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  • Preschool event benefits charity

    MARLBORO — Students in prekindergarten, preschool and kindergarten at the Turtle Creek Learning Academy rode their bicycles in a trike-a-thon charity benefit on April 30 and May 1. Charity events at Turtle Creek have become an annual tradition every April as part of Month of the Young Child. This year, the charity Turtle Creek has…

  • Attempted carjacking leads to arrest of two

    MANALAPAN — Police officers arrested a pair of individuals at Wegmans supermarket, Route 9, on the afternoon of June 3 and filed charges of attempted carjacking, robbery, hindering apprehension, shoplifting, conspiracy to commit shoplifting and simple assault against them. According to a press release from the Manalapan Police Department, Patrolman Eric Voorand arrested Penelope King,…

  • Health Dept. offers tick prevention tips

    MANALAPAN — With warm weather here, the Manalapan Health Department is urging individuals to take preventative steps to protect themselves against Lyme disease, a tick-borne infection that is spread by deer and more prevalent in the spring and summer months. An estimated 20,000 people a year contract Lyme disease and, according to the Centers for…

  • Rec center will rock with Get Heard Fest

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — With more than 35 bands expected to perform on four stages, this year’s Get Heard Fest will be the perfect way for fans to experience the music of touring artists and several unsigned bands. Get Heard Fest ’09 will be held on June 13 at the Marlboro Recreation…

  • Manalapan will unite for annual celebration

    Micky Dolenz to headline event at recreation center BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MARK SCHOEN Micky Dolenz of the Monkees will perform at Manalapan Under the Stars, a community celebration to be held at the Manalapan Recreation Center, Route 522, on the evening of June 13. MANALAPAN — In the mid-1960s at a time when…

  • Firefighters, first-aiders may get swim discount

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Volunteer members of Marlboro’s fire companies and first aid squads may receive a discounted membership to the Marlboro Swim Club. Township Council members held a first reading May 21 of an ordinance which would, if adopted, offer a discounted membership to volunteers who are in good standing with…

  • Students remember hero

    MARLBORO — Three eighth-grade students from the Marlboro Middle School wrote the winning essays for the eighth annual Alan Feinberg Tribute Essay Contest. Pankti Kothari, Lea Torres and Sasha Kayola wrote essays about the importance of public service in honor of Alan Feinberg, a Marlboro resident who lost his life in the line of duty…

  • Sides moving forward on plan for rec facility

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — As Marlboro officials move forward in a partnership with Eclipse Indoor Sports to construct an 80,000- square-foot indoor sports facility, they are attempting to make sure the project comes at no cost to the taxpayers. The Eclipse facility is expected to be a climate-controlled indoor sports and recreation…

  • Visitors will tour Freehold homes

    FREEHOLD — A Freehold Through the Ages home tour will feature nine houses dating from the 18th through the 20th centuries. The tour, scheduled for June 20, is being sponsored by the Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Commission, with the purpose of accenting the variety of architecture and historic significance throughout the residential areas of the…