• Prosecutor’s personnel to ride in Unity Tour

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Eight law enforcement officers representing the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office will ride in the 2011 Police Unity Tour which will take them from New Jersey to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum in Washington, D.C. The annual bicycle ride began in 1997 and was created…

  • School community rallies to help Japan

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Marlboro High School community has come together to help the people of Japan. The school’s effort has raised $7,050 for relief efforts. Immediately following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency that wrecked parts of Japan in early March, Marlboro High School Principal Shaun Boylan reached out to his…

  • FTHS team gains state final

    Freehold Township High School’s Consumer Bowl team recently won the right to represent all of central New Jersey in the final Consumer Bowl championship. The Consumer Bowl is designed to help students become smart consumers by challenging their awareness of how to protect themselves against rip-offs and scams, and helping them learn how to make…

  • ‘Soundstage’ musical event to aid autistic children

    Benefit set for Saturday at Bar A in Lake Como BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Alicia Madison Greater Media Newspapers is once again reaching out to help the public in a charitable way, and all its dedicated readers are invited to be a part of it Saturday, May 7, when “Soundstage” comes to Bar Anticipation in…

  • Festival offers a trip back in time

    Experience five centuries of New Jersey’s history all in one place at “The Spirit of the Jerseys,” a historical festival for all ages, May 7 at the Historic Village at Allaire. The event will delve into New Jersey’s past with living history and demonstrations, military re-enactments, tours, exhibits, period music and dance, an author’s tent,…

  • Marlboro-based developer pleads guilty in fraud scheme

    OnApril 21, a Marlboro real estate developer admitted to his role in an investment fraud conspiracy which embezzled nearly $1 million raised in connection with purported commercial real estate developments in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Allen Weiss, 60, of Marlboro, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.…

  • Summer fun in Ocean Grove starts this weekend

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer A “town for all seasons,” Ocean Grove has something for everyone all year round. The one-square-mile, “dry” town offers visitors one mile of pristine beachfront and scenic boardwalk, according to Ocean Grove Chamber of Commerce member Lois Hetfield. There is much more to Ocean Grove than the beach and boardwalk,…

  • They could probably list it as a ‘handyman special’

    CODA GREG BEAN File this one under: Better Late Than Never. For years, I’ve thought that if I lost my home and needed a place to live for a very long time, I’d just break into the McGinnis School building on the intersection of Dunhams Corner Road and Hardenburg Lane in East Brunswick, and squat.…

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