• Freehold Township students win 4th consecutive consumer bowl

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Unlike traditional academic competitions that feature subjects such as history, math or science, students from several Monmouth County high schools recently tested their knowledge about various consumer-related subjects at the 15th annual Consumer Bowl. For the fourth year in a row, a team from Freehold Township High School won the…

  • in the service •••

    Marine Corps Pvt. Christopher Fogarty, son of Jackie Anderson Fogarty and Michael J. Fogarty Sr. of Freehold, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., designed to challenge new Marine recruits physically and mentally. Fogarty and fellow recruits began their training at 5 a.m. by running three miles…

  • Racers Club alumni planning to reunite

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — It has been 20 years since Al Michenfelder held his first Freehold Racers Club meeting and began teaching youngsters how to build model cars. Now, Michenfelder is planning a reunion to honor the milestone. Michenfelder is inviting all of the Racers Club alumni — more than 120…

  • Construction dept. offers amnesty

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Construction Department in conjunction with the Township Committee is offering an amnesty program for residential work that has been completed without the required permits from the township. According to a notice issued by the municipality, the purpose of the amnesty program is to ensure that the work that was completed without…

  • CVS pharmacy targeted by shoplifter

    MANALAPAN — Police officers responded to CVS pharmacy, 120 Woodward Road, Manal-apan, March 5 at 12:22 p.m. for a report of a shoplifting that had occurred at the business. The suspect in the incident was described as a heavyset white female with short blond hair. The woman was said to be wearing a heavy maroon…

  • datebook •••

    • Made in Monmouth, an expo to showcase all of the consumer products that are made inMonmouth County, will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 31 at Monmouth University’s Multipurpose Activity Center off Larchwood Avenue, West Long Branch. The event is open to the public. Admission is free. Details: 732-431-7470. • The…

  • Instructional assistant has paper published

    “Motherhood and Slavery,” written by Rosemary Mazzara, was recently selected for inclusion in Sigma Tau Delta Eastern Division’s Mind Mural online publication. Sigma Tau Delta is an English National Honor Society and the organization is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. Mazzara, who is an instructional assistant at the Marlboro Middle School,…

  • Bridge Builders Club supports foundation

    The Bridge Builders Club at the Marlboro Middle School, advised by Spanish teacher Nancy Savage and language arts teacher Beth Pepitone, is a group of students whose primary objective is to support charities and organizations in need. In January, the club collected new soft plush toys and blankets for the Joseph Lillo Spinal Muscular Atrophy…

  • Billboards on Route 9 are a shock to the system

    I have been a resident of Marlboro for 26 years. I have raised my children here and now my children are raising their children (my grandchildren) here. I have always considered this town to be a wonderful suburb to live in. Recently I have been very disappointed in the appearance of Route 9 in Marlboro,…

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