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  • Little League will celebrate 60 years of baseball memories

    Former players expected in Freehold on April 8-9 weekend BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The world was a different place when this photo of the Freehold Little League Indians was taken decades ago. Spring and summer meant baseball for hundreds of players who enjoyed their days on the diamond in Freehold Borough. The league…

  • Manalapan approves list of LOSAP volunteers

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has approved a list of 32 members of the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad who are eligible for the Length of ServiceAward Program (LOSAP) for 2010. LOSAP is a means of compensating volunteer members of the first aid squad, based on criteria the members have to meet…

  • Freehold grants business OK to use parking spaces

    FREEHOLD — Municipal officials have passed a resolution authorizing a license agreement with Mandel Warehouse of New Jersey for parking on borough property. According to the resolution, Mandel Warehouse of New Jersey is the owner of property at 62 Jackson St. The property is next to the Rug Mill Towers parking lot. The borough owns…

  • O’Scanlon: State employee benefits must be sustainable

    Legislator named to panel monitoring police, fire benefits reform BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Declan O’Scanlon Jr. RED BANK— For the next three years, 12th District state Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon Jr. will be involved in monitoring New Jersey’s efforts to enact reforms and protect taxpayer interests. Named as one of four public members on Gov.…

  • Manalapan votes to raise cost of commuter parking permit

    By Mark Rosman MANALAPAN — Residents of Manalapan will pay more this year for the privilege of leaving their car in one of the township’s commuter parking lots. The Manalapan Township Committee at its meeting on Feb. 23 adopted an ordinance that raises the annual cost of a commuter parking permit from $150 to $201.…

  • Ciccotelli leaving Freehold, will coach at Neptune H.S.

    By Tim Morris Freehold High School administrators will be searching for a new varsity football coach following the announcement on Feb. 24 that Mark Ciccotelli will become the head coach at Neptune High School. Saying that taking the Neptune job “is the best thing for my family,” Ciccotelli leaves a program he raised from the…

  • Chinese guests enjoy a taste of Marlboro

    New exchange program links two municipalities BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer American youngsters and students visiting the United States from China bonded over hamburgers and fries at Stewart’s restaurant in Marlboro on Feb. 8. The Chinese guests were in Marlboro as part of the Marlboro-Wujiang Youth Exchange Program. ERIC SUCAR staff During their recent break from…

  • Ranks of teachers expected to drop

    Manalapan-Englishtown board awaiting district’s state aid appropriation BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The number of teachers employed by the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District is expected to drop slightly by the time the 2011-12 school year begins in September. The district’s Board of Education voted on several items at its meeting on Feb. 15 that will shrink…

  • New book chronicles black experience in Monmouth

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Brandon Williams, 11, of Manalapan, a member of the New Jersey Orators Club, presents his composition about the importance of reading, as part of a program at Barnes & Noble, Freehold Township, marking Black History Month. The struggles and achievements of African-American families in Monmouth County is the subject…