• County ready to help towns find business

    ‘Grow Monmouth’ initiative described to Marlboro officials BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Monmouth County officials attended the Feb. 21 meeting of the Marlboro Township Council to offer a trove of resources that could hold the power to draw more businesses to the township. “Grow Monmouth,” a campaign launched by the county’s Office of…

  • Author to visit children’s book fair at Manalapan library March 16

    What do animals really like? Author/ illustrator Fiona Robinson has some surprising answers in store. Come find out at the Monmouth County Library’s 2013 children’s book fair on March 16. The fair will be held from 1-4 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. This year’s theme is “Carnival of Books,”…

  • New vehicles on order for Marlboro Police Department

    MARLBORO — Township police officers are set to patrol Marlboro’s streets in new vehicles. On Feb. 21, the Township Council approved contracts to buy several new cars and accessories. The council voted to take advantage of three state contracts to buy five equipped Dodge Charger police vehicles at a cost of $162,613, according to the…

  • Manalapan man gets prison sentence in vehicular homicide

    A resident of Manalapan was sentenced March 4 to serve up to 13 years in state prison for fleeing the scene after striking and killing a 52-year-old pedestrian in New Brunswick nearly a year ago, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced. According to Kaplan, Brian Clements, 51, of Manalapan, was sentenced to eight years…

  • on campus 

    Brian Puricelli, son of Anthony and Maureen Puricelli of Morganville, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Penn State University-Behrend, Erie, Pa., where he is majoring in chemical engineering. Brian is a 2010 graduate of Marlboro High School. Adam M. Pearlstein, son of Drs. Caryn and Eric Pearlstein of Morganville, was…

  • Mom comes to the rescue on campus

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH There is a strange phenomenon that occurs in the relationship we have with our kids after they go off to college. Without the everyday contact, a parent starts to see their young adults as special on a whole different level. When she thinks about them, she envisions a halo…

  • Panel awards grant to couple

    FREEHOLD — Carlo Castronova and his wife, Darleen, have been busy repairing and restoring their home at 104 Broad St. In recognition of their dedication and efforts, the couple has been awarded the first Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Advisory Commission grant. The couple was presented with a $500 check at the Feb. 19 meeting of…

  • Driver killed in crash

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A Freehold Township resident died after succumbing to internal injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident on Route 9 on March 5. The crash, which involved four vehicles, occurred at 11:18 a.m. on Route 9 south near the intersection of Elton-Adelphia Road, according to Freehold…

  • Ordinance would require Marlboro gas stations to have backup power

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — An ordinance introduced by the Township Council aims to ensure that the flow of gasoline in Marlboro will not be interrupted during power outages that may occur in the years to come. The ordinance was introduced on Feb. 21 and will be up for adoption at the council’s…

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