• Toy drive needs help of children, parents

    Toys to Share Joy, a collection effort that donates gifts to hundreds of less fortunate families in Howell, is seeking resident children for help in this year’s collection drive. Children age 10 and over are asked to circulate fliers requesting new, unwrapped toys to homes around their neighborhoods on or before Nov. 29. The fliers…

  • Egg throwers arrested

    MANALAPAN — Following a motor vehicle stop on Old Queens Boulevard at 1:30 a.m. Oct. 31, two 17-year-old males, one from Manalapan and one from Freehold, were taken into custody on charges of criminal mischief and (Halloween) curfew violation. Upon further investigation it was determined that the males had thrown eggs on a vehicle on…

  • Marlboro teen set for national tour

    Jillian Mueller, 17, joins cast of ‘American Idiot’ BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Jillian Mueller MARLBORO — As she looks at a map of North America, Jillian Mueller will soon be checking off the cities she has visited as she embarks on the “American Idiot” tour. Jillian, 17, of Marlboro, has already graced the Broadway stage…

  • Officials award pact to Future Sanitation

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Members of the Township Committee voted 5-0 on Nov. 9 to award a two-year contract to Future Sanitation, Farmingdale, for the collection of solid waste and recyclables in Manalapan. The contract will become effective on Jan. 1. Manalapan’s current contract for solid waste and recyclables collection is with Waste…

  • Autism awareness key for telecommunicators

    Monmouth County 911 operators are taking the lead when it comes to autism awareness, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. Public safety telecommunicators from the sheriff’s office Communications Division are the first group of operators in the state who were trained on how to prepare themselves when responding to calls…

  • Crafters have a room of their own at center

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Crafters who are members of the Freehold Township Senior Center now have a room of their own in which to work their magic. Anew craft room at the senior center on Jackson Mills Road was dedicated to the crafters on Nov. 3. A ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by municipal officials. Space…

  • Developer wants to convert homes to units for all ages

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The developer who has approval to construct an age-restricted adult community in Freehold Borough is trying to change his plans and make the homes available to people of all ages. Bay Dock Holdings LLC, of Lavallette, has municipal approval to build 30 condominium apartments in a four-story…

  • Freehold Twp. police are surprising drivers with tactics

    I t seems that Freehold Township has resorted to desperate measures to attain revenue. Police officers have begun hanging out on small-town 25 mph roads, hunting down housewives going 35 mph. One such speed trap was on the hill leading to the Home Depot at the Freehold Raceway Mall at 11 a.m. on a Monday.…

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