• Cyclist rides to Maine to learn community-organizing skills

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent On Sept. 2, Todd Stoner, 23, left New Jersey to begin a volunteer internship program at the Maine People’s Alliance in Lewiston, Maine, a grassroots organization that focuses on community organizing skills and leadership development in a variety of socioeconomic and environmental issues. Todd Stoner What was unusual about the trip…

  • Special officers may be hired in Marlboro

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A proposed new table of organization for the Marlboro Police Department will remove the deputy chief position and add part-time special officers. An ordinance amending the police department’s table of organization was introduced by the Township Council during its Nov. 12 meeting. A public hearing on the ordinance…

  • Freehold plans holiday events

    FREEHOLD — The following events will take place in Freehold Borough in December: A holiday concert will be held at 8 p.m. Dec. 11 at the First Presbyterian Church, West Main Street, Freehold. The 12th annual Santa Train event, sponsored by the Freehold Borough Policemen’s Benevolent Association No. 159, will be held from noon to…

  • Stimulus helps fund Imperial Oil cleanup

    Federal government continues remediation of toxic site in Marlboro BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The final stages of cleanup at the contaminated Imperial Oil site are under way and the hope among public officials and area environmentalists is that the hazardous site will soon be pristine and rid of its dangers. The 15-acre…

  • In the Service

    Army Pfc. Brian S. Delle Donne, the son of Annemarie and Frank Delle Donne of Colts Neck, has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and…

  • Sounds of the season

    CHRIS KELLY staff Freehold Township’s Courtney Rago, 16, and Amanda Zorzi, 15, sing with the Cantaffapella Rock and Roll Chorus during a performance on Long Branch’s oceanfront during the city’s holiday event on Nov. 29. CHRIS KELLY staff

  • Driver faces DWI charges

    MANALAPAN — A resident of Hendersonville, N.C., was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle stop on Route 9 at Symmes Road on Nov. 30. According to information provided by the Manalapan Police Department, Wayham Michael Heath, 36, who is unemployed, was observed by Patrolman Dominick Donatelli Jr. traveling north on…

  • Fallen hero receives military burial

    Cpl. Philip A. Reynolds was killed in action in Korea in 1950 BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff The family of Cpl. Philip A. Reynolds of Freehold waited almost 60 years to have what most families of servicemen who are killed in combat receive right away — a proper military…

  • Intersection options will be presented

    Freehold Twp. residents are lobbying county for traffic light at Gravel Hill Rd. Three possible designs to realign Route 537 and improve the county highway’s intersection with Gravel Hill Road in Freehold Township will be available for inspection and comment from 4-7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Freehold Township municipal building, Room 114, One Municipal…

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