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  • Local indie rock band in national spotlight

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local band Verity in Stereo was featured on a music industry Internet website after winning a national competition. Ocean Township-based band Verity in Stereo recently received national attention for its unique brand of highenergy piano rock. Helmed by Ocean Township High School graduate Kiirsten Kuhi, the indie rock quintet recently…

  • Teachers can receive equipment for ‘Plants for Pollinators’ program

    The Freehold Soil Conservation District will provide “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” resource kits to teachers in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. The “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” program is designed to help students discover the importance of native pollinators and to study the relationship between plants and pollinators, according to a press release.…

  • Fitness programs offered at libraries

    The Monmouth County Library is offering fitness programs in January to help those individuals who want to stick to their new year’s resolutions of getting into shape. The following programs are being offered locally: Basic yoga classes for beginners will begin on Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes…

  • Alayne Shepler served Manalapan, Marlboro as administrator

    By Rebecca Morton and Mark Rosman Alayne M. Shepler, 68, who served as the business administrator in Marlboro and as the township administrator in Manalapan, died on Jan. 18 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Shepler, who was retired, lived in Marlboro for 30 years before moving to Old Bridge 15 years ago. During her…

  • Dylan tribute band to play at library

    MANALAPAN — Celebrate a true cultural icon. Come hear the Bob Dylan tribute band Highway 61 Revisited in a free concert at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, at 2 p.m. Jan. 30. Highway 61 Revisited recreates Dylan’s greatest music. The band plays an acoustic and an electric set that includes many…

  • 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…

  • Swim club deal stays in place

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Today’s temperature may not be conducive to swimming outdoors, but officials in Marlboro are already preparing for the 2011 season at the Marlboro Swim Club. An agreement to allow residents of Manalapan access to the Marlboro Swim Club was approved by members of the Township Council during the Dec.…

  • County buys parcel that was airport

    Route 79 property in Marlboro will be restricted to specific uses BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Property at Harbor Road and Route 79 in Marlboro that was once the home of the Marlboro Airport appears to have been saved from the prospect of development and preserved as open space. According to a deed dated July 20,…

  • Liquor license put back on the block

    MARLBORO — After no one came forward to purchase a plenary retail liquor distribution license in Marlboro, the license is going back out to the public at a lower price. In the fall of 2010, the Marlboro Township Council sought a minimum bid of $710,000 for an available plenary retail liquor distribution license. Township Attorney…