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  • Volunteers honored for work with youngsters

    Volunteers honored for work with youngsters MANALAPAN — The young volunteers who share fun and friendship with special needs children through the Ari Kraut Friendship Circle were honored by Chabad of Western Monmouth County during an evening of appreciation on June 16 at Chabad House, Wickatunk Road. The program, which is celebrating its third year,…

  • Firm’s official vows workers will be paid

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Firm’s official vows workers will be paid BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A certified check to belatedly pay the salaries of 10 day laborers who worked for the landscaping company now managed by a township councilman is said to soon be in the mail. Mahonrry Hidalgo,…

  • Young man recalled as loving son, firefighter

    Kevin Maushardt, 24,rose to rank of captain Young man recalled as loving son, firefighter Kevin Maushardt, 24, rose to rank of captain in six years with dept. BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — To residents in the borough, Kevin Maushardt was a firefighter, but to those who loved him, Maushardt, the 24-year-old captain…

  • MOM info released by NJ Transit

    Nine stations may align selected route for commuter rail BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer Monmouth Junction to Lakehurst Commuter Rail Alternative (Editor’s note: Greater Media Newspapers will present several articles on this issue that will detail what the preliminary study may suggest for this rail line. We will try…

  • Pen-pal program joins students in two grades

    BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Pen-pal program joins students in two grades BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Manalapan Englishtown Middle School students Kelly Himmelman (l-r) and Alex Hurwitz share time with pen pals Nicole Seltzer and Carly Korman at the Taylor Mills School. MANALAPAN — As the culminating event of a yearlong project, seventh-graders…

  • Planetarium announces special summer events

    Planetarium announces special summer events Explore the universe at the Robert J. Novins Planetarium at Ocean County College, Toms River, this summer. The following new summer and special events schedule has been announced: The summer schedule will run from July 2 to Aug. 29. Tickets may be purchased for $6 for adults (age 13 and…

  • Police chief honored with selection to FBI academy

    BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Police chief honored with selection to FBI academy BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Chief Stuart Brown MANALAPAN — June 27 is the date set for the top cop in town to begin classes at the top police academy in the nation. Police Chief Stewart Brown was recently notified that he has…

  • Students’ imaginations lead to court victories

    BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Guilty or not, that was the question for pupils in one very law-abiding class at Pine Brook School. Taking their case to a real judge, the Honorable Laura M. LeWinn of state Superior Court, Mercer County, pupils in Phyllis Ostrega’s sixth-grade class were judged…

  • Guitar licks land teen spot at baseball opener

    Richard Catalano, 14,to play when S.I. Yankeesopen season June 21 BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Guitar licks land teen spot at baseball opener Richard Catalano, 14, to play when S.I. Yankees open season June 21 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer MANALAPAN — These days there is a lot of excitement in the Catalano household because Richard…