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  • New heart program for women will begin

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — CentraState Medical Center will inaugurate the Women’s Heart Program at CentraState with an open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 18. Staff members will offer free screenings, heart health information and heart-healthy refreshments to celebrate the launch of the program and Women’s Heart Health Awareness Month. Cholesterol screenings will be…

  • ‘Who says you can’t go home?’

    Habitat for Humanity volunteers help Sandy victims return home BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Habitat for Humanity volunteer John Calkin sands newly installed sheetrock at the Union Beach residence of Ron Reda on Feb. 7. Numerous Habitat for Humanity volunteers have stepped up to help repair and rebuild central New Jersey homes that were damaged…

  • Everclear concert will aid Shores United relief effort

    As seen in TheBeachBeat.com In the throes of a nightmare storm, while the winds howled, the water levels rose and the lack of power cloaked almost everyone in darkness, strangers came together via social networking and started something huge. With a resolve that surpassed that of Sandy’s will to destroy, they gave birth the next…

  • County to hear testimony on wood-recycling facility

    Public hearing scheduled for Feb. 28 in Marlboro BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The initial presentation for a proposed wood-recycling facility on Tennent Road in Marlboro will be delivered at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in Marlboro Town Hall. Atlantic Tree Realty, the applicant, brought its proposal before the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment in February…

  • Photo exhibit remembers the Ocean Grove pier

    As seen in TheBeachBeat.com BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The photography of John Lalanas is currently on view in the window of the Ocean Grove Historical Society Museum, 50 Pitman Ave., Ocean Grove. Lalanas, who resides in Neptune with Susan, his wife of 42 years, recently published a book of his photos titled “Seasons of…

  • Perrineville Lake Park has taken shape over 20 years

    Monmouth County facility lies in Millstone and in Roosevelt BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Perrineville Lake Park has entrances on Baird Road and on Agress Road, both in Millstone Township. The park offers numerous amenities to visitors in addition to a beautiful tranquil setting nestled among forests, water, birds and other creatures who have…

  • Teacher, coach, first aid capt. was friend, mentor to many

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO & TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Jack Schellenger FREEHOLD — The borough lost a beloved volunteer when John Henry “Jack” Schellenger Jr. lost his battle with brain cancer on Feb. 3. Schellenger died at home with his wife, Jean, by his side. Schellenger was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2012. Schellenger…

  • Firm to assist township on COAH issues

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has tapped CME Associates to assist the municipality in its effort to satisfy state-imposed affordable housing obligations. The governing body approved a contract at its Jan. 24 meeting to pay a $15,000 fee for the firm’s administrative services related to affordable housing issues in 2013.…

  • State: Case is not closed against councilwoman

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — And the saga continues. Last week, the state Department of Community Affairs Local Finance Board instructed the Marlboro Ethics Board to further investigate a complaint filed against Democratic Township Council Vice President Randi Marder. Chris Dean, who was a Republican candidate for a seat on the council in…