• Student attends leadership forum

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Myles Hutcherson of Freehold Township, a sixthgrade pupil at the Hun School of Princeton, participated in the recent People to People world leadership forum in Washington, D.C. People to People ambassador programs offer educational travel opportunities for students all over the world. The world leadership forum is designed to discover, develop and…

  • Supervisor receives honor

    MARLBORO — Thea Pace, Champions’ area manager who oversees the Marlboro K- 8 School District’s before- and after-care program, was named a Top 10 honoree by the School Advisory Council of Knowledge Universe, Champions’ parent company. The council was formed this year to represent all lines of Knowledge Universe’s business. Honorees were selected based on…

  • ‘Rock Shabbat’ returning to local temple

    MARLBORO — Temple Rodeph Torah (TRT) will continue to rock the holidays and the religious world on Dec. 23 at 6:30 p.m. with its “Rock Shabbat” Friday night service. The program is led by Cantor Joanna Alexander and supported by New Jersey songwriter and musician Eric Komar and TRT congregants Bruce Cooper and Charlie Pearlman,…

  • Police organization chart to be modified

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — At its final meeting of 2011 this afternoon, Dec. 21, the Township Committee is expected to vote to adopt an ordinance that will modify the table of organization for the Manalapan Police Department. The ordinance was introduced in a 5-0 vote at the committee’s Dec. 7 meeting. According to…

  • ‘Butterfly Ball’ will help children fighting cancer

    TheAshley Lauren Foundation’s inaugural “Butterfly Ball” honoring business leader Jim Spinella and his wife, Linda, will be held on Jan. 21 at the Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch. Spinella is the founder and CEO of HDlogix Inc. and lives in Colts Neck with Linda, their sons, James and Christopher, four Huskies and two Clydesdales.…

  • New Jersey pols come through for veterans

    CODA GREG BEAN Soldiers won a couple of big ones last week, and on Dec. 13, my wife and I were in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to see one of those victories in the making. Since our son, Coleman — a U.S. Army sergeant and veteran of two combat tours in Iraq —…

  • Auto dealership not a good idea for Manalapan tract

    This is in response to the Dec. 7, 2011, News Transcript article “Talk of Rezoning to Resume Dec. 8.” I take exception to the statements in the article, which quotes two former mayors of Manalapan. The article mentions their reasons for supporting a zoning change to allow a Ray Catena automobile dealership to be constructed…

  • Marlboro resident waits to see real cost of hospital tract cleanup

    Trenton has been juggling its 411 open acres of the former Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital property for the past 67 years, and the Monmouth County Park System will be picking up this “hot potato” to place on its dinner plate. An estimated $27 million open space recreational two-year redesign study and plan for the site…

  • Property owner not pleased with township

    My husband and I own a rental unit in Freehold Township. Recently we signed a lease with a couple who wanted to rent this apartment to live in, and also to work from home. They were selling their home and asked if they could bring their things into the apartment before a certificate of occupancy…

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