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    Manalapan High School’s Brian Lamboy looks to complete a double play as Jackson Memorial’s Spencer Young slides into second base during a May 5 baseball game in Manalapan. The Braves defeated the Jaguars, 3-0. For more photographs, see Photo Galleries at www.gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Master Gardeners plan plant sale

    The Master Gardeners of Monmouth County will hold its sixth annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 13 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 14 at the Monmouth County Agriculture Building, 4000 Kozloski Road. The plant sale will include annuals, perennials, flowering shrubs, hanging baskets and heirloom vegetables and herbs.…

  • Marijuana plan appears to be on hold

    State attorney general is asking federal govt. to clarify certain issues BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Do not make plans to buy medical marijuana on Route 33 in Manalapan in the very near future. The state’s plan to license and operate a medical marijuana dispensary in a commercial complex on Route 33 west near the state…

  • Police officer uses vehicle to stop Jeep

    MANALAPAN — An alert and quickthinking patrolman prevented a possible accident from occurring at Route 9 and Taylors Mills Road at 2:54 a.m. April 22. Manalapan Patrolman Eric Voorand used his police cruiser as a shield to prevent another vehicle from striking traffic on the state highway. Voorand then arrested the driver of the vehicle…

  • Event benefits Smile Train

    More than 300 United Tae Kwon Do students participated in their seventh annual Martial Arts With Heart extravaganza on April 10, and broke 2,000 wooden boards in five minutes. During the show, students ranging in age from 3 through 74 performed exciting martial arts demonstrations to a sold-out theatre. The board break-a-thon, held at the…

  • Newman, Dems trade budget jabs

    Freehold Borough budget calls for 3.1-cent increase in municipal tax rate BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer John Newman, the only Republican on the Borough Council in Freehold Borough, and Democrats on the governing body sparred over aspects of the 2011 budget during the council’s May 2 meeting. The council held a public hearing on…

  • Howell supt. appreciates voters’ support for budget

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — Administrators in the Howell K-8 School District were breathing a sigh of relief on April 27 after voters approved a general fund tax levy to support the Board of Education’s proposed budget for the 2011-12 school year. Voters approved a general fund tax levy of $64.5 million to…

  • State DEP offers tips to reduce conflicts with bears

    Black bears have exited their winter dens throughout New Jersey and are entering their most active period of the year as they search for food and mates, making encounters with humans in populated areasmore likely, according to a press release from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). To reduce the risk of such encounters,…

  • Red Horse Art Gallery to host auction May 20

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Red HorseArt Gallery, a gallery that features the artwork of artists with disabilities, will hold its first art auction on May 20 from 6-8 p.m. Local radio personality Lou Russo will be the event’s auctioneer. The Red Horse Art Gallery is in the Freehold Raceway Mall on the upper level next…