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  • Bridge to be closed for one year

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Sweetmans Lane, Manalapan, just south of Route 33, has been closed and will remain closed for a year while a new bridge over Manalapan Brook and a new dam and spillway are constructed. AMY ROSEN MANALAPAN — A long-awaited bridge reconstruction and dam rehabilitation project on Sweetmans Lane (Monmouth County…

  • Chrise’s Dare to Dream 5K honors 1997 FTHS graduate

    Proceeds will support research in fight against lung cancer By Patricia Yoczis Chrise Briggs Murrell, a 1997 graduate of Freehold Township High School, was only 31 years old when she died from lung cancer in June, leaving her husband, Andy, and their son, Drew, 6, in Katy, Texas, where she lived. In her memory, the…

  • Former GM of harness track sentenced in check scheme

    New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that Donald R. Codey Jr., the former president and general manager of Freehold Raceway, was sentenced on Nov. 10 for stealing $3,045 in raceway promotional vouchers and assisting two patrons to cash more than $1.3 million in bad checks at…

  • Students pay tribute to veterans

    Cedar Drive Middle School welcomes special guests BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Students at the Cedar Drive Middle School in Colts Neck met some local veterans last week and offered them two words — “thank you.” Stefano Mallozzi (c) and other members of the Colts Neck High School Junior ROTC wait patiently for the start…

  • Local boy’s voice helps character come to life

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Ethan Kempner MARLBORO — The voice behind one of the characters on Nickelodeon’s popular preschool television series “Team Umizoomi” belongs to a young man from Marlboro. Ethan Kempner, 12, is the boy behind the voice of Geo, the energetic shape expert and master builder on “Team Umizoomi.” Ethan, who is…

  • Test results challenge Freehold K-8

    Administrators say district has unique issues BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer While Elizabeth O’Connell, superintendent of schools for the Freehold Borough K-8 School District, acknowledges that students’ standardized test results from May 2010 are “disappointing,” she does not believe they are reflective of the advancement of the district’s pupils. O’Connell and other administrators resolved…

  • Houses of worship will offer shelter

    FREEHOLD — A warm bed, a hot meal and shelter from the harsh winter will be available for men in need beginning Dec. 1. For the seventh year, the Freehold Clergy Association Emergency Housing Program will operate seven nights a week at local houses of worship. The program will run through March 31, according to…

  • Youngsters get a boost from Homework Helpers

    Parents praise high school volunteers for their work with grade-school pupils BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer It’s 4:30 p.m. All the children are home from school, they’ve got homework in every subject and they all need help. Looks like dinner is going to be late again and it’s going to be a long, frustrating night…

  • Victorian Christmas comes to Georgian Court

    History buffs and fans of all things sentimental can get their questions answered at Georgian Court University’s antiques and collectibles appraisal event, one of several activities planned for GCU’s third annual Victorian Christmas Festival and Gift Boutique. The appraisal session is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 5 in the Casino Auditorium…