• World Pancreatic Cancer Day will be observed on Nov. 13

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Efforts to bring attention to pancreatic cancer are stepped up every November during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Progress is “desperately needed in the fight against pancreatic cancer,” said Jill Rothstein of Freehold Township, who lost her father to the disease in 2008. Many towns across New Jersey have joined the…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    QuickChek, a convenience market chain, has opened a new store at 483A Route 79, Marlboro. QuickChek stores provide one-stop shopping, offering a variety of grocery and market items, including fresh baked goods from an in-store bakery and customer service provided by locally hired team members. QuickChek stores offer touch-screen technology which allows consumers to create…

  • Vegetarian cookbook to be discussed

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro Public Library, 1 Library Court, will welcome Dr. Eve Jochnowitz to discuss Fania Lewando’s Vegetarian Cookbook, translated, annotated and adapted for the modern kitchen, published this year as “The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook.” The program will be held at 1 p.m. Dec. 7. The book, which was originally published in Vilna in…

  • Freehold Borough seeking better performance by sanitation firm

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The borough’s solid waste contractor has been given what Freehold’s Borough’s business administrator is calling a final chance to meet the terms of its contract. Future Sanitation, Farmingdale, has spent most of 2015 working under an extended contract with Freehold Borough. The company collects trash and recyclables in…

  • Oh no! A neat freak is coming!

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch I received a phone call from my dear friend the other day that scared me right out of my carpet slippers. She was coming for the weekend. There was nothing frightful about that, rest assured. I adore Gladys. She’s funny, happy and a gem to hang out with. It…

  • Open space properties dedicated

    MARLBORO – Mayor Jonathan Hornik, Township Councilwoman Randi Marder and the members of Marlboro’s Open Space Committee recently dedicated three open space acquisitions in a ceremony held at the Smith farm, Tennent Road. The officials said 16 acres will be preserved at the Smith farm and they recognized 21 acres that have been preserved on…

  • Museum has meaning to people in Howell

    I was happy to see the recent write-up concerning the needed repairs at the MacKenzie Museum in Howell. As a former member of the Howell Historical Society, I was all too familiar with what needed to be done. There is one point I would like to bring to your attention. The grant from the Monmouth…

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    JESSICA D’AMICO/STAFF High Point Monument, which stands more than 1,800 feet above sea level, provides views over Sussex and miles beyond as the centerpiece of High Point State Park, Sussex.

  • Assemblyman: Changes needed at residential health facility

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The living conditions at a residential healthcare facility in Manalapan have prompted a state legislator to say he will take action to address the situation. Assemblyman Robert Clifton (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex, Burlington), whose district includes Manalapan, said he will draft legislation which will seek to make changes to…

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