• FoodBank to benefit from grant

    The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) recently made a joint announcement of grant monies awarded to state food banks. DCA Commissioner Richard E. Constable III and NJDA Secretary Douglas H. Fisher announced the grants at the Lacey Food Bank, Forked River, on Sept. 4. The…

  • Dogs, cats from all towns may come to free rabies clinic

    Once again, Freehold Borough is hosting a free rabies vaccination clinic for cats and dogs on Sept. 13, from 6-7 p.m., behind the Freehold Borough firehouse at 49 W. Main St. Although the rabies vaccination clinic is held in Freehold Borough, it is open to residents of any municipality. You do not need to bring…

  • Classroom punishment: American horror stories

    CODA GREG BEAN When I was in the third grade, we had a teacher who was mean, cruel and scared us to death. If you were just sorta bad — say, you tracked mud into the classroom after recess — she’d make you sit in the closet where they kept the hats, coats, mittens, boots…

  • Squad dedicates new ambulance

    MARLBORO — Members of the Morganville First Aid and Rescue Squad, which has its headquarters on Tennent Road, will be answering emergency calls in a new ambulance. Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik dedicated the ambulance in a ceremony on Sept. 8. The dedication took place in conjunction with the squad’s annual open house that invites all…

  • Public hearing set on zone change

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Planning Board will conduct a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at town hall on proposed rezoning amendments to the land use element of the township’s master plan. According to information provided by the township, the amendments include revising an area along Route 537 between the Holland Ridge…

  • Collision claims woman’s life

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A fatal crash at Millstone Township’s border with Manalapan on Route 527 resulted from speeding along the rain-slicked road, according to police. The Sept. 5 collision, which claimed the life of Lauren Loggie, 32, of Freehold Township, occurred at 4:25 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Adam Grossman…

  • Fall concerts begin with The Nerds

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Downtown Freehold, in association with OceanFirst Bank, will host a fall concert series in downtown Freehold Borough. Downtown Freehold CEO Rich Gatto said, “Each year during the past five years, since the launch of Freehold Idol and the rejuvenated summer concert series, Freehold Borough has become an…

  • Freeholders condemn acts of hate in Manalapan

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders condemned the anti- Semitic symbols and messages that were discovered throughout the Monmouth Heights residential development in Manalapan on Sept. 6. Residents there woke to find swastikas — the symbol of Nazi Germany and hatred against the Jewish people — and other messages of hate spray-painted throughout the community.…

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