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  • Officer injured by rock thrown into patrol car

    — Clare Marie Celano FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A resident of Holmdel was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer following an incident at a medical facility on Iron Bridge Road. The officer was treated and released from a local hospital following the assault, according to information provided by the Freehold Township Police Department. Police…

  • BIG TRUCKS ON THE MOVE

    New pickups from Chevrolet, GMC and Toyota are coming this year to help meet a renewed demand for full-size trucks. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features With modest increases already being registered during 2012 and 2013, full-size pickup sales are poised to skyrocket. According to the Wall Street Journal, the recovery of the U.S. housing market…

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    Katie Rogers, 10, tries to hang on while riding a mechanical bull, which was one of the attractions at Freehold Township Day, a community celebration that was held on July 13 at Michael J. Tighe Park, Freehold Township. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Korean War not ‘forgotten’

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer U.S. Marine Corps veteran Dan Savino Richard Pender admits that he had no idea where Korea was when he signed up to join the U.S. Army in the early 1950s. “The motivation was very simple,” the North Brunswick resident said of the decision that he made in two minutes. “I…

  • Acting prosecutor will not deploy to Afghanistan

    The deployment orders from the U.S. Navy calling Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni to active duty for a tour in Afghanistan have been rescinded, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Gramiccioni, 41, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve attached to the Region Legal Service Office, Naval…

  • Exhibits promote works by New Jersey artists

    “Fenestra Stella Maris” by Riccardo Berlingeri, 2009 The Monmouth Museum and Colonial American Bank will present exhibitions featuring artists from the museum’s New Jersey Emerging Artists Series as part of a unique partnership to promote arts in the community. The exhibition at Colonial American Bank’s Shrewsbury branch features artworks by Riccardo Berlingeri and Gary Dates.…

  • Moms taking action to promote gun reform

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Robin Nowicki of Manalapan is serving as the ambassador for Monmouth County with the New Jersey chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. The women are lobbying members of Congress to support common-sense gun reform. You probably heard the tale of the mother who lifted a 3,000-pound…

  • Riviera at Freehold benefit walk a success

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Italian American Club at the Riviera at Freehold held a 2-mile walk on May 18 to benefit the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. The Freehold Township Independent Fire Company led the walk through the Riviera adult community in Freehold Township, where the streets were lined with more than 250 American…