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  • Marlboro farm has life popping with peppers

    New Peppadew Goldew fruit is making a mark with chefs & businesses BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A field of Peppadew Goldew peppers will be harvested this fall at Pierre Crawley’s Peppadew Fresh Farms in the Morganville section of Marlboro. PHOTOS BY JACK MURTHA MARLBORO — Amid grapevines, azaleas and greenhouses, Pierre Crawley, 55, toiled…

  • Planning Board tables talk on changes in OP-10 zone

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Planning Board passed on a chance to discuss a proposed municipal ordinance that will, if adopted by the Township Committee, permit retail development in an office park zone on Route 9 south at Symmes Road. At its meeting on July 26, the Planning Board, acting on…

  • Abbott announces decision to step down in Marlboro

    Superintendent has guided K-8 district for 15 years; board to seek new leader BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer David Abbott MARLBORO — As the leader of an orchestra, Marlboro K-8 School District Superintendent of Schools David Abbott said, he has led a band of administrators and teachers in an intricate song, composed to instruct and…

  • Freehold municipal alliance gets boost from golf outing

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Freehold Municipal Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse hosted its annual Ray Kershaw Memorial Golf Outing on June 25 at Knob Hill, Manalapan. Alliance coordinator Lauren Mann said the proceeds from the event will “help the alliance continue to provide comprehensive substance abuse awareness planning and programming for the…

  • Freehold teacher wins award

    Wendy Garcia-Buchanan FREEHOLD — Wendy Garcia- Buchanan, a fourth-grade teacher at the Park Avenue Elementary School, was selected to receive the izzit.org Teacher of the Year Award for 2012. She won an all-expenses-paid trip to Peek ’n Peak Resort in Clymer, N.Y., for the “Winning Ideas Weekend” conference that was held June 28-30. At the…

  • National Night Out returns to Freehold

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Police Department is inviting the community to come and enjoy a night of family fun when the department hosts its annual National Night Out on Aug. 7. National Night Out is an annual event that is designed to heighten crime prevention awareness and drug prevention awareness, generate support for and…

  • Former fire chief remembered as capable leader, employee

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Raymond F. Sheehan FREEHOLD — Raymond F. “Boots” Sheehan, 82, who served as chief of the Freehold Fire Department from 1976 to 1978 and was a longtime employee of Freehold Borough, died July 9 at Applewood Estates Healthcare Center, Freehold Township. Sheehan most recently lived in The Villages, Howell,…

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    Karen Callahan Moschetti and Robert Moschetti of Howell announce the birth of their daughter, Eily Grace Moschetti, Jan. 13, 2012, at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Grandparents are Mary and John Callahan of Old Bridge and Irene Moschetti of Old Bridge. Godparents are Kera Marie Callahan of East…

  • Center Players to present original show at Freehold playhouse

    What do you get when you take some familiar fairy tales, throw them into a blender and creatively combine them into something brand new? Center Players did just that and came up with their current production, “The Musical Adventures of Horatio Wolf and Little Red,” an original magical musical story. A troupe of actors called…