Category: News Transcript News

  • VFW helping to supply soldiers with necessities

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Bill Egerton and other representatives of VFW Post 4374 of Freehold are continuing their efforts to make certain that soldiers who are serving overseas have some of the comforts of home. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Bill Egerton and his buddies remember what it feels like…

  • Board member decries new state budget law

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The state’s new 2.5 percent spending cap on school budgets is likely to create a hardship in Howell, according to Robert Antonaccio, the Board of Education’s finance committee chairman. The cap limit, which became law in July, limits budget increases to 2.5 percent instead…

  • Oil spill cleaned

    MARLBORO — A truck spilled about 30 gallons of diesel fuel on Tennent Road on the morning of Oct. 12, according to Joel Grimm, a Monmouth County Health Department official. At about 7:15 a.m., the county Department of Health received a call that a truck had spilled fuel on the side of Tennent Road after…

  • H.S. district will host college and career fair

    The Freehold Regional High School District will hold its annual College and Career Fair on Oct. 28 from 6-9 p.m. at Manalapan High School. Attendance at the fair will be limited to FRHSD students who are in grades 10, 11, and 12, said Ilse Whisner, public information coordinator. Due to limited parking at Manalapan, students…

  • Auditions

    Highland Park Recorder Society, an organization of musicians that performs as the Garden State Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra, is launching its 2004-05 season and is seeking new musicians. The first set of rehearsals and auditions will be held Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at United Methodist Church (use side door), George Street and Livingston Avenue, New…

  • Brookdale to offer course on Frank Sinatra’s music

    Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, will offer a noncredit course on the music of Frank Sinatra. “Perfectly Frank: An Appreciation of the Music of Frank Sinatra,” will aim to illuminate the perfection of Sinatra’s voice, for both Sinatra newcomers and “Sinatraphiles.” Led by journalist, entertainer and Sinatra aficionado Mike Barris, of Long Branch, the course will…

  • Scout campaign nets $88K

    HOWELL — Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts raised $88,000 through its HUGS (Help Us Grow Stronger!) annual giving campaign. The campaign ran from April 19 through Sept. 30. This total included a $3,500 contribution from Commerce Bank, as secured by Monmouth Council board member Stacy Romano and volunteer Carole Horowitz, both of Commerce Bank. “Our…

  • Aberdeen man arrested after high-speed chase

    Charges include assaulting officer, drug possession BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — An Aberdeen Township man faces charges after he reportedly tried to run down a police officer, then led police on a high-speed chase through three municipalities Oct. 10. The suspect, who allegedly tossed two plastic…

  • Control of council at stake in election

    Grover Burrows, Jeff Cantor seek seat in Marlboro BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Voters will decide on Election Day whether to hand over control of the Marlboro Township Council to Republicans. Democrats currently have a 3-2 majority on the governing body. Democratic Councilman Grover Burrows, 48, a computer programmer/analyst, is running…