• Residents have opportunity to turn in unused medicine

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — There is a new threat to teenagers and young adults and it is as close as a bathroom medicine cabinet. The threat is the potential abuse of prescription drugs by people for whom those drugs were not prescribed. Police departments across New Jersey are trying to do…

  • CentraState ball set for Nov. 21

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – CentraState Healthcare Foundation will hold its 48th annual Celebration Ball, “Boas and Fedoras, A Night at The Cotton Club” on Nov. 21 from 6:30 p.m. to midnight at the Eagle Oaks Country Club, Howell. Entertainment will be provided by Chezzam Entertainment Group of Long Island, N.Y., and music will be provided by…

  • Samaritan Center seeks holiday boxes

    MANALAPAN — The Samaritan Center, a food pantry headquartered in the Tennent section of Manalapan that has served local residents of all faiths and denominations for 25 years, is seeking donations of Thanksgiving boxes. Suggested items to be included in a holiday box are: a 14-pound turkey, stuffing mix, gravy, 5 pounds of sweet potatoes…

  • Green defeats Klauber for seat in Manalapan

    Victorious Republican will join governing body in Jan. to start 3-year term BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Voters elected Republican candidate Ryan D. Green to a three-year term on the Manalapan Township Committee in the Nov. 3 election. According to election results provided by the township clerk’s office, it appeared that Green rode…

  • Zoning board cool to teen nightclub

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A nightclub for teenagers does not fit with the permitted uses in Marlboro’s C-4 regional commercial district, according to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. That decision was made by the board at its Oct. 20 meeting when asked by applicants Edward Gomez and Giancarlo Lisi for an interpretation…

  • O’Scanlon, Casagrande re-elected to Assembly

    Republican incumbents Caroline Casagrande and Declan J. O’Scanlon Jr. were re-elected to their second terms representing the 12th District in the state Assembly on Nov. 3. The terms are for two years. By a wide margin, the incumbents defeated Democrats Michelle Roth and John Amberg, and Green Party candidate Steven Welzer for the two Assembly…

  • Marlboro may try to relocate affordable homes to new site

    MARLBORO — A 100 percent affordable housing development that had been proposed on Ticetown Road may be placed at a different location in Marlboro. In a letter dated Oct. 29, attorney Kenneth Biedzynski, who represents Marlboro on issues related to affordable housing, informedMelissa Orsen, the chief counsel for the state Council On Affordable Housing (COAH),…

  • Temple’s program earns recognition from county

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders presented Citizen Service Awards in October as part of a continued effort to recognize county residents who are working to improve their communities. “October’s Citizen Service Award recipients have approached community needs from a spiritual perspective,” Freeholder Director Barbara J. McMorrow said. “Both programs are faith-based and provide service…

  • Manalapan police report series of thefts

    MANALAPAN — Police reported several incidents of theft that occurred in Manalapan in recent weeks. Sometime over the weekend of Oct. 24- 25, unknown persons entered a locked vehicle that was parked on Constitution Court by prying or drilling the locks. The suspects stole two laptop computers from the vehicle. Anyone with information about this…

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