• Girls achieve dreams through Girl Scout fall product sale

    When girls dream, they dream big. Whether it is a trip to Europe, a snow tubing adventure or a tour of a national morning show, the fall product sale provided through Girl Scouts is a great aid in making these dreams, and others, come true. Girl Scouts throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties are selling nuts…

  • Optimists will host poker event

    The Sunrise Optimist Club of Freehold will host a Texas Hold’em poker tournament on Nov. 12 at the Our House restaurant, 420 Adelphia Road Route 524), Howell. Doors will open at 6 p.m., first card will be dealt at 7 p.m. The cost is $100 per person and includes a dinner buffet and $6,000 in…

  • GOP retains control of county freeholder board

    BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer County Republicans have once again secured control of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Republican candidates, incumbent Robert Clifton and Neptune City Mayor Tom Arnone, handily defeated their Democratic counterparts, incumbent John D’Amico and Spring Lake Borough Councilwoman Janice Venables, in last week’s freeholder elections. Of the 344,668…

  • Liquor license will go up for bid

    MARLBORO — A retail liquor license is available in Marlboro after the Township Council gave the OK for the item to be bid on. Councilman Jeff Cantor, Councilwoman Carol Mazzola and Councilman Scott Metzger passed a resolution authorizing the sale of the plenary retail distribution license during the council’s Nov. 4 meeting. Council President Frank…

  • Amended ordinance allows billboards in certain areas

    HOWELL — Township Council members and Mayor Robert F. Walsh recently voted unanimously to adopt an amended sign ordinance that will allow billboards in certain sections of Howell. “I would prefer personally to keep a prohibition (against billboards), but I guess we have to do this,” Councilwoman Pauline Smith said at the Sept. 21 council…

  • Hearing the silent voices of women

    ‘Coming in Hot’ tells stories of servicewomen from Vietnam to Iraq BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent Bringing her play about women in the military to the area in February will be a homecoming of sorts for Lisa Bowden, who grew up in the Monmouth County town of Fair Haven. “Coming in Hot,” a play based on…

  • Party benefits diabetes research

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A couple of friends who wanted to have a Halloween party turned their event into a way to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). Amanda Needleman, 13, and her friends were discussing the idea of hosting a Halloween party for their fellow eighthgrade students. Amanda…

  • Symphony to perform at library

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Arts Council will present the Manalapan Symphony Orchestra performing a holiday program featuring Russian classics including Borodins “Polovetsian Dances” and Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.” The orchestra, conducted by Michael Avagliano, will perform on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan, The performance is free. Residents…

  • Colts Neck house tour includes ‘Monticello’

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The Colts Neck home of Patti and Ed Eastman, a replica of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, will be included on the 11th annual house tour to be presented by the Colts Neck Historical Preservation Committee. The tour is scheduled for Dec. 4. COLTS NECK — A replica of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home…

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