• 5 officers promoted

    MARLBORO — Five members of the Marlboro Police Department received promotions during the June 3 meeting of the Township Council. Mayor Jonathan Hornik said the promotions came about following the retirement of eight officers. He said promotions are given only when necessary and when they make sense for the department. The mayor said the salaries…

  • Community can experience living history at WWII center

    Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution will present a 65th anniversary commemoration, “Last Battles in the Pacific – 1945” and “The Start of a New War – 1950.” The free community event will be held on June 26 beginning at noon at the Warner Student Life Center on the…

  • Preservationists able to save bits & pieces of Forman home

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent MANALAPAN — Within the Covered Bridge adult community in Manalapan, the Forman house stood as a symbol of the area’s historical significance during the Colonial era. Over the past year Manalapan’s township historian, Lydia Wikoff, dedicated her time in attempting to preserve the Forman house, which was the property of Covered…

  • Equine West Nile virus season off to an early start

    The state has garnered reports from county mosquito control agencies that suggest a possible early start to the equine West Nile virus (WNV) and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) season. State veterinarian Nancy E. Halpern explained in a June 10 press release from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture that extremely high numbers of Culiseta melanura…

  • Union rejects board’s offer to help save teaching jobs

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer By this time next week, 20 full-time teachers and one part-time teacher will be out of a job in the Manalapan- Englishtown Regional School District. According to information posted on the district’s Internet website by Superintendent of Schools John J. Marciante Jr., the Manalapan Englishtown Education Association (MEEA) voted to…

  • Manalapan celebration draws big crowd

    Tommy James rocks recreation center during community get-together BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer If spirits during last year’s short-lived Manalapan Under the Stars community event were dampened by downpours, this year’s get-together on June 12 clearly atoned for that disappointment, giving way to sunshine and happiness all around. Visitors at the Manalapan Under the Stars…

  • Two N.Y. men charged in Freehold double murder

    Brother and sister killed at South Street residence BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Two men from New York City have been arrested and charged with murdering a brother and sister in Freehold Borough in the early evening hours of June 16. An investigator is seen leaving the home at 109 South St., Freehold Borough,…

  • Tragedy strikes on I-195

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN It is said that God, bless His heart, works in mysterious ways. Sometimes you just have to wonder what He may be thinking. Spend too much time doing that, and you can go a little insane. But it is impossible for me to be the editor of newspapers that cover…

  • Gov. Christie’s property tax reform agenda: Cap 2.5

    GUEST COLUMN LORI GRIFA The people of New Jersey elected Gov. Chris Christie to get government under control and begin to ease the property tax burden that so many households in this state face. He is working hard to accomplish these goals because he understands the immense strain that costly government and escalating property taxes…

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