• Award memorializes Brookdale professor

    The Monmouth County Human Relations Commission (MCHRC) recently presented the first Earl Thomas Teasley Humanitarian Award. The commission plans to make this an annual presentation. Former MCHRC chairman Earl Teasley, of Toms River, was a noted advocate for social justice and a beloved counselor and professor at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, until his death in…

  • Temple brings taste of summer to Freehold

    As part of its centennial celebrations, the Freehold Jewish Center, 59 Broad St., Freehold, will hold a “Summertime in Winter” family movie night event. This social night, to be held Feb. 19, is open to the community . The synagogue will be transformed into a “Summer in Coney Island” movie theater, witha7p.m.showingofthe1984film“The Flamingo Kid,” starring…

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    Celeste Tennant of Howell was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I. Kellie M. Gleason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Gleason of Howell, has been named to the dean’s list at St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Md. Joshua Michael Rosenbaum of Manalapan has earned a place on the…

  • Chabad to honor 3 women

    A woman who saved the lives of thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust, a woman who is the child of Holocaust survivors, and a woman who was born in the state of Israel will be honored during Chabad of Western Monmouth County’s 24th annual Jewish Women’s Day program at 11 a.m. Feb. 27. This…

  • Board approves deal for SECAs

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer The supervisors of extracurricular activities in the Freehold Regional High School District will receive a salary increase for the current 2010-11 school year, but they will not receive an increase for 2011-12 under the terms of a new contract. The FRHSD Board of Education approved the new contract with the supervisors…

  • Free trees available to celebrate Arbor Day

    The New Jersey Tree Foundation is offering free 2-year-old trees (1- to 2-feet tall) to celebrate Arbor Day. Schools, local governments, tree groups, nonprofit organizations, Scout groups, and any volunteer organization may apply for the trees. All planting must occur on public lands, be done by volunteers and be maintained for two years. A variety…

  • Events will focus on Black History Month

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Remembering the struggles of black Americans and honoring those struggles and the strides that have been made over decades is the focus of many activities which honor Black History Month during February. Several Black History Month programs will be held at the YMCACommunity Center on Center Street.…

  • Suspicious car draws attention

    MANALAPAN — Police responded to a home on Bloomfield Road on Jan. 28 when a mother called to report a suspicious vehicle. Bloomfield Road is in a residential development off of Millhurst Road. According to police, at about 4:06 p.m. Patrolman Bryan Belardo responded to the residence and was told by the woman who called…

  • Board selects LoCascio as new president

    COLTS NECK — A new leader for the Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has been selected following the resignation of Andrea Giannopoulos. During their Feb. 3 meeting, members of the board accepted Giannopoulos’ resignation and went about reorganizing the board. Giannopoulos had been serving as the board’s president at the time of…

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