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FREEHOLD — The 12th year of the sanctuary program, which provides breakfast and lunch for the homeless, working poor and families during the winter months, began on Dec. 19 with breakfast and lunch being served at the First United Methodist Church, 91 W. Main St. Every Saturday through March 12, the program will offer breakfast…

MANALAPAN — A resident of Trenton was charged with burglary after a police officer found her in a home in Manalapan. Manalapan police said that at 9:45 p.m. Nov. 3, Patrolman Bart Mattaliano responded to a Crystal Court residence for a report of a burglary in progress. A 21-year-old resident told the officer he arrived…

MANALAPAN — The township’s newest police officer has successfully completed his first case. Police said that at 5:20 p.m. Dec. 17, Patrolman Adam Sosnowski and his new partner, K-9 officer Grim, responded to 520 Route 9 North, Manalapan, for a report of a missing juvenile. The juvenile’s mother told Sosnowski that after a verbal argument…

Sanzio Salon and Day Spa will hold its ninth annual holiday bake sale from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 18-19 and from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 20 at the salon, 1008 Route 34, Matawan. This year, Mikey Richert, a 10-year-old cousin of a salon employee, is battling a medulloblastoma brain tumor. Mikey…

Karen Mackiel of Freehold Township is a self-taught artist who knew from the time she was a child that she had an inner talent. She has spent her life honing that artistic skill. An exhibit of Mackiel’s art is on display until the end of the year in the main foyer of the Monmouth County…

By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO – An individual some people considered suspicious led to an NJ Transit bus being examined by police on the morning of Dec. 10. The police activity tied up traffic on Route 9 during the morning rush hour and in the end, no one was charged in connection with the…

University Radiology Group, which has an office in Freehold Township, recently donated several hundred skeins of yarn to the senior centers in Freehold Township and Manalapan. Members of the two senior centers knitted and crocheted hats and scarves that were presented to Open Door, Freehold Borough, for distribution to individuals in need of the items.…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Five young men have made a commitment to learn firefighting skills through Freehold Borough’s junior firefighter program. Matthew Rossi, Jared Capolupo, Michael Soto, Tanner Maine and Joseph Lubrano were appointed to the Freehold Fire Department’s junior firefighter program during a recent Borough Council meeting. “We accept members from…

By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck Library, 1 Winthrop Drive, will host a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Performers from Nine Theatricals of Freehold will dress in 1930s and 1940s period clothing and perform a 1939 radio version of “A Christmas Carol” at 2 p.m. Dec. 19. The…