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Julie and Michael Hertz Julie Danielle Batansky, daughter of Toby Stolberg and Norman Batansky, of Philadelphia, married Michael Ira Hertz, son of Janet and Howard Hertz, of Marlboro, on June 28, 2015. Rabbi Marc Israel of Temple Beth Hillel– Beth El, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, performed the ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her father,…

Karen Mackiel of Freehold Township is a self-taught artist who knew from the time she was a child that she had an inner talent. She has spent her life honing that artistic skill. An exhibit of Mackiel’s art is on display until the end of the year in the main foyer of the Monmouth County…

Sanzio Salon and Day Spa will hold its ninth annual holiday bake sale from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 18-19 and from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 20 at the salon, 1008 Route 34, Matawan. This year, Mikey Richert, a 10-year-old cousin of a salon employee, is battling a medulloblastoma brain tumor. Mikey…

University Radiology Group, which has an office in Freehold Township, recently donated several hundred skeins of yarn to the senior centers in Freehold Township and Manalapan. Members of the two senior centers knitted and crocheted hats and scarves that were presented to Open Door, Freehold Borough, for distribution to individuals in need of the items.…

By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO – An individual some people considered suspicious led to an NJ Transit bus being examined by police on the morning of Dec. 10. The police activity tied up traffic on Route 9 during the morning rush hour and in the end, no one was charged in connection with the…

By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck Library, 1 Winthrop Drive, will host a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Performers from Nine Theatricals of Freehold will dress in 1930s and 1940s period clothing and perform a 1939 radio version of “A Christmas Carol” at 2 p.m. Dec. 19. The…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Five young men have made a commitment to learn firefighting skills through Freehold Borough’s junior firefighter program. Matthew Rossi, Jared Capolupo, Michael Soto, Tanner Maine and Joseph Lubrano were appointed to the Freehold Fire Department’s junior firefighter program during a recent Borough Council meeting. “We accept members from…

FREEHOLD — The Freehold Jewish Center’s Adult Education Winter Film series will begin on Dec. 20 with the film “Arranged.” “Arranged” is the story of a friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. The film centers on how much the women…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education will hold a public hearing and take action on the superintendent of schools’ contract this month. The terms of Superintendent of Schools Rocco Tomazic’s contract will be discussed at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Park Avenue Complex. Members of the…