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  • Golfers help raise funds for Manalapan memorial

    PBA Local 229 leadingeffort to raise $107,000for 9/11 monument By dave benjaminStaff Writer Golfers help raise funds for Manalapan memorial PBA Local 229 leading effort to raise $107,000 for 9/11 monument By dave benjamin Staff Writer MANALAPAN — More than 140 golfers participated in a recent event that will help the township construct a memorial…

  • Artist’s work defined by striking visual style

    Freehold artist Kortezinfuses creative processwith a social view By clare marie celanoStaff Writer Freehold artist Kortez infuses creative process with a social view By clare marie celano Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Freehold artist Christopher Robinson, known as Kortez, uses an old window as his canvas as his daughter, Imani Njeri, 5, watches him at work.…

  • MEMS graduation will move to Brookdale college in June

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer MEMS graduation will move to Brookdale college in June By dave benjamin Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — Graduation ceremonies for the 700-member eighth-grade class at the Manalapan Englishtown Mid-dle School (MEMS) will move to a new location in June. After holding graduation ceremonies for 10 years at Manalapan High School, the event…

  • Coalition unveils ‘Give blood’ message

    State and local groupslaunch program topromote blood drives By vincent todaroStaff Writer State and local groups launch program to promote blood drives By vincent todaro Staff Writer In an attempt to rally students and adults to give much-needed blood donations, a state coalition kicked off its new Schools Care program at East Brunswick High School,…

  • Teen killed in two-car crash

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Emergency services personnel prepare to transport a person who was involved in a motor vehicle accident at Addison and Aldrich roads, Howell, on Oct. 3. A Freehold Township High School senior was killed in the accident. HOWELL — A township resident who was a senior at Freehold Township High School was killed in…

  • County book tells story of 53 Monmouth towns

    By dick metzgarStaff Writer County book tells story of 53 Monmouth towns By dick metzgar Staff Writer While Monmouth County’s 53 municipalities have many common links, each town has its own individual character and history that set it apart from all the others. Some of this history is chronicled in a book recently published by…

  • FRHSD college night moves to Brookdale

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer FRHSD college night moves to Brookdale By dave benjamin Staff Writer One of the largest college and career nights in the state — the Freehold Regional High School District’s College and Career Night — will be held this year in the gymnasium of Brookdale Community College, Route 520, Lincroft, on Oct.…

  • Activists heartened by news of cleanup funds

    By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Activists heartened by news of cleanup funds By karl vilacoba Staff Writer MARLBORO — Local environmentalists are claiming victory with the announcement that money will once again be allocated toward cleanup efforts at the Burnt Fly Bog Superfund site, Texas and Spring Valley roads. The approximately 1,700-acre tract has been contaminated…

  • Activist pushing for change in consumer fraud language

    Seeks to include new home builders as parties who can be convicted of fraud By kathy barattaStaff Writer Activist pushing for change in consumer fraud language By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Tracey Kelly is out to "level the playing field between new home buyers and the developers who build their houses." Kelly, a…