• Soil conservation district employee facing charges

    A Manasquan resident was arrested on Nov. 7 and charged with second-degree bribery in connection with his employment as an inspector with the Freehold Soil Conservation District. John Tonon, 51, was arrested by members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in Freehold and committed to the Monmouth County jail in default of $50,000 bail set…

  • Restaurant owner gets prison term

    The owner of a Manalapan restaurant was sentenced on Nov. 1 to nine months in prison and three months of home confinement for subscribing to false business and personal federal tax returns, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Michael Logan, 45, of Jackson, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District JudgeAnne E. Thompson to all nine…

  • Run puts focus on lung cancer

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — On Nov. 26, the second annual Chrise’s Dare to Dream 5K run will be held at Freehold Township High School, Elton-Adelphia Road, Freehold Township. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. and the race will begin at 10:30 a.m. Registration will take place on site and is $15. New for this year is…

  • Howell Planning Board approves solar farm

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell Planning Board has unanimously approved preliminary site plans and a conditional use from Effisolar Energy Corp. to construct a solar energy facility at 829 Lakewood-Farmingdale Road. The property has previously been used as a horse farm and for other agricultural uses. The proposed 13-megawatt, 50-acre solar…

  • ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ comes to MHS

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan High School Drama Club will present William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Dec. 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m., and on Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at the high school, Church Lane. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely…

  • ‘Butterflies in the Pantry’

    “Big and Special” Brahma Yoga studio on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright is hosting an exhibit by artist Julie Markoff. “Butterflies in the Pantry” consists of 20 large canvases in oil and charcoal, from full-body profiles to portraits of friends and colleagues. “The surface is only the start, I like to find something unexpected or…

  • Riding the rails with Santa

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN My 4-year-old, Casey, is terrified of Santa. We have tried several ways of getting him more comfortable around “that big, red guy.” We’ve eaten breakfast at a chain restaurant while Santa greeted diners (Casey disappeared under the table), we waited on a LONG line to gently place Casey on Santa’s lap…

  • Time for Main Street America to ‘occupy’ Wall Street and D.C.

    GUEST COLUMN FREDRICK P. NIEMANN, ESQ. A s a conservative Republican, I’ve been watching with interest the Occupy Wall Street movement. I agree with their anger, though I think the target of their movement, rich people and Wall Street fails to identify other unjust profiteers, namely (some) corporate CEOs, the federal government in Washington, D.C.,…

  • No one in our American society should be without a friend

    While serving as a Democratic poll challenger in my hometown of Marlboro on Election Day, Nov. 8, I met an 81-year-old grandmother who was working the polls. We spent hours together as I worked diligently to prevent voter fraud and she worked diligently to ensure that every voter had the opportunity to vote. As the…

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