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  • Recreation director appointed for new Marlboro department

    MARLBORO — The ball will be in the hands of a longtime athletics coordinator when the Marlboro Recreation Department takes shape early next year. The Township Council passed a resolution on Oct. 4 confirming the appointment of Ted Ernst to the position of recreation director. “We have a very, very good director in my opinion,”…

  • Planning Board signs off on Rt. 537 zone changes

    Area in question stretches from Elton-Adelphia Road to intersection of Siloam Road BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee is in receipt of a recommendation from the Planning Board to change the zoning along a stretch of Route 537. The town’s elected officials will have the final say on whether…

  • Councilman suggests update for Gere memorial park

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Borough Councilman John Newman has been caring for and maintaining Gere Park on Throckmorton Street for about five years — cleaning it, pulling weeds, planting flowers, and just making sure it is a setting befitting the hero for whom it is named. The small memorial park is…

  • Marlboro Work Out World expected to open in 2013

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Residents will have the chance to burn off excess pounds when a new fitness facility opens in Marlboro. The Planning Board granted a waiver of site plan to the owners of Work Out World at the Sept. 5 meeting. Representatives of the company plan to open a two-story,…

  • Woman reports $20K worth of items stolen from Manalapan home

    MANALAPAN — Police officers were kept busy responding to reports of burglaries in Manalapan over the past several weeks. According to information provided by the Manalapan Police Department, the following incidents were reported: On Sept. 22, officers responded to a home on Blenheim Road shortly after 8 p.m. in reference to a burglary. A 26-year-old…

  • Teen has memorable day of dance with Rockettes

    BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer Amanda Krohn, 17, of Howell (center, smiling) had the opportunity to train with the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes in New York City when she participated in the MSG Varsity program “Rockettes Summer Intensive.” The final episode of the season will air at 9 p.m. Oct. 14 on MSG Varsity,…

  • Bias expert will speak about Monmouth Heights hate crime

    MANALAPAN — In response to anti-Semitic graffiti found throughout the Monmouth Heights residential development in Manalapan on Sept. 5-6, Chabad of Western Monmouth County has organized an evening addressing anti-Semitism in modern-day America. The event, to take place on Oct. 21 at the organization’s Manalapan center at 26 Wickatunk Road, will feature Rabbi David Nesenoff,…

  • This week’s photo assignment: Send us pix of fall activities

    Dumbo, a Papillon dog, and Cali, a calico cat, share some quality time together at the home of the Fischer family in Howell. Greater Media Newspapers readers may submit photos via email to [email protected]. READER-SUBMITTED PHOTO VIA StringFly@GMNews A s the fall season moves into high gear, Greater Media Newspapers is asking readers to submit…

  • Haunted hayride moves to Lake Topanemus Park

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The borough’s annual Spooktacular Haunted Hayride will be spookier, scarier and safer this year as the event moves from the streets of Freehold Borough to Lake Topanemus Park, Pond Road, Freehold Township. The hayride will take place from 1-4 p.m. Oct. 20 in a setting that is…