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  • Marlboro funny man to teach comedy course

    Steve Trevelise has been a fixture on N.J. and Pa. radio for decades BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer We have all been there: we have watched episodes of “Seinfeld” or “Last Comic Standing” and wondered how that comic got to be so funny. Aspiring comedians can now finetune their funny bones at the Catch a…

  • Flight 93 heroes will be honored

    Eighth annual Walk With Joe set for Monmouth Battlefield State Park on Sept. 12 BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The heroism of the passengers who were on United Airlines Flight 93 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 will be honored during the eighth annual Walk With Joe to be held at 10…

  • Town council introduces bond ordinance

    MARLBORO — A bond ordinance to pay for improvements to various roads in Marlboro was introduced during the Aug. 6 meeting of the Township Council. Council President Steve Rosenthal said the money for the road improvements has been provided in the municipal budget. The ordinance calls for the appropriation of $1.75 million to complete the…

  • Marlboro moves to repeal sex offender residency law

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — An ordinance that will eliminate a Marlboro law which regulates where in the township a person who has been convicted of a sexual offense may live was presented to the Township Council on Aug. 6. Township Attorney Nancy Kist said the removal of the existing law comes following…

  • Local rescue group helps to save 41-year-old horse

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Helping Hearts Equine Rescue in Millstone Township helped rehabilitate Finnigan, a 41- year-old horse who was abandoned when his owner moved out of state. MILLSTONE — For a person, 41 years of age is the prime of life. For a horse, it is absolutely ancient. A horse that age was…

  • Monument to be restored

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A contract has been awarded to help restore Marlboro’s Reflections Memorial which honors people with ties to Marlboro who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. In December 2008 a 62-year-old Marlboro man and his wife were leaving the municipal…

  • Riders will pay respects at 9/11 sites

    BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Butch Budai has promised never to forget the heroes and victims America lost during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Manalapan resident is keeping his promise through his involvement in America’s 9/11 ride, a 500-mile memorial motorcycle ride. On Aug. 20 the ride will stop at…

  • ‘Edge of the Day: Watercolors’

    An exhibition of color-saturated watercolor paintings by internationally known artist Graham Nickson is at the Main Gallery at the Monmouth Museum. “Red Uluru with Storm Clouds and Rain” “Edge of the Day: Watercolors” will run through Aug. 30 at the museum on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Route 520, Lincroft. Over the past decade,…

  • Freehold plans to reassess properties

    Decline in market values prompts move to assure ‘level playing field’ BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer In an effort to “level the playing field” due to a decline in property values, Freehold Borough officials have decided to reassess all properties in town, Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina said. Bellina said the most important purpose of…