• Presentation about birds of prey enthralls pupils

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Lauren Butcher, (l), education director for The Raptor Trust, recently presented a program about raptors to youngsters who are enrolled in a Freehold Borough afterschool program. Above: Thomas Mastandrea holds up softballs to demonstrate how big and well owls can see. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Children who are…

  • auditions 

    The First Avenue Playhouse will hold auditions for “Old Ringers,” a comedy by Joe Simonelli, at 7:30 p.m. May 15-16 at 123 First Ave., Atlantic Highlands. Needed are oneman (age 40s) and four women (ages 45- 55). The show will be produced over four weeks in July. For more information, call 732-291-7552 or go to…

  • Sun sets on Kruise Nite in downtown Freehold

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — There is a lineup of entertainment events planned in Downtown Freehold this summer, but for the first time in more than 20 years, the summer will not include Kruise Nite. The event was started 22 years ago by the Freehold Kruisers Car Club in an effort to…

  • Teenager will play piano at Carnegie Hall

    Grant Zaitchick MARLBORO — Every musician’s dream is to perform in Carnegie Hall, New York, and for Grant Zaitchick, a sophomore at Collier High School in Marlboro, this dream has come true. Grant, who is a resident of Colts Neck, will perform at Carnegie Hall on May 28 in the Spring Piano Festival hosted by…

  • DCH Freehold Toyota & SADD host special event

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — DCH Freehold Toyota is calling attention to teen driving safety in May as part of National Youth Traffic Safety Month. According to a press release from DCH Freehold Toyota, May is an important time for teenagers to be focused on driving safety. With proms and graduation just ahead, the potential for trafficrelated…

  • Finding a way back after difficult times

    Freehold emergency housing program offers a helping hand BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — David W. lost his highpaying job at a brokerage firm in New Jersey that was downsizing in 2007, and through a series of unfortunate events he got caught in a downward spiral that left him living out of his…

  • 2 freeholders seek ouster of all Brookdale trustees

    Curley: Others should follow lead of Howard Birdsall and resign from panel BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer With the resignation of Brookdale Community College Board of Trustees Chairman Howard Birdsall announced last week, Monmouth County Freeholders John Curley and Amy Mallet are calling for more change at the county college. “It’s time for all of…

  • Gov. touches upon many issues in talk

    Christie lambastes Legislature, sick-time payouts and judge during visit to Manalapan BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie MANALAPAN — “Get to work!” was the message that Republican Gov. Chris Christie was sending to a Democratic-controlled state Legislature, which to date has approved five of 20 bills the governor claims will help relieve the burden…

  • Local student lends an ear to victims of bullying

    Marlboro Memorial Middle School seventh-grader has launched Aidan’s Voice on Facebook BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Aidan Benavides Recent nationwide headlines have focused on bullying and the tragic events, including youths committing suicide, which have unfolded as a result of such actions. Aidan Benavides thought that if the people who are being bullied had a strong…

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