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  • Fundraiser was not ‘good fit’ for Howell

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education decided last month not to use the services of a professional fundraiser to help subsidize the cost of school sports. It just wasn’t a good fit for Howell at the moment, board President Mary Cerretani said this week. “It doesn’t…

  • Christmas show to raise funds for food pantry and veterans

    The Company of Music, Theatre and Dance and its performance workshop youth ensemble will bring a taste of Broadway to the Jersey Shore with its “Christmas and New Year’s Spectacular,” created and directed by Alison Gertner Mann, to be performed Dec. 18-19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Millstone Performing Arts Center, Dawson Court, Millstone Township,…

  • Marlboro cops get OK to use firing ranges

    MARLBORO — The township now has two formal shared services agreements in place that will permit Marlboro police officers to use firing ranges in nearby municipalities. Marlboro Police Chief Bruce E. Hall told the Township Council that for years the township has made use of the Monmouth County firing range, as well as the firing…

  • Farmers may apply for aid in wake of heat and drought

    United States Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has designated 16 New Jersey counties as natural disaster areas to assist farmers who suffered losses due to excessive heat and drought during the 2010 growing season. Farmers in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Sussex and Warren counties…

  • in the service •••

    Navy Seaman Apprentice Dylan M. Kelsey, son of Marlene and Daniel Kelsey of Freehold, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eightweek program, Kelsey completed a variety of training, which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and…

  • Freehold mandates use of rapid entry system

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Municipal officials have unanimously adopted an ordinance that will require business owners to install a system that will enable firefighters to have immediate access to buildings in Freehold Borough in the event of a fire. The ordinance was adopted by the Borough Council at its meeting on…

  • The Guild celebrates 50 years

    The Guild of Creative Art’s 50th Anniversary Show, featuring work by exhibiting and associate members, opens Dec. 8 at the Middletown Township Public Library. “Yellow Gardenia” by Carol Seip An opening reception will take place Dec. 11 from 2-4 p.m. The show will run through Dec. 28 at the library, 55 New Monmouth Road, Middletown.…

  • Officers take it off for special charities

    Manalapan police honored in diet competition; all teams see benefits of their efforts BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A group of local police officers walked into CentraState Medical Center’s conference center last week wearing uniforms that appeared to be too large for them. It turns out there was a good reason…

  • Communication scholarships available

    The Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association is seeking applicants for its annual James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship Awards program. The scholarship is open to sophomore, junior or senior college students who are residents of Ocean or Monmouth counties and are pursuing a degree in communications, public relations, journalism, advertising, and radio and/or television…