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  • Squad answers 3,000 calls

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — The volunteer members of the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad are ready to respond when a member of the community calls for help. Reporting to the Township Committee on Jan. 12 during the first regular meeting in 2005, John J. Cuccia Jr., squad president, updated…

  • Library Events

    The Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan, will host the following programs. Details: (732) 431-7222. • Play cards Jan. 21 and 28, 1-4 p.m. • Play chess, Jan. 22 and 29, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Play Scrabble, Jan. 22 and 29, 1:30 p.m. • Play mah jongg, Jan. 24 and 31, 1-4…

  • Former administrator named to school board

    Leonard B. Williams will fill seat left open by Marlene Caruso BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Board of Education has appointed Leonard B. “Mike” Williams to a vacant seat on the panel. Williams, takes the seat formerly held by Marlene Caruso, who moved from the township. The…

  • Photo

    DAVE BENJAMIN Dr. Scott Turk and Dr. Darren Weisenstein will operate 4 Paws Animal Hospital, Willow Pointe Lane, off Route 9 north, Marlboro. See story, page 79.

  • Taekwondo demonstration to boost March of Dimes

    Fund-raiser show scheduled Jan. 23 at Brookdale arena BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, taekwondo students set their mind “in focus” during a practice in preparation for a March of Dimes charity event at Brookdale Community College, where they plan to show their stuff. At…

  • Acting governor signs stricter DWI measure

    Codey honors parents who lost 17-year-old son to drunken driver BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Acting Gov. Richard Codey has signed a law that will make it tougher for repeat drunken-driving offenders to slip through the cracks. Codey was joined by state and local officials, and representatives of the law enforcement…

  • 100 years ago

    The investigation by the committee of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, as to the alleged illegal commitment of tramps to the county jail, yesterday brought out many interesting facts. Tramps are being committed in Freehold in large numbers and certain justices and constables have been receiving fat fees, and in some instances officials are…

  • State bill seeks cap on college tuition

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Assemblyman Robert Morgan (D-Monmouth and Mercer) wants to do something about the rising cost of college tuition. In November, Morgan introduced Assembly Bill No. 3488. The bill would prohibit the governing board of a public institution of higher education from approving an increase in tuition and…

  • Greater Women of Central N.J. winners to be honored Feb. 15

    Greater Media Newspapers is hosting its first annual Greater Women of Central New Jersey Feb. 15. For the past two months, nominations have been solicited for women working in the disciplines of business, health care and nonprofit. The nominees are women who have been able to triumph despite the challenges and make a true difference…