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By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Police Department has a new sergeant. With his family members at his side and many of his fellow officers filling the meeting room at town hall, Patrolman Kevin McIntosh took the oath of office as a sergeant and was promoted to his new rank during the…

MANALAPAN — A two-month multijurisdictional investigation into numerous landscape equipment thefts throughout Monmouth County ended with the arrest of Jose Tavarez, a former resident of Freehold Borough. Manalapan Deputy Police Chief Michael Fountain reported Tavarez’s arrest in a press release. He said the investigation stretched over June and July. Tavarez, 26, is a resident of…

By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Three of the thousands of people who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be remembered at the 14th annual Walk with Joe on Sept. 12. Michele Cleary, a spokeswoman for the event, said the memorial 5-kilometer walk has been held every year…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer From the Garden owner Drew Madzin endures the August heat to check on one of his honeybee hives. In a healthy colony, worker bees like the one pictured below can number in the tens of thousands and all of them are female. PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Standing among…

Respect, responsibility, relationships are the mainstay of Bullying Prevention Month BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Tiff Roma (l-r), Isabella Olaguera, Aya Abdelaziz and Tess Cronin, of the Project Girl Performance Collective, act out a bullying scenario on Oct. 2 during an empowerment program presented as part of the Week of Respect at Red Bank Regional…

By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer A developer’s recent proposal to build a residential and commercial development at the intersection of Route 33 and Millhurst Road in Manalapan may not be dead. Acting on a motion put forth by Committeeman Jordan Maskowitz, the Manalapan Township Committee voted 4-1 on Aug. 12 to have the municipal attorney…

TOP PICK Layla Khoshnoudi, Jacob A. Ware, Judith Hawking, Gregory Haney SUZANNE BARABAS New Jersey Repertory Company announces the U.S. premiere of “Nobody’s Girl” by Australian playwright Rick Viede. Is there anything more scandalous than a juicy tell-all memoir? Viciously funny, “Nobody’s Girl” features a potpourri of outrageous characters who wheel and deal in a…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Borough Council’s recent approval of a South Street catering business is being challenged in a legal complaint. On June 22, Freehold Borough Mayor Nolan Higgins cast a tiebreaking vote that permitted a catering facility to operate in a building at 17-19 South St. The mayor’s vote broke…

COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Country Fair will celebrate its 25th anniversary this week. The fair will be held at the Bucks Mill Recreation Area, 125 Bucks Mill Road, from Aug. 20-23. The hours for the fair will be 4-11 p.m. Aug. 20-22 and 2-8 p.m. Aug. 23. Admission is $5 per person. Children…