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  • Adult day care center will operate in former school

    Manalapan zoning board grants use variance BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment has granted a use variance to the owner of an adult day care center who will move the business from Freehold to this building on Woodward Road, Manalapan, which formerly housed the Chesterbrook Academy. AMY ROSEN An adult…

  • April 20 fundraiser set for Millstone brothers

    MILLSTONE — A pair of young Millstone Township residents who are continuing to fight the same debilitating disease will be the beneficiaries of an upcoming fundraiser. The second annual Spring Fundraiser for Jake and Ben Swomiak will be held 7-11 p.m. April 20 at Millstone Elks Lodge 2613, 22 Burnt Tavern Road, Clarksburg section of…

  • Conservation scholarship app. deadline April 19

    This summer, the Freehold Soil Conservation District will award two $2,000 scholarships to students majoring in a conservation-related field. The Neal Munch and Mac Clark scholarships are awarded annually to honor their years of dedicated and distinguished service to conservation. Applicants must be residents of Monmouth or Middlesex County; be entering their junior or senior…

  • Washington bus trip scheduled

    Participants will leave from Freehold borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Human Relations Committee is sponsoring a bus trip to Washington, D.C., on May 18. Individuals who take the trip will have the opportunity to visit historic sites in the nation’s capital. The bus will leave from Borough Hall…

  • Volunteers sought for cleanup at park

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Superstorm Sandy left its footprint throughout the area and especially at Lake Topanemus Park, Pond Road. Fallen trees, dispatched limbs and uprooted shrubs dot the landscape in what was once one of the prettiest parks in western Monmouth County, according to a press release. A call to arms, in the form of…

  • Freehold Regional board adopts $191.7M budget

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) Board of Education has adopted a budget of $191.7 million for the 2013-14 school year. The board approved the spending plan, which will rely on a local tax levy of $123.2 million, on March 21. Taxes collected from residential and commercial property owners…

  • Superstorm proves no match for Keansburg Amusement Park

    A s promised by its owners in the days after superstorm Sandy, the Keansburg Amusement Park was back in business on March 23 — just as spring arrived. Although a large part of the park was destroyed or damaged during the Oct. 29 storm, the Gehlhaus family, which owns the park, seized the opportunity for…

  • Reelin’ and rockin’

    The Little Pintos, from Old Bridge High School, perform in concert at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center on March 30. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Democrats tap candidates to seek seats in Manalapan

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Democrats in Manalapan have selected Carmen Roque, David Goldstein and Ryan Urgo to run for three seats on the Township Committee this year. The Democrats will not be contested in the June primary. In November, Goldstein and Urgo will seek three-year terms on the committee, and Roque will…