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  • Freehold OKs funds for cleanup

    Appropriation, spread over 5 years, to pay for workers’ overtime and tree removal BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Borough officials will need a little help to finance the repairs of damage from post-Tropical Storm Sandy, which hit the state with a vengeance on Oct. 29, leaving yet another large cleanup for the…

  • Santa Train will arrive in Freehold

    FREEHOLD — Santa Claus will make a stop in Freehold Borough on Dec. 8 to wish children a Merry Christmas and to deliver toys and candy during his annual Conrail train ride to the area. The Santa Train will stop at the train (bus) station at West Main and Throckmorton streets from noon to 2…

  • Hanukkah menorahs to be distributed

    Ushering in the holiday of Hanukkah, which begins on the evening of Dec. 8 and lasts for eight days, Chabad of Western Monmouth County has organized a group of candle-carrying youths bearing menorahs, candles and prayers to spread forth the message of freedom the holiday represents, according to a press release. Messengers of “light” will…

  • St. Robert Bellarmine volunteers spearhead storm-relief effort

    Parishioners see project expand to some of hardest-hit towns in Shore area and New York BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — By helping others in need, Pam Stengel and Linda Altini are striving to live the Gospel they hear every Sunday at St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church in Freehold Township. Through…

  • Drug drop-off box now available at police dept.

    MARLBORO — While it may look like a jazzy mailbox, the medicine drop box officials unveiled in the lobby of the Marlboro Police Department on Nov. 19 is intended to combat drug abuse and environmental pollution. The locked box is available to residents who wish to safely throw out unwanted prescription drugs 24 hours a…

  • Calvary Chapel volunteers reach out to people in need

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Kim White packed up her pickup truck with blankets, warm clothes, canned food, diapers, baby products and personal toiletries and made several trips to the Jersey Shore to do the work she said she felt “compelled” to do. White, who is a resident of Freehold Township, worked with representatives…

  • Colts Neck funds cleanup of mountains of brush

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Now that the cleanup of damages wrought by post-Tropical Storm Sandy is well under way, the Colts Neck Township Committee has taken action to pay for necessary services and repairs. On Nov. 28, the committee voted to issue $750,000 in special emergency notes to pay for what…

  • Burnham behind bars

    Former Brookdale president will pay back $44,000 with accrued vacation time BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Peter Burnham Peter Burnham is now in prison, after being sentenced to five years in prison on Nov. 30 and ordered to pay more than $44,000 in restitution for official misconduct and theft during eight years of his tenure…

  • Former CFO of brokerage firm faces U.S. wire fraud allegation

    The former chief financial officer of the Manhattan-based brokerage firm Needham & Co. was arrested on Nov. 15 by agents of the FBI for allegedly stealing $1 million from his former employer through an elaborate false invoicing scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Glen W. Albanese, 41, of Manalapan, is charged by criminal complaint…