• Wheels keep turning in MTMUA dissolution

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A layoff plan for employees of the Marlboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority (MTMUA) has been filed and within the next few months some of the authority’s employees will be brought on to work for Marlboro’s new Water Utility Division. Mayor Jonathan Hornik gave members of the Township Council…

  • Carnevale to be celebrated Jan. 31 at Eagle Oaks

    Carnevale, the Italian Mardi Gras festival which is celebrated for days leading up to “Fat Tuesday,” will be celebrated from 2-6 p.m. Jan. 31 at Eagle Oaks Country Club, 20 Shore Oaks Drive, Farmingdale. The annual family event is hosted by the Italian American Association of Monmouth County. All are invited to attend. The cost…

  • Scouts give gift of movie night

    Movies, popcorn and togetherness were the theme of a special community service project created by Cub Scout Pack 155 in Freehold called “Operation Family Movie Night.” According to a press release, the Scouts created and filled 25 “Operation Family Movie Night” baskets that were given to local families that have children with cancer. Each basket…

  • Tuition reimbursement bill to have 2nd chance

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer State legislators who want to enact a law that lays out how a school district employee may be reimbursed for the cost of tuition for ongoing education will make that attempt in the first days of the new legislative session. Proponents of such a law believed they were on the…

  • Discovery phase continues in chief’s suit vs. township

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Police Chief Stuart C. Brown’s age discrimination lawsuit against Manalapan, a township committeewoman and the township administrator is moving through the discovery phase. Attempts to settle the matter through mediation have failed to produce an agreement, according to one attorney involved in the case. In a lawsuit filed…

  • New director brings personal experience to Vietnam vet center

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer William Linderman HOLMDEL — William Linderman is standing in the center of exhibit space at the Vietnam Era Educational Center in Holmdel, surrounded by a glass case filled with letters written by soldiers to their parents. Each letter is handwritten, some expressing regrets, others sending messages of love. “This really…

  • Veterans’ supporters eye housing at Earle

    Monmouth Advocacy Team wants Laurelwood homes for senior & disabled personnel BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer When Phil Welch and Linda Zucaro visited the Laurelwood housing development on Naval Weapons Station Earle recently they saw possibilities. Welch and Zucaro, who are members of the Monmouth Advocacy Team that advocates for affordable housing in Monmouth County,…

  • Women’s heart health event slated for Feb. 2

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — CentraState Healthcare System and Friends’ Health Connection have partnered to present a women’s heart health event with guest speaker Dr. Pamela. M. Peeke, an internationally renowned expert in women’s health, fitness and nutrition and Discovery Health TV’s chief medical correspondent. The free event, “Achieve Your Peeke Performance: Mind & Body Makeover —…

  • Van Gogh invigorates pupils

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Have you ever listened to the words of Don McLean’s song “Vincent” and wondered who he was referring to and what the first line, “Starry, starry night,” meant? Ask any student in any grade at the Taylor Mills School, Manalapan, and he or she will tell you the song is…

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