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  • Pine Barrens will be topic of discussion

    Ted Gordon, naturalist and historian, will explain “The Lure of the Pine Barrens” at the Monmouth County Audubon Society meeting on Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Church of the Nativity in Fair Haven. The public is welcome; admission is free. Gordon will take the audience on a pictorial…

  • Patients may register now for medicinal marijuana ID

    The Department of Health has opened the Medicinal Marijuana Program (MMP) Patient Registry, allowing qualified patients and their caregivers to apply for identification cards. The registration process will be available on the department’s new medicinal marijuana webpage, which includes a checklist on how to register, answers to frequently asked questions, and a way to submit…

  • Colts Neck public works dept. budgeted to hire 2 employees

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Department of Public Works will soon regain a portion of the manpower it lost early last year to budget cuts. Funds dedicated in Colts Neck’s 2012 municipal budget will allow the township to hire two laborers for the second half of the year, Township Administrator Robert…

  • Manalapan native co-creates new smartphone application

    Moviefriend uses Facebook to provide instant movie recommendations BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Always in pursuit of new movies to watch, friends Bryan Wong and Michael Tesalona created a smartphone application that could suggest the movie for them. Wong, an Old Bridge native, and Tesalona, from Manalapan, are the creators of Moviefriend, an application, or…

  • in the service 

    Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Paul R. Wainwright, a 2005 graduate of Howell High School, along with fellow sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), formed a Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) committee. CSADD is a peer-to-peer mentoring program geared toward assisting sailors in making positive decisions in all areas of…

  • Site plan for warehouse, office building approved

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The owner of a local construction and paving company has received approval from the Marlboro Planning Board to build a warehouse and an office building on an industrial site off Tennent Road. The board voted 8-0 at its Aug. 1 meeting in favor of the application. Representatives of…

  • Former Manalapan resident uses Brooklyn as setting for novel

    Marco Manfre JACKSON — “The Outcast Prophet of Bensonhurst,” written by Jackson resident Marco Manfre, is not only a deep, dark, thoughtful story, but also a lively comingof age novel about a boy growing up in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1950s. The protagonist, Anacleto, has a shy, reclusive personality. That, along…

  • English conversation classes offered

    English conversation classes will begin in September at the Monmouth County Library. The classes will be held at three library branches: Library Headquarters in Manalapan, the Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury, and the Ocean Township Library. The classes are open to adults who are interested in learning to speak English and in practicing their English skills,…

  • Pedestrian dies from injuries sustained in Marlboro accident

    By Jack Murtha MARLBORO — One pedestrian has died from injuries he sustained after being struck by a van on the night of Aug. 23. According to Marlboro police, two pedestrians were struck by a van in the southbound lanes of Route 9 in Marlboro. Emergency medical personnel transported the individuals — one male and…