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  • Help food pantries help others

    BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer With the holiday season fast approaching, Greater Media Newspapers would like to remind readers that local food pantries are collecting items to help those individuals who may have encountered financial difficulty this year. Unfortunately, according to the directors of local food pantries, the number of clients rises every year as the…

  • Engel, Orgo capture seats; public question defeated

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Residents of Colts Neck rejected a nonbinding referendum which proposed diverting up to 15 percent of the township’s annual open space, farmland and historic preservation tax assessment to be used for the purposes of development and maintenance of properties that have been acquired for recreation and conservation purposes.…

  • Medium to speak at dinner in Freehold Twp.

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A spirtual evening with medium Gail Lionetti will help to raise money for the Standardbred Retirement Foundation, Hamilton. According to a press release, Lionetti was aware at the age of 6 that she had a gift with which she was able to see spirits and visions of what was to come. Using…

  • Spotlight Players present ‘Titanic’

    On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, Spotlight Players sets sail on its 2011-12 season with the Broadway musical “Titanic.” “Titanic” will take audience members on an emotional roller coaster ride, from the excitement of boarding the largest moving object in the world, to the thrilling and…

  • Master Gardeners award scholarships

    This fall, the Master Gardeners of Monmouth County awarded two $1,000 scholarships to Monmouth County residents who have chosen to pursue careers in a horticulture or an environmental-related field at Rutgers University. A $1,000 scholarship was awarded to Aaron D’Addio of Freehold, who transferred from Brookdale Community College to Rutgers University to pursue a degree…

  • Dunkin’ Donuts drive-up window gets go-ahead

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — For those individuals who like to indulge in such things, buying doughnuts in Manalapan will get easier. On Oct. 27, members of the Manalapan Planning Board voted unanimously to approve an application filed by the owner of Dunkin’ Donuts, Route 9 north, that proposed the construction of a drive-up…

  • Local artist to display watercolors in NY gallery

    Judi Gilden, a Marlboro resident and So. Brunswick art teacher, to hold solo exhibition BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Harvest High Judi Gilden loves the way water interacts with different colors as they combine and hit paper. She has been painting with watercolors for 30 years, and the fusion still fascinates her. Fans of her work, as well…

  • Vienna Boys Choir to sing at church

    FREEHOLD — The worldrenowned Vienna Boys Choir will perform at the First Presbyterian Church of Freehold, 118W. Main St., Freehold Borough, at 8 p.m. Dec. 2. Proceeds from the concert will help to pay for repairs and improvements to the church. The Vienna Boys Choir performed at the First Presbyterian Church in 2006 as part…

  • Higgins, DiBenedetto, Schnurr win in Freehold

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Democrats George Schnurr and Michael DiBenedetto will maintain their seats on the Borough Council following their re-election to Freehold Borough’s governing body in the Nov. 8 election. Democrat Nolan Higgins was elected to his first four-year term as mayor. Higgins ran unopposed and received 1,332 votes. He…