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  • Monmouth County earns Tree City USA recognition

    I n recognition of Monmouth County’s ongoing community forestry program, the National Arbor Day Foundation has once again designated Monmouth County as a Tree City USA. It is the sixth year in a row that the county has earned Tree City USA distinction, according to a press release. The county’s community forestry program is rooted…

  • Assisted living facility proposed for Route 520 site in Marlboro

    Residents of Bluffs Court indicate they will object to FSP-Marlboro plan BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — A plan to build an assisted living facility for senior citizens garnered the attention of residents who live near the proposed site when the application was the subject of a public hearing at the May 15 meeting…

  • 21,000 pounds of food collected

    The 30-day food drive of Monmouth County has added 21,488 pounds of nonperishable food to the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Neptune. “Our food drive was extremely successful,” Freeholder Director John P. Curley said. “I am very proud of Monmouth County’s employees, who donated a tremendous amount of food and effort, and I am…

  • Marlboro to retain engineer for wood recycling matter

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Members of the Township Council recently voted to retain the services of an engineering firm should an application for a wood recycling center be filed at the county level. Atlantic Tree Realty, which is proposing to build a wood recycling center on Tennent Road in the Morganville section…

  • Assoc. director made county’s history a priority for 20 years

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Lee Ellen Griffith Lee Ellen Griffith, who helped to preserve the history of Monmouth County and to protect its resources through her work as the director of the Monmouth County Historical Association since 1992, has stepped down from her post. Griffith formally retired in December 2011, but stayed on…

  • Naval historian will discuss ‘Ablest Navigator’ at museum

    The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County will host author and naval historian J. Wandres, who will discuss his book, “The Ablest Navigator: Lt. Paul. N. Shulman, USN; Israel’s Volunteer Admiral,” at 1 p.m. June 10. The book is a narrative biography about Shulman, one of only 50 Jewish midshipmen among 900 U.S. Naval Academy…

  • Reinterpreting life after mental illness

    BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Eric Arauz I n 1995, in the middle of a manic episode and a divorce from his first wife, Eric Arauz found himself sitting in O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Dressed in only jeans and a blazer, he cried as he read the scrolling Teletype screen with messages he believed…

  • Drug ring leader faces long stretch in prison

    The last of 25 defendants arrested as members of a large Bayshore-based heroin trafficking organization pleaded guilty last week to second degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. announced. Daryel Rawls, 31, of Lakewood, will face eight years in prison, four of which must…

  • Seniors invited to submit artwork

    Monmouth County residents age 60 and over are invited to submit one piece of original visual art in Monmouth County’s annual 2012 Senior Citizen Art Contest and Exhibition. County residents may download the complete application packet from the website www.visitmonmouth.com, pick up an application at the Monmouth County Division on Aging, Disabilities and Veterans’ Services…