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  • Mission Dance to celebrate 20-year career at concert

    Well-known party band will thank its friends with show in Freehold Borough BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Mission Dance will celebrate its 20th anniversary as a party band by performing a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11 in downtown Freehold Borough. Mission Dance was started by former members of the club band Bystander. A fter…

  • Employee salaries approved

    COLTS NECK — While their final contracts are being completed, the pay rate for the 2011-12 school year has been set for three support staff members in the Colts Neck K-8 School District. During the Board of Education’s Aug. 3 meeting, the board approved the salaries for Terry Pilitzer, the communications and technology coordinator; Christopher…

  • Fire in the sky

    The weather was perfect for the Monmouth County Fair’s fireworks display after the opening night of the fair on July 27. The county fair was held at the East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township. KAREN KYLE ERICSON

  • Indoor theme park getting set to open

    iPlay America will host job fair in Freehold Twp., Aug. 12-13 & Aug. 26-27 BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP— Residents of Freehold Township and neighboring communities will have a chance to enjoy a New Jersey boardwalk experience long after the summer vendors have packed up their games and prizes. An indoor theme…

  • Softball marathon, fun day to benefit youth charities

    MARLBORO — On Aug. 14 the Marlboro Little League Complex on Tennent Road will play host to the first “Extra Innings Classic,” a charity event that will feature a marathon softball game. Organized via a partnership between the nonprofit organization Play2Win and the Marlboro MVP Softball League, the event will benefit three local charities that…

  • No charges yet in fatal Freehold Twp. crash; one victim remains in hospital

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The woman who was behind the wheel of a vehicle that crashed on Route 522 on July 27, killing one person, has been released from a hospital. According to Marc LeMieux, director of the Major Crimes Bureau in the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Shayna Zalcberg, 28, of Coventry, R.I., is now out…

  • Clearwater Festival in Asbury Park Aug. 20

    The 2011 Clearwater Festival, a free, family friendly celebration of the earth’s resources with live music, food, fun and environmental exhibits, will roll into shady Sunset Park in Asbury Park on Aug. 20. The event will run from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Clearwater Festival is sponsored by the nonprofit New Jersey Friends of…

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    Shannon Conneff, of Little Silver, jumps Big Spender over an obstacle during the Central Jersey Horseman’s Association Schooling Show held at the East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, on Aug. 7. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • District may upgrade security at schools

    Marlboro officials consider initiating pilot program BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer With an eye toward keeping local schools safe, administrators in the Marlboro K-8 School District are examining new security procedures that could be implemented for visitors to the district’s buildings. According to the district’s visitor management system report, Marlboro school district administrators initiated a Safe…