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  • Town ends suit with Centex

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has approved a resolution which will end litigation that was filed in state Superior Court by Centex Homes. The matter concerned the Manalapan Estates residential development on Englishtown Old Bridge Road (Route 527). At its meeting on Dec. 8, the committee voted 5-0 to execute…

  • DOT prepared for winter

    The N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that plans to deal with winter weather are in place, with equipment at the ready, supplies stockpiled and trained personnel poised to clear roads of ice and snow. “DOT crews and contractors are ready to help keep motorists safe and on the move this winter,” Commissioner James Simpson…

  • Temple reaching out to help those in need

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Miracles are alive and well at Temple Shaari Emeth, Manalapan, courtesy of the Miracle Menorah event that has been running since November. The event, which was the brainchild of Joan Fischer of Marlboro, is a way for the temple’s congregants to support the community at large by…

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    Students in the Freehold Township High School Symphonic Band and the Freehold Township High School Choir performed a holiday concert in the school’s auditorium on Dec. 9. AMY ROSEN

  • Scout earns Eagle rank during recent ceremony

    MARLBORO — On Nov. 20 at the Old Brick Reformed Church, Boy Scout Troop 86 awarded Roy Charles “R.C.” Anderson III, of Marlboro, with the rank of Eagle Scout. Anderson’s Eagle Scout project was renovating a meditation garden at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Matawan. Twenty-two adults and 18 scouts from Troop 86 of Marlboro,…

  • Foundation awards grants

    OceanFirst Foundation of Toms River has awarded $30,000 in grants through its Home Runs for Heroes program to nine charities that serve members of the military. The program, now in its second year, is a partnership between OceanFirst Foundation, WOBM-AM and WOBM-FM, and the Lakewood BlueClaws, according to a press release. Home Runs for Heroes…

  • Norkus foundation donates $20,000 to area food bank

    The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties received some welcomed financial relief from funds generated by the 30th annual Francis A. Norkus Memorial Golf Outing during a check presentation at the Neptune City SuperFoodtown last week. Norkus Charitable Foundation board members Stephen Norkus and Mark Norkus presented Susan Kelly, executive director of the FoodBank of…

  • Golf club aids local toy drive

    State Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Monmouth and Mercer) was on hand recently to receive more than 200 toys donated by Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck to the Little Soldiers Project, a program devoted to collecting Christmas gifts for the children of U.S. military personnel stationed overseas during the holiday season. “The Trump organization has…

  • Cancer survivor shares inspirational story

    Battle with stage 4 cancer prompts call for early detection, treatment BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent John McMahon, a resident of Red Bank, is not asking Santa Claus for anything this Christmas; instead, he is giving a great big “thank you” to all who helped him become a cancer survivor of stage 4 rectal cancer, which…