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  • Naval base to pursue environmental goals

    COLTSNECK— TheU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an agreement with Naval Weapons Station Earle to achieve a number of environmentally beneficial goals, according to a press release. The agreement, signed by the EPA and the U.S. Navy, commits the naval facility to participate in various EPA environmental stewardship programs and promises technical assistance…

  • Manalapan remembers

    Residents participate in a candlelight ceremony at Manalapan’s Sept. 11 memorial on the evening of Sept. 11. The nation marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Manalapan EMT Letty Topp takes a picture of a cutting from the Survivor Tree at the World Trade Center site in New York City. The cutting from the…

  • FRHSD seeks new ways to pay for capital work

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer I nitiatives that could help to reduce energy costs and foot the bill for capital improvements in the Freehold Regional High School District are being investigated by district administrators. FRHSD Board of Education member Michael Messinger said the finance committee, which he chairs, has examined the possibility of solar energy and…

  • Area man appears in ‘South Pacific’

    Brielle Cotelo of Toms River and Anthony Marone of Freehold star in a revival of “South Pacific,” which is coming to the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank and the Strand Center for the Arts in Lakewood. A nthony Marone of Freehold will appear as Lt. Joseph Cable in the Phoenix Productions revival of the…

  • Apple festival kicks off centennial celebration

    Delicious Orchards reaches milestone BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Owner William McDonald stocks tomatoes at Delicious Orchards, which will begin celebrating its 100th anniversary with an apple festival on Sept. 17-18. ERIC SUCAR staff COLTS NECK — The orchards that have supplied the crisp, sweet apples that are found in the famous pies and cider at…

  • 9/11 remembrance

    Diana (l) and Angela Rudel watch the proceedings during a Sept. 11 ceremony at which Marlboro’s Sept. 11 monument was rededicated. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Marlboro’s Sept. 11 monument off Wyncrest Road pays tribute to the residents of the township who were killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Audience members listen…

  • Zimmerli to exhibit works of two Venetian masters

    Above: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s “Old Man with Turban” is among the etchings included in the “Two Venetian Masters” exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum. Below: “View of a Town on a River Bank,” from 1744. The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, will evoke the brio at the heart of 18thcentury Venetian art…

  • Town, residents express frustration after storm

    Freehold Borough mayor says communication was lacking from utility BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The arrival of Hurricane Irene in Freehold Borough on Aug. 27-28 posed challenges for residents and officials, and there were some tough moments and days for all concerned. Borough officials were unhappy with the response Jersey Central Power…

  • Multiple burglary charges lodged

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — A resident of Howell has been arrested following his alleged three-month spree of breaking into cars throughout Colts Neck. Austin Halvorsen, 18, has been charged with committing 19 burglaries during the summer in an area that stretched from the north side of Colts Neck to the south side…