• Sandy impacted local businesses

    MARLBORO — Time is money, or so the saying goes, and many local businesses lost a big chunk of operating hours as a result of Sandy and the ensuing power outages. Just about all of Marlboro lost power after the Oct. 29 storm, Mayor Jonathan Hornik said. That meant business owners had to close their…

  • Groups want to help out after Sandy

    Many relief efforts and other initiatives are in full swing to assist people whose lives were turned upside down by the Oct. 29 arrival of Sandy, a post-tropical storm. The New Jersey shore — including areas of Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties — took a beating from the wind, rain and storm surge of the…

  • Fitzgerald, Schatzle re-elected

    COLTS NECK — Residents voted on Nov. 6 to re-elect Republican incumbents Michael Fitzgerald and James Schatzle to the Colts Neck Township Committee. Fitzgerald, who is currently the township’s deputy mayor, received 3,803 votes in his bid for re-election. Schatzle reclaimed his seat on the committee with 3,918 votes, according to unofficial results provided by…

  • Snow fund will be used to clean damage

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has voted to authorize the use of Manalapan’s snow removal fund for costs associated with the municipality’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy. During a special meeting of the committee on Nov. 8, the members of the governing body passed a resolution that will permit Manalapan to…

  • Sutera, Moses win seats; no decision in Howell yet

    Three positions on FRHSD school board were available BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Jennifer Sutera retained her seat as the Manalapan representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education in the Nov. 6 election. “I would like to thank all my supporters for electing me to another three-year term,” Sutera told Greater…

  • Loads of Hope eases plight of those without power

    Mobile programs provided free laundry service, device recharging to residents BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Maureen Bedard, of Eatontown, picks up a load of clean laundry on Nov. 4, which was washed by Tide Loads of Hope, a free mobile laundry service for residents affected by superstorm Sandy. PHOTOS BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Many residents left…

  • Shutzer, Griffiths win seats in Freehold

    Democrats turn back Republicans in borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Borough Council in Freehold Borough, which had a sitting Republican member at the dais for the past three years, will go back to an all-Democratic lineup in January. In the Nov. 6 election, Democrats Sharon Shutzer and Ron Griffiths won election to…

  • Local hero did not have to walk alone after devastating injury

    BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Colin Pascik MONROE — U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Colin Pascik faced a long road to recovery after losing both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan, but it was one he did not have to walk alone. The Monroe native, who recently paid a visit to the Monroe Township Middle…

  • New veterans face life’s challenges

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Colin Pascik discusses his experiences in the armed forces during an Oct. 19 veterans event at Monroe Township Middle School. See page 6. JEFF GRANIT staff In recognition of Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Greater Media Newspapers pays tribute to the men and women who serve in the nation’s armed forces.…

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