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  • Officers bust open narcotics operation

    17 people arrested as law enforcement takes down operation based in Freehold The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, along with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration – New Jersey Division, U.S. Marshal Service, Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, and the Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell, Matawan, Ocean Township and Toms…

  • Family Beach Ball May 23 in Sea Bright

    Clean Ocean Action’s Family Beach Ball will be held 3-7 p.m. May 23 at the Ship Ahoy Beach Club, 800 Ocean Ave., Sea Bright. The cost is $50 for adults, $25 for children under 18; there is a $135 family pass discount through April 22. The event will be held rain or shine. Register at…

  • Atty: Manalapan official will be defended for statement at town meeting

    By Mark Rosman MANALAPAN — Township Committeewoman Michelle Roth will be provided with a legal defense by the municipality in a case in which she is being sued by Manalapan’s police chief. Acting on behalf of Manalapan Police Chief Stuart C. Brown, attorney Stuart Moskovitz recently filed a defamation lawsuit against Roth. On Sept. 9,…

  • St. Peter’s to debut concert series May 1

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is well known for its outreach ministries to needy individuals in the community. Now the historic Freehold church can add another community outreach effort — a series of musical concerts. The landmark church at the corner of West Main and Throckmorton streets will…

  • Manalapan introduces $32M municipal budget for 2010

    Officials say changes will be made prior to June 9 public hearing By Mark Rosman MANALAPAN — Forced by the state to introduce a budget by April 30 or face the possibility of a monetary penalty, the Manalapan Township Committee introduced a 2010 municipal budget at its meeting on April 28. Upon introducing the budget,…

  • ‘I’m Not Rappaport’ on stage

    Bernice Garfield-Szita of Manalapan, who has been volunteering for Center Players, Freehold’s resident theater company, for 15 years, is currently directing “I’m Not Rappaport” by Herb Gardner. The play is about two gentlemen in their 80’s who hang out in Central Park, observing life, solving problems, dealing with society’s ageism and politics, and comically arguing…

  • Colts Neck board denies cell tower at high school

    By Rebecca Morton COLTS NECK — The plan for a cellular communications tower to be placed on the grounds of Colts Neck High School was recently disconnected by members of the Colts Neck Zoning Board of Adjustment. At a meeting on April 20, the board members denied an application that had been filed by Verizon…

  • Ethics panel will hear case vs. board member

    Complaint involves Internet website and 2009 campaign season BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A formal hearing will be held by the Marlboro Ethics Board into alleged ethics violations that have been lodged against a member of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment. The case centers around an email that zoning board alternate member…

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    Seventh-grade pupils from Shalom Torah Academy of Western Monmouth County, Marlboro, gather dead leaves and trash during a cleanup at Lake Topanemus, Freehold Township, on April 22. Pupils in fourth through eighth grades participated in the Earth Day activity.