• American Legion sets barbecue fundraiser

    MANALAPAN — The community is invited to attend a July 27 Help-a-Rider barbecue fundraiser hosted by American Legion Post 434, 11 Sanford St., Manalapan. A portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit American Legion rider Keith Larocca, who was injured in a motorcycle accident in April. The event will include food, games, face painting, music,…

  • Fire leaves home uninhabitable

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Firefighters go in from above to battle a blaze that left a home on Barkalow Avenue, Freehold Borough, uninhabitable in the early morning hours of July 17. PHOTO COURTESY OF FREEHOLD FIRE DEPARTMENT FREEHOLD — A home on Barkalow Avenue was deemed uninhabitable following a fire in the early…

  • Online auction yields $95K for Monmouth County

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the spring Monmouth County surplus auction generated $95,205, bringing the combined total of the county’s online surplus property auctions to $2,017,488. The county began conducting its surplus property auctions completely online in 2008, according to a press release. Surplus property from the county’s fleet services, bridge…

  • Overgrown properties keeping DPW busy

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Municipal officials are continuing to place liens on abandoned and unkempt properties at which township employees have been called upon to perform a variety of maintenance tasks. The liens will have to be paid before any of the properties can change hands. At the July 10 meeting of…

  • Scaled-back truck approved for Colts Neck firefighters

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Fire Department will eventually be battling blazes with the aid of a new pumper truck. At its July 10 meeting, the Township Committee approved a resolution to spend $495,000 on a Pierce Velocity Model 705 fire truck through a state bid. Of that amount,…

  • Manalapan-Englishtown K-8 plans to hire security director

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education has approved the creation of a new position: school safety and security director. The board approved the creation of the position on July 16 and is expected to fill the job prior to the start of the 2013-14 school year. According to…

  • Board grants permission for Seer Farms to operate

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — After months of uncertainty surrounding the future of Seer Farms, the Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a land use variance that ensures the animal foster care operation can continue to assist families and their pets. “I am very pleased and gratified the board has found a legal…

  • Walker helped to shape Marlboro Police Dept.

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Although Marlboro’s first police chief, Joseph R. Walker, died on June 23, his legacy of public service remains strong in the community. Walker, 77, became Marlboro’s first sworn police officer and quickly rose to the rank of sergeant in the 1960s. In 1968, he became Marlboro’s chief of…

  • Legislation could aid Holocaust survivors

    I n this time of political haggling in Washington, D.C., I want to call out an opportunity for our elected officials from across the aisle to come together and do some good for a population increasingly at risk — and at the same time to applaud our leadership in New Jersey for doing just that.…

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