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  • Rabbis ordained at yeshiva

    Manalapan MANALAPAN — After learning at Yeshiva Bais Menachem of Chabad Lubavitch of Western Monmouth County, as well as serving the local Jewish community, 11 new rabbis were ordained on June 19. According to a press release, Yisroel Brashevitzky, Shlomo Hertz, Levi Silman, and Hershel Skobla, all of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Menachem Mendel Cohen, from Manchester,…

  • Claims of insolvency colored 2004 election

    Republicans said town was on brink of disaster; former auditor says no BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN – During the November 2004 campaign, claims were made in literature distributed by Republican candidates for Township Committee that Manalapan was heading toward insolvency. Letters to the editor, newspaper advertisements and material sent…

  • Officials hope MOM line will be ‘put to bed’

    Middlesex leaders say enough time, money BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Middlesex County officials are hoping the involvement of the National Park Service will kill an effort to bring passenger rail service to their part of central New Jersey. Reacting to a recent letter from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP),…

  • Vuola enters guilty pleas, faces sentencing Oct. 11

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Richard Vuola, a longtime political figure in Marlboro, is facing an Oct. 11 sentencing date after pleading guilty on July 7 to federal charges of bribery, extortion, illegal gun possession and filing false income tax returns. According to information provided by the U.S. Attorney’s…

  • Community projects net Eagle Scout honors

    Connor Field, John Skalecky Jr., Corey Silverstein and Corey Dwyer, members of Troop 434, Manal-apan, each completed a community service project en route to earning the rank of Eagle Scout. MANALAPAN — Four boys from Troop 434 attained the rank of Eagle Scout April 16, after completing individual community service projects. Connor Field, Corey Dwyer,…

  • Committee gearing up for Olde Freehold Day

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Grab your sneakers, layer on the sunscreen and take along your adventurous spirit to Olde Freehold Day. The event, to be held at Lake Topanemus, Pond Road, Freehold Township, on the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 6, will be making the third appearance…

  • Play addresses issues of camaraderie, self-esteem

    Center Playhouse to stage BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — It’s about caring. It’s about emotions. It’s about women. It’s about power. And it’s about curves. The play “Real Women Have Curves,” which has its New Jersey debut on July 15 at the Center Playhouse on South Street…

  • Monmouth will create Medical Reserve Corps

    FREEHOLD — In order to provide additional protections for Monmouth County residents, the Monmouth County Board of Health is establishing a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit to strengthen the public health infrastructure and improve response capabilities in the event of an emergency. “It is an unfortunate fact of life that we now must prepare ourselves…

  • Horse show proceeds to benefit cancer patients

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — It’s a cause for which she is quite passionate. Carol Stillwell is the driving force behind the 110th annual Monmouth County Horse Show. While many people are aware that she is chairing the event, they probably don’t know that thanks to her help,…