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  • Cantor celebrates 36 years at Shaari Emeth

    Cantor Wayne Siet will celebrate 36 years as a cantor of Temple Shaari Emeth by performing a concert at 8 p.m. May 1 at the temple, 400 Craig Road, Manalapan. A patron gathering will begin at 7 p.m. Siet will perform both liturgical and theatrical music, a portion of which will be accompanied by the…

  • 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…

  • Event helps to unearth secrets of dinosaurs

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The remains of massive creatures that roamed this area millions of years ago are still hidden in Marlboro’s soil.T he Big Brook area of the township, along Boundary Road, is a hot spot for finding the fossilized remains of various creatures, ranging from Ice Age caribou to New…

  • CentraState Medical Center initiates robotic surgery

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Dr. Troy Sukkarieh, M.D. (left, forefront) and his partner Dr. Alexander Kirshenbaum have brought robotic surgery to CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, with the purchase of the da Vinci Surgical System. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A robot is now on call waiting to assist surgeons in the operating room at CentraState Medical…

  • Center Players raise $5,000 for charity

    Bernice Garfield-Szita, president of Center Players, Freehold’s resident theater company, recently presented Kathee Callan, fund administrator for the Claudia Lives On Memorial Fund, with a check for $5,157 to be used for housing scholarships for homeless and displaced women in transitional living programs throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. The donation took place at Applewood Estates…

  • Play supports church fund

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A timeless fairy tale has helped to raise more than $3,000 for charity. A group of youngsters at St. Gabriel’s Church, Route 79, recently put on their third production to raise funds for the St. Vincent de Paul fund. The St. Vincent de Paul fund is a church…

  • Manalapan officials lease fields to leagues

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee’s decision on April 14 to lease a baseball diamond at a park in the Holiday Park residential development to a local sports league drew an objection from one resident. Robert Kanner, who lives on Arthur’s Court next to Holiday Park (the park has the same…

  • Marijuana operation results in prison term

    On April 12, Michael Papazoglou, 30, of Freehold Township, was sentenced to a 12-year state prison term for the first-degree crime of maintaining or operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the charge stems from the Nov. 18, 2008, arrest of Papazoglou and four…