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  • Local police officers ride to honor fallen comrades

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Six Freehold Borough police officers and 16 Marlboro police officers recently united for a 300-mile bicycle ride to Washington, D.C., in an effort to maintain the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial that honors officers who have died in the line of duty, and to provide funds for the police…

  • Bus driver charged with failure to maintain lane

    MANALAPAN — Police charged a Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District bus driver with failure to maintain her lane of travel after the bus she was driving got into an accident on the morning of May 22. Police identified the driver as Kristy Tufle, 37, and said she was transporting 37 first- through fifth-grade pupils to the…

  • Ethics board must estimate attorney’s fee for probe

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — It is going to cost Marlboro a few extra bucks to continue an investigation into an ethics complaint that was filed against Township Councilwoman Randi Marder in the fall of 2011, officials said . Chris Dean, who was a Republican candidate for a seat on the Township Council…

  • Freehold Borough police will offer youth academy

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Young people between the ages of 12 and 16 will have the opportunity to see how real police officers train and work by signing up for the Freehold Borough Youth Police Academy. The Freehold Borough Police Department will hold its fifth annual Youth Police Academy from July…

  • Hit-and-run driver charged with DWI

    MANALAPAN — Police officers responded to Pease Road near Sandybrook Drive on May 18 at 10 p.m. for a report of a motor vehicle collision. The person who reported the incident said one vehicle left the scene. A description of the vehicle that left the scene was broadcast to police officers and the vehicle was…

  • Georgian Court University to become fully coed in fall

    LAKEWOOD — After educating women in the Catholic Mercy tradition for more than 100 years, Georgian Court University (GCU) will become a fully coeducational institution. The university will immediately welcome male students in all undergraduate courses for the Fall 2012 semester. Beginning in Fall 2013, men will be able to reside on campus, as well…

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    Twins Andrew and Catrina Pelligrino, 4, take a ride down the Super Slide at the St. Gabriel’s carnival in Marlboro on May 17. The annual event was held on the church grounds off Route 79, Marlboro. MATT DENTON

  • Technical issue slows planned improvements

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A number of improvements to Freehold Regional High School District buildings which would have come without a cost to taxpayers have been pushed to the back burner for now. FRHSD Board of Education members voted to rescind a contract with Tozour Energy Systems at the May 7 meeting. The board…

  • Officials take action to provide local improvements

    Without any comment from the public, the Manalapan Township Committee voted 5-0 recently to adopt a bond ordinance that will provide funding for a slate of capital improvements. The ordinance reappropriates $172,648 in proceeds from previous obligations and provides an appropriation of $1.88 million for capital improvements in the municipality. The act authorizes the issuance…