• Green, Ptasiewicz will not be challenged in primary

    Manalapan governing body has one three-year term on the ballot in November BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The 2012 campaign for one seat on the Manalapan Township Committee is expected to pit a sitting member of the governing body against a resident who will be making his second consecutive bid for public office. Filing petitions to…

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    Jersey Transit, an a cappella ensemble, performs in concert at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, on April 15. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Englishtown council introduces $1.95M budget

    By Mark Rosman ENGLISHTOWN — The Englishtown Borough Council has introduced a $1,953,828 municipal budget for 2012. A public hearing on the budget will be held in May on a date to be determined, according to Borough Administrator Laurie Finger. The budget will be supported by the following revenues: a local tax levy of $1,153,801,…

  • Manalapan dog park opening postponed to April 29

    MANALAPAN — The threat of inclement weather on April 22 has prompted Manalapan officials to postpone the planned grand opening of the Manalapan dog park on that date. The new grand opening date is April 29 at 3 p.m. Municipal officials announced the decision to cancel the April 22 festivities at noon on April 20.…

  • Marlboro will conduct bulk pickup

    By Jack Murtha 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 the bulk…

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    Edison High School second baseman Glen Kelly makes a diving attempt to come up with the ball during the Eagles’ April 14 game against South Brunswick. The Vikings of South Brunswick prevailed, 13-6. The game was part of the GMC/Union Autism Awareness Challenge. Games were played at North Brunswick Community Park. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Bishop Ahr H.S. needs to find out if it’s a GMC contender in ’12

    Softball team has two early GMC losses BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent A s the season enters its third week, questions need to be answered about the BishopAhr High School softball team. Can the Trojans rebound from a pair of uncharacteristic GreaterMiddlesex Conference White Division losses (J.F. Kennedy Memorial and Carteret) and win another title? Are…

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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…

  • Anderson is role model for her Bulldogs to follow

    Softball head coach battling cancer BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent A thletic events between rivals are often characterized as battles, unfairly so. After all, aren’t they really games? The true wars are the ones cancer patients wage against their insidious disease. Those are conflicts whose outcomes determine life or death. That’s why Lauren Anderson’s story continues…

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