• Manalapan man gets prison term

    A Manalapan man was sentenced on April 19 to 48 months in federal prison, the last of eight people sentenced for their roles in an oxycodone distribution scheme involving the owner of a Middlesex County pharmacy, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jason Caracappa, 31, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton…

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    • Freehold Regional High School class of 1962 will host its 50th year reunion on Oct. 27 at Park 33 restaurant in Freehold. Also part of the reunion activities will be a pizza get-together on Oct. 26 and a brunch on Oct. 28. A formal invitation will follow. Address changes or contact information for other…

  • Marlboro will conduct spring bulk pickup

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Despite worries among residents in recent weeks that municipal officials were planning to eliminate Marlboro’s bulk trash pickup program, that service is scheduled to continue this spring. On April 12, Township Council members unanimously voted to award a contract of service to Freehold Cartage Inc. The cost for…

  • Brooklyn comes to Aberdeen on May 20

    ABERDEEN — Temple Beth Ahm is inviting everyone who has ties to the borough of Brooklyn to turn back the hands of time and take a walk down memory lane. If you remember having an egg cream made with Fox’s U-Bet chocolate syrup, milk and seltzer delivered by the seltzer man, or savoring a Charlotte…

  • Doctors from China to train at CentraState

    CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, is preparing to host and provide training to seven physicians from China from April 30 to May 3. The group of physicians will train with interventional radiologist Dr. Ken Tomkovich, medical director of interventional radiology at CentraState, and with Freehold Radiology Group. The training will focus on the latest imaging…

  • Singer-songwriter joins Rock Shabbat

    MARLBORO — Musician, singer/ songwriter and Jewish educator Sheldon Low has announced that his current national tour will include a stop at Temple Rodeph Torah on April 27, where he will join Cantor Joanna Alexander and TRT’s Rock Shabbat band at its 8 p.m. Rock Shabbat service. This spiritual service combines traditional Friday night songs…

  • Shutzer, Griffiths, Xavier to square off in primary

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Three Democrats are seeking two positions on the November ballot and the right to run for a pair of three-year terms on the Borough Council in Freehold Borough. A contested primary in June will determine the two Democrats who will face Republicans John Newman and Marianne Earle…

  • Republicans Newman, Earle running in Freehold Borough

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Republicans John Newman and Marianne Earle will seek seats on the Borough Council in the November general election. Newman, 42, will seek his second threeyear term. He is currently the only Republican on the six-person governing body in Freehold Borough. Earle, 73, is making her second run…

  • ‘Tough Love’ helps ‘gold digger’ find treasure within

    Freehold woman gets relationship guidance on VH1’s ‘Tough Love New Orleans’ BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Elizabeth Vashisht, also known as Ms. Gold Digger on VH1’s “Tough Love New Orleans,” called the reality show a life-changing experience. PHOTO COURTESY OF VH1 Elizabeth Vashisht has emerged from the rigors of boot camp a changed person. However,…

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