official’s comments draw response from Dems

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — A Democratic candidate for Township Committee has fired back at a comment made about her by a member of the governing body. In a July 13 News Transcript story about Manalapan’s financial health, Republican Committeeman Andrew Lucas said, “When Ms. (Michelle) Roth was asked…

  • Weapons suspects gain entry to PTI program

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — Adults who were accused of selling illegal weapons at the Englishtown Auction Sales have been admitted into a pretrial intervention program. On July 17, 2004, Manalapan police arrested a group of adults and two juveniles at the auction, Wilson Avenue, and charged them in…

  • Committee welcomes officers to police dept.

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Residents now have three more reasons to feel safe in the community: a trio of new police officers was sworn in at the July 26 Township Committee meeting. Mayor David M. Salkin welcomed the three — Clay Davis Jr., Jimmy Santiago and Ralph Donato, all…

  • CVS plans pharmacy on Woodward Road

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — The Planning Board is considering an application for a CVS pharmacy on Woodward Road just south of Route 33. The parcel is in a C-3 commercial zone. According to a report prepared by engineer Greg Valesi, the applicant is seeking preliminary and final site…

  • Route 520 crash claims young man

    MARLBORO — Police are continuing to investigate a fatal accident that occurred on the evening of July 24 and took the life of a young Marlboro resident. Police said Zoeb Himani, 19, of Evan Drive, was killed at about 8 p.m. when he lost control of his 2005 Subaru on Route 520 just west of…

  • Project will shut down Route 522 intersection

    Manalapan mayor: County set to go at Tennent Road BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Construction projects will lead to road closings and other changes in Manal-apan during the coming weeks. Manalapan Mayor Bill Scherer said Monmouth County officials have notified the township that a project to widen the intersection of Route…

  • Rutgers puts out call for lifelong learners

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent Joyce Nussbaum is 59 years old and still shamelessly addicted. “I’m sort of an education junkie,” she said. The Highland Park, Middlesex County, resident, now a retiree, already has earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and a Ph.D., and continues to take undergraduate courses at Rutgers University.…