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  • Police search for possible mountain lion in Manalapan

    By Rebecca Morton MANALAPAN — When people hear the word cougar nowadays they may think of an older woman on the prowl for a younger man, but in this case there appears to be a real cougar roaming the Manalapan and Marlboro area. On March 11 a male driver called the Manalapan Police Department at…

  • Colorectal cancer run/walk March 27

    CentraState Medical Center, in conjunction with the Freehold Area Running Club and the Jersey Shore Running Club, will sponsor a colorectal cancer awareness and fundraising run/walk on March 27 at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan. The “Paulette Steps Toward Cancer Wellness” 5K run/1-mile walk is named in honor of marathon runner and rectal cancer…

  • Accident with bus sends one to hospital

    MANALAPAN — A 17-year-old female from Manalapan sustained injuries when her car collided with a small bus belonging to the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District on Feb. 24. There were no students on the bus when the accident occurred. According to a press release, patrolmen Andrew Adell and Robert Kelly were dispatched to the scene of…

  • Pupils honored for poster

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Sunrise Optimist Club of Freehold presented certificates of appreciation on Feb. 12 to Madison A. Cleary and Samantha N. Mistretta for their winning entry in a poster contest designed to help generate volunteers. The poster will be used by Freehold Township’s fire departments and emergency medical services to recruit volunteers. Madison,…

  • Manalapan police seek clues in incident involving teen

    MANALAPAN — Manalapan police officers are investigating what may have been an attempted luring of a female juvenile at about 5:30 p.m. March 2. According to a press release provided by the Manalapan Police Department, the 15-year-old female resident of The Villages residential development, off of Woodward Road, was walking near the intersection of Coldsprings…

  • Collision snarls Route 9 traffic

    MANALAPAN — An 81-year-old man was cited by Manalapan police for careless driving and failure to stop in charges related to a three-car collision that occurred in the late afternoon hours of Feb. 16 on Route 9. The drivers of the other two cars were identified by police as a 79-year-old male from the Morganville…

  • Sabbath-friendly theater group forms in Monroe

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Myra Cohen Klenicki had often wanted to put her theatrical skills to good use in a community theater group. But Klenicki, who is Jewish, could not perform on the Sabbath, which runs from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. “My husband was observant,” she said. “I just couldn’t do that…

  • ‘Dear Edwina’ to be performed

    MARLBORO — Students at the Marlboro Memorial Middle School, Nolan Road, are gearing up to take the stage in a production of “Dear Edwina.” The show will be performed on March 4-5 at 7 p.m. in the school cafetorium. Tickets are $10 per person. The show focuses on teenager Edwina Spoonapple, who lives in Paw…

  • Freehold Hall of Fame inductees to be feted

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Mary Ann Worsham is an author, public speaker, advocate and an inspiration to millions of women who are where she once was. The author of the book “Scars of Silence” spends a good deal of her time advocating for rights of domestic violence victims. Worsham and several…