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    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Here we are, deep in the throes of the holiday season. Chestnuts are still roasting on open fires and Jack Frost is nipping at our noses. A fire is warming our hearth, a pumpkin spice candle is giving the house a homey aroma, and although the tree is leaning…

  • If you’re not part of solution, you’re part of the problem

    CODA GREG BEAN You’ll have to excuse me for a moment until this case of the black whirlies passes and my equilibrium returns to something resembling normal. I always wondered what it would feel like to fall down the rabbit hole like Alice did, and now I know. It’s not that much fun. I put…

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     Varicose vein screenings will be offered from 4-6 p.m. Jan. 14 at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, 901 W. Main St., Freehold Township. The screenings, which take only a few minutes, are open to men and women and cost $5 per person. Space is limited and registration is required. To register,…

  • Manalapan officials approve new contract with superior officers

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Township Committee and the Superior Officers Association (SOA) have reached agreement on a four-year contract. The SOA represents the sergeants, lieutenants and captains in the Manalapan Township Police Department. According to a resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between the township and the SOA, the…

  • Bomb threat ends in arrest

    Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officers have arrested a man in connection with a telephone bomb threat that led to the evacuation and closing of the Monmouth County Court House, Freehold Borough, in October. According to a press release, Ellis Goodson, 35, whose last known address was Neptune Township, was charged with false public alarm on Nov.…

  • Images of 2012

    Memorable photos taken by News Transcript staff photographers Jeff Granit and Eric Sucar during 2012 included (clockwise from top left) Colts Neck High School’s Gio Zefferino getting wrapped up by Middletown South tacklers during a football game between the Cougars and the Eagles; Howell High School’s Matt Szyarto squaring off against Jackson Memorial’s Sal Biliancione…

  • Cleaning supplies provide a boost

    Girl Scout Cadette Troop 1943 from Marlboro organized a collection of cleaning supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach. MARLBORO — Girl Scout Cadette Troop 1943 from Marlboro organized a collection of cleaning supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach. According to troop leader Lisa Henriques, even…

  • Lessons of the past shape the future

    CHHANGE cuts ribbon on new facility at Brookdale campus BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Top: Howard Dorman, CHHANGE board president, stands in front of the “Journey to Life” exhibit at the center’s new facility on Brookdale Community College’s Lincroft campus. Above: Sy and Marilyn Siegler, founding partners of CHHANGE, attend the celebration. PHOTOS BY JEFF…

  • New part-time police officers will patrol school grounds

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer With thoughts of the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., weighing heavy in the meeting room at Manalapan town hall on Dec. 19, municipal officials took a step toward boosting school security in the community. At their final meeting of 2012, members of the Manalapan Township Committee voted unanimously…

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