• McMorrow appointed to housing authority

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A familiar face is coming back to serve Freehold Borough. The Borough Council recently appointed Barbara McMorrow to a seat on the Freehold Housing Authority. McMorrow is a former resident of the borough and a former member of the Borough Council. She most recently served a three-year…

  • Animal sighting drew attention from police

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MANALAPAN — When people hear the word cougar nowadays they may think of an older woman on the prowl for a younger man, but in this case there was a report of a real cougar roaming the Manalapan and Marlboro area. On March 11 a male driver called the Manalapan…

  • Teachers, cops to play Wizards in basketball game to aid DARE

    MANALAPAN — A team of teachers and police officers will lace up their sneakers and take the court against the Harlem Wizards in a game to benefit the local Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. The Manalapan All-Stars will face the Harlem Wizards at 7 p.m. March 25 at Manalapan High School, 30 Church Lane.…

  • Marlboro spring break loses two days

    MARLBORO — As the result of a seemingly unending series of snowstorms, two days of the upcoming spring break vacation will be eliminated in order to make up for days the Marlboro K-8 School District closed due to inclement weather. The 2009-10 school year calendar had two snow days built into it in case of…

  • Pupils pitch in pennies to help teen

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Park Avenue Elementary School pupils (l-r) Candace Patrick, Julissa Cuautle, Jennifer Cuatlatl and Keegan Roche collected pennies to help a teenager who is battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma. JEFF GRANIT staff FREEHOLD — Youngsters in Reina Calise’s second-grade class at the Park Avenue Elementary School were crafting piggy banks to help…

  • Marlboro school board introduces $84.8M tab

    Public hearing on budget scheduled for March 23 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Administrators in the Marlboro K-8 School District are erring on the side of caution in developing a budget for the 2010-11 school year. As the Marlboro Board of Education adopted a tentative budget for the 2010-11 school year on March 9, Business…

  • $10M pot bust spans 3 counties

    Police: Marijuana was being grown in Monroe, Old Bridge, Manalapan and Middletown BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Call it a different take on “Jersey Fresh.” Authorities are crediting a Monroe Township, Middlesex County, police officer with sniffing out what turned out to be the locus of an alleged $10 million indoor marijuana growing operation,…

  • Photo

    High winds and heavy rain during a March 13 storm brought a large tree down on a home on Avon Drive, Freehold Township. The toppled tree smashed through the second story, crushing the roof and part of the back of the residence. Additional picture, page 25. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • This trick would even make the Dog Whisperer jealous

    Coda • GREG BEAN One of my favorite shows on television these days is “The Dog Whisperer” with Cesar Millan. Millan is a dog trainer and psychologist who has an uncanny ability to get inside a dog’s head and figure out what’s making him or her dysfunctional. And once he figures it out, he instinctively…

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