• SADD names local teenager to national leadership council

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), the national school-based, peer-to-peer prevention education organization, has announced that Bryan Epstein, a junior at Freehold Township High School, has been named to the SADD National Student Leadership Council for the 2011-12 school year. Epstein joins 10 other council members whowill represent the hundreds of thousands of…

  • Patrol vehicles add two special features

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Police Department has announced two new features involving the patrol fleet. The first addition is a hood decal which has been placed on the hood of all of the police department’s marked patrol units to commemorate the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. The second addition is a program called “Picture Them…

  • Actor will instruct Marlboro campers

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Aaron Lenhart MARLBORO — Stage actor and teacher Aaron Lenhart, who has traveled throughout the United States and Canada in various productions, will make his way to Marlboro this summer to serve as director to children who will be taking part in VoiceWorks Broadway’s “13” musical production camp. VoiceWorks kicked off…

  • Howell council takes step in Global plan

    Township Council introduces ordinance to make funding available to buy building BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — In a special meeting that was held onMay 17 to give people a chance to comment on the township’s possible purchase of the Global office building, dozens of residents voiced their concern about the potential move of…

  • Elks to continue classic car night

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Elks Lodge No. 1454, EastMain Street, will continue to host a classic car show that the organization has been hosting for six years. The first show will be held from 6-9 p.m. May 26 at the Elks Lodge at East Main Street and Broadway. Additional classic car shows will be held…

  • Arts council suggests mural at vacant site

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Sometimes the best way to deal with something that is not so attractive is to cover it up with something that is better. Such may be the case if the Borough Council approves a plan put forth by the Freehold Borough Arts Council to have a mural…

  • BlueClaws will host nut-free game June 12

    The FAAN Walk for Food Allergy and the Lakewood BlueClaws have teamed up for the third annual nut-free game at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood. Buster, the BlueClaws’ mascot, poses with fans at a previous nut-free game. Does your child’s nut allergy prevent your family from attending a baseball game? If so, mark down June 12…

  • In New Jersey, police chiefs are well protected by law

    CODA GREG BEAN In my years as a New Jersey newspaperman, I’ve seen it time and again — local politicians decide to take their community’s police chief to task, discipline or even get rid of said top cop — and come up puny in their efforts. That’s because unlike civilian “police directors” or “public safety…

  • Bold steps are needed to restore reputation of Brookdale Community College

    GUEST COLUMN ARTHUR Z. KAMIN It wasn’t hard to predict that the Brookdale Community College scandal could turn into a potential political hot potato. This is a scandal of major proportions that forced the school’s president to resign in disgrace amid allegations of improper spending habits and raised questions about whether the board of trustees…

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