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  • Obituaries

    Evelyn Ann O’Neill Mrs. O’Neill, 81, of Middletown, died Oct. 7 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Long Island, N.Y., prior to moving to Middletown several years ago. She was a homemaker. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, New Monmouth section of Middletown, where…

  • Think twice before signing on as volunteer

    Your Turn Dotty Porcaro Guest Column It has taken me a few weeks to recover from the vicious verbal attack Joanne Orr and I were subjected to by Deputy Mayor Joe Locricchio and some audience members at the Sept. 14 Manalapan Township Committee meeting. I have been in a “state of shock” by the blatant…

  • Merla taking a page from Mad magazine

    Coda Greg Bean I’ve been trying, but I can’t imagine how Mayor John Merla — the Alfred E. Neuman of Keyport politics — is going to blame this one on the media. Merla, who was among the first throng of municipal officials and hangers-on charged with corruption last spring by U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Christie,…

  • Freehold school receives $25,000 library grant

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Learning Center elementary school, Dutch Lane Road, has been awarded a $25,000 grant to enhance its library/media center. The OceanFirst Foundation announced the recipients of its new School Library/Media Center Enhancement Grant program at a reception in Point Pleasant. Grants were also awarded to six Ocean County schools and two other…

  • Obituaries

    Florence E. Barrett Mrs. Barrett, 96, of Englishtown, died Oct. 2 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in East Orange, she had resided in Warren for 30 years before moving to Englishtown five years ago. Mrs. Barrett was predeceased by her husband, William Barrett, in 1964. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law,…

  • Former students honor Freehold English teacher

    Members of class of BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Glenn Cashion, a member of the Freehold Regional High School class of 1959, reads from Thornton Wilder’s play “Our Town” during a ceremony honoring Rodney Sheratsky, who taught at the school in Freehold Borough from…

  • School playground to be dedicated

    Marlboro MARLBORO — The Frank Defino Central Elementary School is kicking off its 50th birthday celebration with the dedication of a new playground. The ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 6. The building, which sits on a 20-acre parcel on Route 79 just north of Route 520, was founded in 1956 and opened…

  • Project would provide tax relief to Manalapan

    Your Turn Richard Brunelli Guest Column This column is a response to the guest column by James Gray which appeared on Sept. 21 in the News Transcript (“Officials Must Be Clear on Developer’s Proposal”). The proposed Village at Manalapan is not a “Mega Mall” as former Mayor James Gray calls it. Malls are typically enclosed,…