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    Logan Policano, 15 months, enjoys his first pumpkin-picking day at Cheesequake Farms on Route 9, Old Bridge, on Oct. 14. Greater Media Newspapers is asking readers to submit photographs of their family members or friends enjoying activities in central New Jersey. Readers may submit photos via email to [email protected]. Please provide information including names and…

  • Local haunts

    Guests listen as Allan Savolaine (not pictured) relates stories about some of the graves at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Matawan, on Oct. 20. The two-hour tour included tales of the 1916 Matawan Creek shark attack victims, the Great Matawan fire of 1901, and ghost sightings at Rose Hill. The cemetery tour is one of many…

  • Medical sciences program honored

    The Freehold Regional High School District’s Medical Sciences Learning Center at Freehold High School has received the exemplary program designation, which is the highest honor of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s (NJSBA) 26th annual School Leader Award program. The NJSBA School Leader Award program recognizes creative public school programs that enhance learning, according to…

  • Auto dealers on Route 33, Manalapan, are a no-go

    Township committeeman says governing body will not take action on recommendation BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The possibility of automobile dealerships becoming a permitted use on a portion of Route 33 in Manalapan was dealt a blow by the Township Committee on Oct. 17. Several residents of the Knob Hill residential development, Route 33, turned…

  • Somerville man faces DWI charge

    MANALAPAN — Charges of driving while intoxicated were lodged against Matthew T. Mokrycki, 21, of Somerville, when Manalapan police officers responded to a location on Route 9 north at 5:19 p.m. Oct. 10 after receiving a report there were two intoxicated men at that location. Following an investigation conducted by Patrolman Phillip Accatatta and Patrolman…

  • Firefighter rides across U.S. in support of sister

    California resident has family ties in Freehold BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer John Byrne shows his enthusiasm after arriving in Freehold Borough following a cross-country bicycle ride. Byrne, a firefighting engineer for CAL FIRE, rode from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge to help raise money to buy his quadriplegic sister an…

  • Revised site plan shows fewer units in assisted living facility

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — An applicant who is proposing to build an assisted living facility has once again revised the site plan after hearing input from residents and members of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment. FSP-Marlboro, LLC, the applicant, is now seeking a use variance to build a twostory assisted living…

  • Council awards contract for Freehold road work

    Councilman George Schnurr expresses concern that only one company bid on the job BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A grant of $175,000 will be applied to a project that will see West George Street, Stillwell Place, the Court Street parking lot and Douglas Road repaved, and provide for various other road repairs…

  • DMC to headline event for LoBrutto scholarship

    BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer Gwen Evans never met Cristina Lo- Brutto, but she wants to make sure people always remember the late Old Bridge resident. Evans has organized a scholarship fund in honor of LoBrutto, 18, who was shot and killed while she was working the nightshift at Pathmark, Route 9, Old Bridge, on…