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  • Manalapan wants DOT to review traffic study

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Deputy Mayor Susan Cohen has reported that municipal officials have asked Police Chief Stuart Brown to step up enforcement of motor vehicle laws on Woodward Road, where residents have complained about speeding vehicles. Specific attention is expected to be given to the intersection of Woodward Road and Sweetmans…

  • Leaders announce new Latino Action Network

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Agroup of Latino leaders from around New Jersey have created an organization aimed at uniting the state’s diverse Latino communities and promoting a public policy agenda committed to economic and political empowerment. Frank Argote-Freyre, of Freehold Borough, has been asked to act as interim chairman of the Latino Action…

  • Catena pupil wins spelling bee

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — One by one, the fifth-graders stepped up to the podium and took turns spelling words c-or r-e-c-t-l-y. The room at the Freehold Township Early Childhood Learning Center was packed with more than 200 people. The Noontime Optimist Club of Freehold members, nervous parents, siblings, teachers and principals listened intently during the non-qualifying…

  • Basket raffle Feb. 20 at Park Avenue School

    FREEHOLD — The Park Avenue Elementary School, 280 Park Avenue (Route 33), will host its seventh annual PTO Basket Raffle on Feb. 20. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., followed by the raffle at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 per person and includes desserts, refreshments and chances for door prizes. No one under 18 will…

  • Garbage on streets irks resident of Knob Hill

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Mayor Andrew Lucas told a resident that the Township Committee would have an answer in two weeks about a problem with development on Route 33, Manalapan. Jeff Scott, who said he has lived at Knob Hill for five years, raised the issue during the public comment portion of…

  • 9/11 responders urge action on benefits bill

    Pallone urged to move bill out of committee BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Despite a driving rain, more than 30 people rallied in front of Rep. Frank Pallone Jr.’s (D-NJ) Long Branch office on Jan. 25 to urge the congressman to move forward with a bill that would guarantee extended health care for Sept. 11…

  • Teens are concerned about link from candy to tobacco

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A group of Freehold Township High School seniors are trying to keep candy cigarettes our of the hands of the people they are made for — children. Christina Zarnowski, Amanda Cortez and Anjelica Raiten are members of the FTHS Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Prevention Team (ADAPT)…

  • Theater granted spot on national historic register

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Count Basie Theatre occupies a special place in the Red Bank community and now its provenance has been recognized on the national level. Chief Executive Officer Numa Saisselin announced that the National Park Service added the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, to the National Register of…

  • Marlboro police seek robbery suspect

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro Police Department is seeking information in connection with an armed robbery which occurred on the morning of Jan. 27 at Tony’s Appliance and Repairs, Route 79. Marlboro police Capt. Steve Mennona said that at about 9:45 a.m. a robbery took place at the location. Police described the suspect as being a…