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  • Sept. 19 memorial walk assists LADACIN Network

    The fourth annual Ryan Bell Memorial Walk and Wheel-A-Thon will be held on Sept. 19 at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. The walk and wheel-athon will take place at Larrison Hall at 2 p.m. Registration is at 1 pm. There will be a 1.5-mile walk, refreshments, entertainment and giveaways. The registration fee is $25 which will…

  • Historian to receive award

    Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French has announced that independent historian Edward J. Raser of Monroe Township has been selected for the 2010 Jane G. Clayton Award. Created in 1997, the Clayton Award honors individuals who, over a substantial number of years, have made exceptional contributions to an awareness, understanding, and/or preservation of the history…

  • Walk honors late Howell teen

    On Sept. 12 at 3 p.m. on the boardwalk at Pier Village in Long Branch, Prevention First will be hosting the fourth annual Amanda Faith Reo Memorial Walk. The event aims to raise $10,000 in Reo’s name to support Prevention First’s violence and substance abuse prevention programs, and to raise awareness among teens about the…

  • Walk With Joe returns to Battlefield state park

    MANALAPAN — A group of dedicated individuals will not let Americans forget the heroism of the passengers who were on United Airlines Flight 93 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The individuals who fought back against a team of hijackers will be honored during the ninth annual Walk With Joe to be held at…

  • Repairs planned for water system, roads

    MARLBORO — Two bond ordinances that will help pay for capital improvements got the OK from the Marlboro Township Council during its Aug. 24 meeting. One ordinance pertained to capital improvements that are expected to be made around town, including road paving and energy efficiency improvements, while the second ordinance was geared toward improvements that…

  • Family displaced by fire at Freehold’s Rug Mill Towers

    By Clare Marie Celano FREEHOLD — One family was displaced from its second floor apartment following a fire at the Rug Mill Towers on Jackson Street, Freehold Borough, this morning, Sept. 14. Officials said the family’s apartment was uninhabitable following the fire. No further information as to where the family would be relocated was immediately…

  • Marine’s film provides ‘Severe Clear’ view of Iraq War

    Screening honors Sept. 11 victim Beth Quigley BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Soldiers patrol during the Iraq War in a frame from the film “Severe Clear.” RED BANK — With a rifle over his shoulder and a video camera around his neck, former Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael Scotti went to Iraq. Several years later,…

  • Friendship Circle seeking volunteers to help youths

    The Friendship Circle is inviting any teenager from eighth grade and up to its sensitivity training for new volunteers and a refresher course for previous volunteers. The training will be held on Sept. 14 from 7-8:45 p.m. The teens will learn about sensitivity to the needs of children who have special needs. The training will…

  • Pedestrian’s death lands driver, 39, in prison

    On Aug. 27, Dineshkumar Patel, 39, of Ocean Township, was sentenced to a three-year state prison term for the second degree crime of knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death. The charge stems from a fatal motor vehicle vs. pedestrian hit-and-run collision which occurred during the early morning hours of…