• Girl Scouts’ work in community earns Gold Award

    The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore celebrated the accomplishments of local Girl Scouts in Monmouth and Ocean counties at the Gold Award Ceremony on May 22 at the Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood. More than 50 girls received the GoldAward, the highest achievement a teen Girl Scout can receive. As part of the GoldAward…

  • Students show skills at selecting stocks

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — As the 2011-12 school year was winding down, Wendy Buchanan’s fourth-grade pupils at the Park Avenue Elementary School got some reallife experience in how to succeed in the stock market, or at least how to understand its ups and downs. The pupils participated in the Stock Market…

  • Independent joins race for mayor in Howell

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL— In November, Howell residents will have three choices for mayor, since Elaine Taylor has successfully filed a petition to run as an independent candidate in a field that will also include Republican William Gotto and Democrat William Field. The three will face off in November’s general election. In Howell’s…

  • Boat tours offered at Manasquan Reservoir

    HOWELL— See turtles, egrets, herons, ospreys and other wildlife in their natural habitat during a boat tour of the Monmouth County Park System’s Manasquan Reservoir in Howell. Tours are offered from 1-4 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through Oct. 8, weather permitting, and last 45 minutes. Tours are also offered on Wednesdays at 2,…

  • FRHSD approves funding for computers & buses

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Members of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education have approved a five-year lease purchase agreement for new computers and school buses. The board unanimously took the action at its June 11 meeting held at Freehold Township High School. The cost of the agreement is not to exceed…

  • Words from Declaration will ring out in Freehold

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The annual ceremony celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence will be held in front of Borough Hall, West Main Street, Freehold Borough, at 9 a.m. July 4. The public reading of one of the nation’s founding documents began in 2004 and now draws upwards of…

  • Manalapan appropriates funds to finish streets in development

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Unfinished streets in a small residential development will be completed by the township with money that was provided by an indemnity company following a developer’s failure to finish the work. The members of the Manalapan Township Committee voted 5-0 on June 20 to adopt an ordinance to appropriate $121,923…

  • Photo

    The Monmouth County Historical Commission has presented a 2012 Preservation Award to Bernard Hochberg, who owns the Millhurst mill on Sweetmans Lane, Manalapan. While planning for a new use of the mill, Hochberg returned the building to its original exterior color and retained interior work. Freeholder Lillian Burry said, “Preserving these sentinels of the past…

  • Construction of school will be Scout’s legacy

    Joe Vitale, 15, will travel to Guatemala to work on a very special project BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — In the rural village of Laguna Seca, Guatemala, children walked along a dirt path, many without footwear, to the local school, which was held together by planks of wood, metal sheeting and blue tarps.…

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