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  • Mobile apps for connected car unveiled, beginning with Greater Media stations

    The Ford Motor Company has announced that Michigan-based jacAPPS will be the recommended mobile app development house for its new Ford Developer Program. The company has been chosen to provide development and technical support to third-party developers wanting to create voice-activated smartphone apps for Ford SYNC AppLink. Using SYNC voice commands along with steering wheel…

  • Sister shows love for sibling with Lyme

    Deanna Warman, 14, gives up gifts, raises money for research BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Deanna Warman, 14, (r) shares a hug with her sister, Alyssa, 20. In 2011 and 2012, Deanna invited friends to celebrate her birthday, but she asked them not to bring gifts to her party. Instead, Deanna asked for donations…

  • Moses continues as board prez

    Heshy Moses will serve as president of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education in 2013. The board members voted unanimously to re-elect Moses to the position at their Jan. 7 reorganization meeting. Earlier in the meeting, Moses was sworn in to begin serving a second three-year term on the board as Freehold…

  • Police warn residents to ask peddlers to show permit

    MANALAPAN — Police responded to Templar Road on Jan. 15 after a resident called to report that a person was ringing his doorbell during the day and claiming to be from a power company. The homeowner told the News Transcript that a man with blond hair rang his doorbell at about 2 p.m. claiming to…

  • Initial group of residents named to Manalapan utilities committee

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — In the wake of situations that arose in the past two years involving Manalapan’s interaction with Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), the Township Committee has established a utilities committee to deal with issues arising in that area. The initial members of the utilities committee were appointed during…

  • Colorful orchids to brighten winter during annual show

    Thousands of colorful flowers will brighten cold winter days at the 16th annual orchid show presented by the Deep Cut Orchid Society. The largest orchid show in the tri-state area is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 7, through Sunday, Feb. 10, at Dearborn Market, Route 35, Holmdel. Exhibit hours are Thursday, 1-6 p.m., Friday and Saturday,…

  • Trinity Hall board looks to fall opening

    Trinity Hall girls high school is scheduled to open its doors to its inaugural freshman class this fall after several years of planning. The school will be housed temporarily in Croydon Hall, 872 Leonardville Road, Middletown, if a lease agreement with the municipality is approved. Eighth-grade girls who are interested in enrolling as part of…

  • Board member, resident spar over insult

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The office of the New Jersey Commissioner of Education has confirmed that it received correspondence regarding an alleged ethics violation by a Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education member. Gloria Close, who ran for the Manalapan seat on the board in November 2012, alleged that board member Michael…

  • Storm debris collection completed

    MANALAPAN — Municipal officials announced on Jan. 8 that Manalapan’s public works employees have finished cleaning up the damage caused by superstorm Sandy on Oct. 29. Sandy, a rain and wind storm of historic proportions, was followed on Nov. 7 by a nor’easter that dropped almost a foot of snow on town. The two storms…