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    Freehold Township High School’s Connor Lewis tries to avoid a tag by Old Bridge High School shortstop Tyler Amato during a scrimmage between the teams at John A. Phillips Park, Old Bridge, on March 19. The 2010 high school baseball season starts April 1. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Spring break brings theme park opening

    Six Flags Great Adventure, Route 537, Jackson, will kick off the 2010 season on March 27 with its two-week-long spring break presented by Stride Gum. Opening day will launch the Stride-A-Thon as 30 riders compete to be the last rider on the seven looping, floorless coaster Bizarro in this eight-hour ride-a-thon. Through a contest hosted…

  • Redevelopment plan shows homes, retail

    Township planner reviews concept for Entron site with Planning Board BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Amix of residential units and retail/ office space could be in the future for the former Entron site in Marlboro. At their March 17 meeting, Marlboro Planning Board members got a look at the municipality’s draft redevelopment plan in the…

  • In the Service

    Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter M. Eadicicco, son of Isabel and Michael Eadicicco of Manalapan, assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), recently departed Haiti after completing humanitarian assistance operations to victims of the earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation on Jan. 12. The Carl Vinson arrived in the region less…

  • Green has questions on quick approval

    Roth says Planning Board was able to hear all testimony on apartments at one meeting BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The Manalapan Planning Board’s recent action on an application that proposes the construction of an affordable housing development in town was the topic of comment at the March 17 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee.…

  • Smith enjoys assignment in community policing unit

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Police Officer Todd Smith said he has always enjoyed working with children. After 14 years on the beat as a Freehold Township police officer, Smith got his wish four years ago when he became the police department’s community policing officer. Smith said community policing is a…

  • Quest for truth continues 147 years after Slocum murder

    Historical presentation revisits murder and trial BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent On the night of July 14, 1863, in the town of Mechanicsville (now West Long Branch), Abigail Bob Waitt Sr. (l-r), Bob Waitt Jr., Joann Slocum Mazzucca and Arthur T. Green II pose for a portrait following a presentation on the murder of Abigail Slocum…

  • Brookdale job fair draws hundreds

    Jobs are available, but not all are full time BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer A nastasia Davis has been out of work for eight months but is hopeful that her employment status will change sometime soon. Davis, of Asbury Park, recently attended a job fair sponsored by the Brookdale Learning Center in Long Branch and…

  • Wicked rainstorm kept emergency crews busy

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — One of the worst wind and rainstorms Freehold Township officials said they have ever seen pummeled the area on March 13, bringing down trees and wires, flooding basements and seriously damaging several homes, leaving in its wake a cleanup effort that kept officials busy for days.…