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  • Freehold Twp. man assaulted at store

    MANALAPAN — On Oct. 20 at 4:50 a.m., Manalapan police officers responded to the Wawa convenience store on Route 9 north near Gordons Corner Road after receiving a report of an assault. Police said an unknown white male in his late teens or early 20s, wearing a red Tshirt, punched another customer with a closed…

  • Loads of Hope eases plight of those without power

    Mobile programs provided free laundry service, device recharging to residents BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Maureen Bedard, of Eatontown, picks up a load of clean laundry on Nov. 4, which was washed by Tide Loads of Hope, a free mobile laundry service for residents affected by superstorm Sandy. PHOTOS BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Many residents left…

  • Freehold first aid squad was ready during Sandy

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Members of the Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad, which provides coverage for Freehold Borough and Freehold Township, prepared for days to be ready for the deluge of calls they knew would be coming after post-tropical storm Sandy hit the area on Oct. 29. Squad members responded to more…

  • Sutera, Moses win seats; no decision in Howell yet

    Three positions on FRHSD school board were available BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Jennifer Sutera retained her seat as the Manalapan representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education in the Nov. 6 election. “I would like to thank all my supporters for electing me to another three-year term,” Sutera told Greater…

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    A lost cat who responds to his name, Braveheart, remains missing from his home in Freehold Township near Route 537 and East Freehold Road, in the vicinity of Kozloski Road. Braveheart is a 2-year-old male gray striped tabby. He was seen on Nov. 11 near the homes and woods of Sheffield Estates, bordering East Freehold…

  • Snow fund will be used to clean damage

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has voted to authorize the use of Manalapan’s snow removal fund for costs associated with the municipality’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy. During a special meeting of the committee on Nov. 8, the members of the governing body passed a resolution that will permit Manalapan to…

  • Turkey Swamp to rock Stone Pony

    Fans of the Stone Pony will be relieved to know the historic club made it through superstorm Sandy and is open for business. Local band Turkey Swamp will perform at the Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, on Nov. 17. Grateful Dead tribute band Splintered Sunlight will headline the show, which will also feature…

  • Fitzgerald, Schatzle re-elected

    COLTS NECK — Residents voted on Nov. 6 to re-elect Republican incumbents Michael Fitzgerald and James Schatzle to the Colts Neck Township Committee. Fitzgerald, who is currently the township’s deputy mayor, received 3,803 votes in his bid for re-election. Schatzle reclaimed his seat on the committee with 3,918 votes, according to unofficial results provided by…

  • Groups want to help out after Sandy

    Many relief efforts and other initiatives are in full swing to assist people whose lives were turned upside down by the Oct. 29 arrival of Sandy, a post-tropical storm. The New Jersey shore — including areas of Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties — took a beating from the wind, rain and storm surge of the…