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  • Officers make a very special delivery on Valentine’s Day

    MARLBORO — Valentine’s Day was a little bit sweeter for a pair of Marlboro police officers who delivered a baby girl. Officers Janice Shewan and Andrew Goldberg responded to a 911 call at midnight Feb. 14 from a person reporting that a woman was in labor. According to information provided by police, Tabitha Finucan, 25,…

  • Freeholders tap O’Connor as administrator

    Teri O’Connor has been selected to succeed Robert M. Czech as the Monmouth County administrator when Czech begins his new job in Gov. Chris Christie’s cabinet. Teri O’Connor Czech’s departure date is expected within the next week or two, according to a press release from the county. O’Connor, who is a resident of Monmouth Beach,…

  • Park’s new play areas win award for town

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The conversion of underused and decaying recreation facilities into new play areas at Michael J. Tighe Park has netted an honor for Freehold Township. The municipality was recently named the recipient of a New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers award for a project at the Georgia…

  • NJ Transit director seeks public input

    Hearing will be held in Manalapan NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein has announced that the statewide transit agency is aggressively confronting current and future budget shortfalls that have arisen due to the severe national recession and the state’s $2.2 billion current-year budget gap, and $11 billion 2011 budget gap. In a press release, Weinstein…

  • Little girl’s big voice leads to opportunity

    Lianah Sta. Ana, 10, will sing during halftime of Knicks game at Madison Square Garden BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Lianah Sta. Ana is a lot like other 10- year-old girls in many ways. A fifthgrader at the Laura Donovan School, Freehold Township, Lianah likes drawing and dancing. She resides with her parents, Nailah and…

  • Manalapan graduates first Teen CERT class

    MANALAPAN — The township of Manalapan held a graduation ceremony on Feb. 22 for the youth graduates of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program. These youths are the founding members of the Manalapan Teen CERT, the first youth-based CERT program in New Jersey, and a complimentary organization to the Manalapan MRC-CERT. “The MRC-CERT…

  • FRHSD expects to introduce budget March 1

    By Rebecca Morton Because of a pending reduction in state aid, the Freehold Regional High School District will be going into what one Board of Education member called a crisis mode with the formation of the 2010-11 school year budget. Freehold Township representative Tom Caiazza serves on the FRHSD Board of Education finance committee and…

  • Manalapan-Englishtown board has four seats up

    Four seats on the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education will be on the ballot in the April 20 school election. There will be three available three-year terms and one available one-year term. Any individual who meets the criteria to seek office may choose to run for a three-year term or the one-year term.…

  • DNA evidence leads to charges

    MANALAPAN — A suspect allegedly involved in the Aug. 5, 2006, burglary of a storage building in Manalapan was identified and charged after DNA evidence appeared to confirm his involvement in the crime three years later. A press release from the Manalapan Police Department states that blow torches were used to gain access to two…