• Police ask public to donate shoes, clothes

    The Freehold Township Community Police invites the public to donate their used shoes and clothing, in any condition, at the following locations: • Stillwells Corner Road firehouse. • Freehold Township water treatment plant on Jackson Mills Road. • Chadwick Square shopping center on Route 9 north. • Barkley Square shopping center on Route 9 south.…

  • Colts Neck school board has uncontested race

    In the Colts Neck K-8 School District, three residents have filed nominating petitions to run for three available three-year terms on the Board of Education. The candidates are Nancy LoCascio, Eric Greenberg and Michelle Sidisin-Tan. LoCascio and Greenberg are current members of the board. The school election is scheduled for April 20.

  • Volunteer gardening workshop in April

    The Monmouth County Park System invites volunteers to help garden at several park locations including Thompson Park, Lincroft; Dorbrook Recreation Area, Colts Neck; and Huber Woods Park and Deep Cut Gardens, Middletown. New volunteers ages 14 and up) are invited to attend a treeand shrub-pruning workshop. Participants have two opportunities to attend the workshop, April…

  • IAA offers summer enrichment camp

    Italian Summer Enrichment Camp will be held Aug. 2-13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Route 34 and Phalanx Road, Colts Neck. The event is sponsored by the Italian American Association of Monmouth County. The cost is $300 for IAA members and $350 for nonmembers. The program includes supplies, lunch…

  • Neighborhood job fair planned in Freehold

    The Freehold Borough Neighborhood Pride Committee will host its third Community Job Fair 1-5 p.m. April 7 at Freehold Borough Intermediate School, Park Avenue. Businesses seeking qualified candidates for employment are being sought to participate in the job fair. The participation fee of $75 for potential employers includes event setup of a 6-foot table and…

  • Business Briefs

    On April 8 at 6 p.m. the Rehab Center at Wedgwood Gardens, Route 9 north, Freehold Township, will host a free lecture, “Treatment Options for Chronic Knee Pain,” presented by Dr. Manuel T. Banzon, orthopedic surgeon of the Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute in Freehold. Dr. Banzon will highlight the benefits of “customized” knee…

  • Middle years can bring to love a long-awaited wisdom

    Girl Talk • CLARE MARIE CELANO There are two kinds of cravings where our love lives are concerned. The first involves the sharing of the passionate, the lustful, the erotic; the other involves the touching of hearts and souls. If mid-life has taught me anything regarding romantic relationships, it’s that these are two distinctly different…

  • Freeholders will examine costs of Monmouth jail

    Guest Column • Lillian G. Burry The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders shares the public’s concern that salaries and overtime at the Monmouth County jail are higher than we would like to see. Playing the blame game does not help the situation. Our corrections officers have a very difficult job working around the clock in…

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