• Macedonia Freehold Church will host community day

    FREEHOLD — A “Community Day onAvenueA” (a health and wellness fair) will be held at the Macedonia Freehold Church, 163 Throckmorton St. at Avenue A, Freehold Borough, from noon to 4 p.m. June 23. The rain date is June 30. The event is sponsored by the church’s youth group and is an outreach effort by…

  • Manalapan woman pleads guilty to sexually abusing youngster

    A resident of Manalapan pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton on May 9 to the production of child pornography through the sexual exploitation of a 5-year-old girl, admitting to abusing the girl on more than one occasion and streaming footage of a sexual assault over the Internet, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman…

  • Local bands to take stage at Bamboozle

    BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Reality Check Local bands Batten Down the Hatches, Reality Check and Xero Gravity are among the winners of The Break band contest recently held at the Stone Pony, Asbury Park. More than 450 local bands competed in The Break contest and these bands successfully moved through two elimination rounds and the…

  • Resident wins appeal of gas station permit

    Owner of Freehold Borough property is expected to present his case to land use board BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A Freehold Borough resident who appealed an official’s issuance of a permit to a local businessman has won her appeal in front of the Freehold Borough Land Use Board. Following the board’s decision on…

  • Neighbors fear impact of Northpointe homes

    Marlboro Planning Board expected to resume public hearing tonight BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer For members of the public who have spoken out against the proposed Northpointe residential development, the issue extends far beyond the back-andforth technical chatter that has been taking place among Marlboro Planning Board members, attorneys and expert witnesses. It is a…

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    Freehold Township High School’s Josh Rosario competes in the discus at the Monmouth County Track and Field Championships held on May 11 at Holmdel High School. To find out which Freehold Regional High School District student-athletes won honors at the meet, see Sports, page 68. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Marlboro planners vote to deny Northpointe housing application

    By Jack Murtha MARLBORO — Members of the Marlboro Planning Board unanimously voted to deny the Northpointe residential development application without prejudice, based on a lack of information and the inability to obtain an extension of time from the applicant to continue the public hearing. The board took the action at its May 16 meeting…

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    Metuchen High School basketball coach Jon Korellis has announced that applications are being accepted for the 2012 Bulldog Breakout Camp, which debuts this summer at the high school. The camp will be co-directed by Korellis and former Metuchen player, Marquis Blakely, who went on to star for the University of Vermont and is currently a…

  • Hub City fencers win medals at state Middle School tourney

    Hub City Fencing Academy students Jared Quinton, of Colonia, andAidan Benderly, of Metuchen, won second and third place in saber fencing at the state Middle School Tournament held recently in Bridgewater. Other competing students from the area were Tyler Mercado and Aris Agarwala of Edison, and Justin Petway of Plainfield. The Middle School Tournament featured…

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