• Easter drama to be presented

    MARLBORO — The Monmouth Worship Center will present an Easter drama, “My Story,” onApril 16, 17 and 22. All show times are at 7:30 p.m. Presented for the first time in the new 10,000-square-foot sanctuary at the Monmouth Worship Center, “My Story” is the life-changing drama of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.…

  • Words of comfort sent to U.S. troops

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Across the globe, far from their family members and friends, men and women are serving in the United States armed forces and missing home. With that in mind, pupils at the Marlboro Elementary School are helping to deliver some comforts of home to three local young men who are…

  • FRHSD board adopts $177 million budget

    Staff Writer BY REBECCAMORTON While the general fund tax levy remains flat, changes in the way taxes are assessed for the Freehold Regional High School District will lead to property owners in some of the district’s sending municipalities seeing an increase and others seeing a decrease in their high school taxes for 2011-12. During a…

  • Freehold Reg. H.S. District honored by College Board

    The Freehold Regional High School District announced on March 17 that it has been honored by the College Board with a place on its AP Achievement List for opening advanced placement classroom doors to a significantly broader pool of students, while maintaining or improving the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher. FRHSD…

  • Library event will aid Japan

    MARLBORO — Help for the victims of the recent natural disasters in Japan will be under way at the Marlboro branch of the Monmouth County Library System on April 12. A program that will start at 6:30 p.m. at the library, Library Court at Wyncrest Road, will have participants folding paper cranes to help raise…

  • Program would create new pool of volunteers

    MRC-CERT participants would assist police and other emergency responders BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Borough Council members are investigating the possibility of creating a Medical Reserve Corps-Community Emergency Response Team in Freehold Borough. They recently heard a presentation about MRC-CERT from Thomas Moran. Moran, the business development manager for CommVault Services in…

  • Wood Ave. Apartments seek final approval

    Affordable units planned for location in Manalapan BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Final plans and design specifications are taking shape for the Wood Avenue Apartments, an 80-unit affordable housing development that will be built on Wood Avenue, Manalapan, just outside of Englishtown. Wood Avenue is also known as Monmouth County Route 522 (Englishtown- Jamesburg Road). Representatives…

  • Freehold Twp. board adopts $68.8M budget

    School district will provide space to Freehold Borough kindergarten pupils BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a $68.8 million budget for the 2011-12 school year. The board held a public hearing on the budget on March 29. The budget does not include any layoffs…

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    Madison Egan, 5, takes a break during the second annual science fair that was held for the preschool class at the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, Freehold Township, on March 30. The children in the preschool class explained the science projects they created and then demonstrated the projects for their teachers and parents. ERIC SUCAR…

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