• Pope names new bishop for Diocese of Trenton

    Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop John M. Smith as head of the Diocese of Trenton, it was announced on Dec. 1 in the Vatican. Bishop David M. O’Connell Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., who was named coadjutor bishop six months earlier by Pope Benedict, now succeeds to the diocesan see as…

  • Marlboro honors fossil hunter

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Behind houses, secluded in the woods, is an area of Marlboro hiding secrets that include the fossils of creatures long extinct. The Big Brook area of the township is known in the science world for the many fossils hidden in the waterbed. The Big Brook area along Boundary…

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    Singer-songwriter Judy Collins performs a Christmas concert at the First Presbyterian Church of Freehold on Dec. 4. FRANK GALIPO

  • Panel recommends taking horse racing out of Meadowlands for OTW site

    Horse industry up in arms over latest recommendations from state gaming commission BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Live horse racing at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford would end if the state implements recommendations contained in a supplemental report issued Nov. 15 by the Gaming, Sports and Entertainment Advisory Commission. The commission is commonly referred to as…

  • in the service •••

    Air Force Reserve Airman Dustin E. Craven, son of Kathleen and Robert Craven of Freehold Township, has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.…

  • Library will get new sign

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The directors of the Monmouth County Library System want people to know about all of the programs that are offered to the public at the headquarters on Symmes Drive in Manalapan. Now they will have another way to do that. Library officials will construct a new electronic sign…

  • New master gardeners ready to serve county

    Twenty-five Monmouth County residents became certified Master Gardeners at a graduation ceremony held Nov. 18 at the Hominy Hill Golf Center, Colts Neck. “This class of Master Gardeners embraced a very special and very timely project,” Monmouth County Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry said at the graduation. “They prepared the soil, planted the seeds and…

  • Judge reverses stay on lawsuits

    MARLBORO — The stay that was protecting Marlboro from developer’s lawsuits has been overturned and an onslaught of cases that deal with affordable housing is now coming at the township. Attorney Michael Herbert, who represents the Marlboro Planning Board, took a few moments at the board’s Dec. 1 meeting to give a legal update to…

  • H.S. district supports food bank

    Students and staff members from the Freehold Regional High School District gave a ton of food — actually five tons of food — to the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Neptune. According to a press release, the six high schools — Colts Neck, Freehold, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan and Marlboro — brought in 5.3…

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