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  • Officers name winners of trading card contest

    DAVE BENJAMIN Grand-prize winners of the Manalapan Police Department’s trading card contest, Alex Hausler, 13, and Brook Sovern, 8, receive new bicycles from Patrolman Joe Felicia (l) and Patrolman Gerald Bruno. MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Police Department’s trading card collection contest has ended with the naming of winners. The police officer trading card program featured…

  • YMCA gets initial OK to expand

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The plan to expand the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, East Freehold Road, was for the most part approved by the Planning Board on Nov. 4. The approval is conditioned on a review of the application by the township’s Historic Preservation Commission, according…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago The result of Tuesday’s election was an unprecedented majority for President Theodore Roosevelt, who carried every northern state as well as Maryland and Missouri, giving him 343 electoral votes to Parker’s 183, and defeating the Demo-cratic candidate by a larger majority in the electoral college than was given against Bryan in the…

  • Child identification card seen as aid to authorities

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — An Oct. 30 Halloween party provided Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph Oxley with the perfect way to help hundreds of parents at the same time. Members of the borough’s Latino community were invited to participate in Oxley’s youth identification card program as they…

  • Vuola to quit MTMUA

    BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer MARLBORO — Richard Vuola, who has been charged with attempting to bribe elected officials in two towns, will step down from his post as a commissioner on the Marlboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority (MTMUA). Vuola notified municipal officials last week that his resignation will take effect…

  • Shore builders association constructs Habitat home

    The New Jersey Shore Builders Association recently honored the DiTullio family at its general membership meeting. The DiTullios, Mike, Jennifer and their young daughter Christie, are the soon-to-be owners of a Habitat for Humanity house in Freehold Borough that was entirely donated by the builders association. “Words can’t describe how grateful we are for the…

  • Pine Brook earns award

    MANALAPAN — The New Jersey State Board of Education has recognized the Pine Brook School, Pease Road, as a New Jersey 2004 STAR School. Pine Brook, which houses pupils in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, was recognized at a special ceremony and reception held Nov. 3 in Trenton. “This award acknowledges a cutting edge…

  • Singer bringing country flavor to Garden State

    BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Michael Patrick MARLBORO — Local country rock and folk singer Michael Patrick knows there are fans of country music in the Garden State. “There’s definitely a demand for country music in New Jersey,” said Patrick, who has lived in Marlboro for about six years. Patrick, 37,…

  • Band debuts at famed club

    BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer MARLBORO — Four Marlboro High School students turned their band’s first gig into an opportunity to contribute to the fight against cancer. Dave Brumel, Mike Cantor, Erik Grosfeld and Mike Karpf made their first public appearance as a four-piece alternative rock band at the Stone Pony,…