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  • Marlboro tennis team earns spot in SCT final

    The Marlboro High School boys tennis team earned another shot at Holmdel High School when the Mustangs defeated Wall High School, 3-2, in a Shore Conference Tournament semifinal played May 2. The Mustangs (15-1) will meet the No. 1 seed and defending champion Holmdel Hornets (18-1) on May 7 at the Ranney School, Tinton Falls,…

  • Daughter continues to honor mother who battled cancer

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — One week after Mother’s Day, Nicole Tuscano of Howell will honor the memory of her mother, Cleo Tuscano, with a fundraising event that will support research into the disease that claimed Cleo’s life. Tuscano has once again teamed up with the Lustgarten Foundation, which is the largest private,…

  • ‘Willy Wonka Jr.’ slated for May 4-5 at St. Gabriel’s

    “Willy Wonka Jr.” will be presented by the St. Gabriel’s Children’s Theater Group at St. Gabriel’s Parish Center, 100 North Main St. (Route 79), Marlboro. Performances will be presented on May 4 at 7 p.m. and May 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door at a cost of $10 for adults…

  • Scholarships offered to women by AAUW

    A pplications are now being accepted for two $2,000 scholarships given by the Freehold Area Branch of the American Association of University Women. (AAUW). The scholarships are the Lew Williams Scholarship and the Leila Sulkes Scholarship. Applicants must be female, 25 years of age or older, and reside in Colts Neck, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Freehold Borough,…

  • Community invited to bake-off

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Kruisers car club has organized a bake-off to help veterans and to support Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4374. The event will take place at the post, 50 Waterworks Road, Freehold Township, at 7 p.m. May 2. The bake-off will feature “All American Banana Bread and Apple Pie” and will…

  • Marlboro supt. finalist to meet residents May 8

    MARLBORO — A new era is on the horizon for the Marlboro K-8 School District. The Board of Education has selected Eric Hibbs as the finalist in its search for a new superintendent of schools. Hibbs is set to take the reins from Superintendent of Schools David Abbott when Abbott retires on June 30. Residents…

  • Town gets set for cleanup

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Borough residents will be able to use garbage bins and shredders to dispose of items and papers on May 18 when the mayor’s annual community cleanup day is held. Mayor Nolan Higgins instituted the townwide cleanup in 2012. This year’s cleanup will take place from 8 a.m.…

  • Shooting victim’s family asks for social media checks

    BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Less than a year after a teenage girl was gunned down in Old Bridge, her family took part in a gun violence prevention discussion that was held at the Old Bridge municipal complex on March 27. Maria LoBrutto, an Old Bridge resident whose daughter, Cristina, 18, was…

  • Freehold Borough resident charged with murder in Asbury Park incident

    A Freehold Borough man was charged on April 19 in connection with the April 18 shootings of Orlando Rowe, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn., and a 23- year-old Freehold Borough man. According to information provided by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Rowe was pronounced dead at a local hospital on the evening of April 18; the…