• Foundation plans fundraiser

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Education Foundation will host “ANight on Broadway,” an evening of fundraising and celebration to support excellence in Freehold Township’s K-8 schools. The evening will be filled with big band music and dancing, a silent auction featuring sports and movie memorabilia as well as experience packages, gift baskets and gourmet…

  • Spooktacular events coming to Freehold

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Residents of Freehold Borough and visitors to the town are gearing up for the 18th annual slate of Spooktacular events that are held in town each October. Jean Holtz is the spokeswoman for the Spooktacular Committee that has been chaired by former mayor Roger Kane since its…

  • Pallone, members of public sound off against fee hikes at Hook

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — At a meeting held at his behest, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) told representatives of the National Park Service that a proposal to raise beach fees at Sandy Hook would deprive many people of access to beaches and national parks. “I’m totally opposed to it,” Pallone said, referring to the…

  • Howell man to appear on ‘Jeopardy!’

    Jay Peterson HOWELL — Jay Peterson of Howell will appear on the iconic television game show “Jeopardy!” on Oct. 20. Peterson, who is an assistant English professor atAtlantic Cape Community College in southern New Jersey, said he had taken the “Jeopardy!” online contestant quiz several times in the past and was surprised when he was…

  • Byrne to serve as Monmouth U. public servant in residence

    Former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne will be a guest lecturer in classes and give several talks on campus as Monmouth University’s public servant in residence during the 2011-12 academic year, according to a press release. Byrne served two terms as New Jersey’s 47th governor from 1974-82. According to the university, he is most proud…

  • J&J, Rutgers honor Marlboro youngster

    Aidan Benavides has taken up the cause to offer help to people being bullied BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — One young man in Marlboro is a knight in shining armor, a distinction that comes not only from his supporters, but also from Johnson & Johnson and the Rutgers University Athletic Department. Aidan Benavides, 13,…

  • Freehold addressing filter issue

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Municipal officials have introduced an ordinance that seeks to appropriate $30,000 from Freehold Borough’s water-sewer utility capital fund surplus in order to repair filter No. 3 at the town’s water treatment plant on Waterworks Road. The ordinance was introduced at a Borough Council meeting on Oct. 3.…

  • Fire dept. opens doors to Freehold residents

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Fire Department will welcome the public to meet Freehold Borough’s volunteer firefighters and to learn about what the firefighters do when it hosts an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23. The firehouse is on West Main Street, next to Borough Hall. The event coincides with National Fire…

  • datebook 

     Staged readings of original plays will be performed at The Grange Playhouse, 4860 Route 9 south, Howell, at 8 p.m. Oct. 14 (“Flexible Flyer,” a family drama by Michael Chartier) and Oct. 15 (“Murder by Trial,” an interactive courtroom “dramedy” by Jade Greene). A discussion of the performance with the writer, director and cast…

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