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  • Freehold Borough bucks trend with growing K-8 enrollment

    District rents four classrooms in Freehold Twp.; may need to rent more rooms in future BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — While some school districts in the region are seeing their enrollment decline, that is not the case in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District. For the second consecutive school year, Freehold Borough…

  • Old Bridge native wins Emmy for outstanding visual effects

    Now a resident of Ireland, Adam Chazen earned award for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer Old Bridge High School graduate Adam Chazen shares his Emmy award with his mom, Michele. A dam Chazen has an eye for the unusual. That is why the Old Bridge, Middlesex County, native was handed the…

  • House passes Battlefield Protection Bill

    The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act (H.R. 2489), a bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) that would provide competitive matching grants to preserve battlefields from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The legislation, if passed in the Senate and…

  • This week’s photo assignment: Youth sports participation

    Puzzle is a 3-year-old tri-colored guinea pig from Manalapan who likes to be placed in a variety of poses. He is always rewarded with his favorite treat — parsley. Greater Media Newspapers readers may submit photos via email to [email protected]. READER SUBMITTED PHOTO BY GAIL CZOP-KLEIN/StringFly@GMNews Last week we asked for your pet photos and…

  • Firearms rules to be tightened

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Residents who wish to hunt or engage in target practice on their property may soon face more stringent restrictions in Marlboro. The Township Council has introduced an ordinance that would, if adopted, increase the amount of acreage required on a parcel in order for an individual to legally…

  • Seeds of hope surround survivors

    Thousands join grassroots efforts to help those affected by breast cancer BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Thirteen mortgage payments, 18 rent payments, 21 electric bills, 14 gas bills, 11 medical co-payments: Paid. Car payments, medical equipment, phone bills, water bills, cable bills … For some local breast cancer patients, such costs have been taken care…

  • Russian and Slavic festival returns to Howell church

    HOWELL — The eighth annual Russian and Slavic Cultural Festival promises to bring residents a bit of ethnicity in their own backyard on Oct. 7. The festival will take place from noon to 7 p.m., rain or shine, at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and Our Lady of Tikhvin Church, 200 Alexander Ave., Howell. Residents from…

  • Eagle Scout completes environmental project

    MARLBORO — Jesse Adam Patten of Marlboro recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in Troop 85 of Marlboro. He passed his board of review on April 16 and had a Court of Honor on July 7 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County in Lincroft. According to a press release, Patten was a…