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    Ellen Simonitti portrays a butterfly during her performance of a monarch butterfly’s metamorphosis. The Master Gardeners of Monmouth County put on the performance at the Colts Neck Library on Jan. 19. The event included a narration and giveaways for children. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Dance for dogs and cats at Zumba Bowl

    The Action Room, 4411 Route 9 north, Howell, will host a Zumba event from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 6 (Super Bowl Sunday), which will benefit people who love to dance in addition to dogs and cats who want to be loved. The annual “Zumba Bowl” Super Bowl Sunday Zumba-thon fundraiser, a three-hour Zumba event conducted by…

  • Board answers questions about jobs

    Supporters of instructional assistants ask Marlboro officials to save positions BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer When asked how he sleeps at night thinking about the possible outsourcing of more than 100 positions, Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education President Terry Spilken said, “Not well.” During the board’s Jan. 18 meeting, Spilken answered questions that had…

  • Honoring a fallen officer

    Top left: Hundreds of police officers salute as the funeral procession for Lakewood police officer Christopher Matlosz, 27, makes its way through Lakewood on Jan. 20. Matlosz, who worked as an officer in Freehold Township and Englishtown before joining the Lakewood force in 2006, was shot and killed while he was on duty on Jan.…

  • Speakers pan plan for extra water use

    DEP is considering request from Trump National golf course in Colts Neck BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Residents of Colts Neck do not want to see green grass at the Trump National Golf Club while they have to deal with wells that are running dry. A New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) public hearing concerning…

  • ARTsisters

    “Girl With a Bouquet” by Yeonmi Ahn ABstract EXpressions gallery is hosting a winter exhibit of works by members of ARTsisters, a group of women visual artists who empower each other and the community through art. ARTsisters has more than 20 members, participates in a variety of individual and group shows, and collaborates with a…

  • Eating disorders tough to overcome

    Professional counselor offers information about problems, solutions BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer I n 1983 the music of the popular brother-and-sister duo who called themselves The Carpenters came to an end when Karen Carpenter’s heart stopped beating at the age of 32 due to anorexia and years of laxative abuse. Tragically, despite the fact that she…

  • Army Corps to scan Fort Hancock for munitions

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Study looks for unexploded ordnance on Sandy Hook T he U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will conduct a remedial investigation and feasibility study to determine if a significant number of unexploded munitions remains around Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook in northern Monmouth County. Gregory Goepfert, USACE project manager, explained…

  • Owner is one treasure at bicycle museum

    Collection in Freehold is visited by guests from around the world BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer David Metz has welcomed visitors from around the world to his bicycle museum in Freehold Borough. His prized possession is an 1896 Zimmy built by bicycle racing champion Arthur Zimmerman. The Borough Council recently honored Metz on his…