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MARLBORO – Two businesses in Marlboro are accepting donations of clothing that will help keep veterans of the armed forces warm during the winter. Stacia McDonough, who is a native of Freehold, created the “They Kept Us Safe, Let’s Keep Them Warm” clothing drive in honor of her late husband, John, who was a sergeant…

MANALAPAN — The community came together recently for a 6-year-old boy who is battling a rare, fatal disease. The Manalapan-based JAR of Hope foundation held a fundraising gala at the Battleground Country Club, Manalapan. The foundation sold out all 300 tickets for the event — at $150 per ticket — bringing in $45,000, according to…

TOP PICK PHOTO COURTESY OF PLAYHOUSE 22 Playhouse 22 presents its 20th annual production of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 20 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Fred Dennehy returns as Ebenezer Scrooge. The rest of the…

By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — In its final act before merging with the municipality’s Planning Board, the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment denied an application that sought a use variance in order to construct a cellular communications tower on property at 391 Monmouth Road (Route 537). As 2015 ends, the Township…

MANALAPAN — Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a Manalapan resident. Police said that at 11:30 p.m. Dec. 8, officers responded to Route 9 south near the Gordons Corner Road bus stop for a report of a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. According to Manalapan Deputy Police…

MANALAPAN — The possibility of affordable housing being constructed on a tract of land near their neighborhood has residents of Rockingham Court and Blair Lane asking municipal officials for more information. Both streets are off Taylors Mills Road between Conmack Lane and Pease Road. During the Dec. 9 meeting of the Township Committee, Sheryl Cintron,…

ENGLISHTOWN – The Borough Council has appointed Katelyn Kwiecinski and Michael Makwinski to serve as Class II special law enforcement officers with the Englishtown Police Department. According to Englishtown Police Lt. Peter Cooke, Kwiecinski and Makwinski both attended the Monmouth County Police Academy where they completed their instruction and earned their certification on May 14.…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Planning Board has signed off on a new planned adult community zone the Township Committee is expected to create by ordinance later this month. In a 6-0 vote on Dec. 2, the Planning Board gave its consent to an ordinance the Township Committee introduced in November.…

A bill that designates swatting as a felony and establishes more stringent punishments for the crime has been signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie. “It is time to send a message that this is not going to be treated lightly,” said Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Camden, Gloucester), who sponsored the bill and was himself the…