• Manalapan OKs bonds for Tillis land purchase

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN – The Township Committee has adopted a bonding ordinance that will allow Manalapan to purchase a 25-acre parcel that lies adjacent to the Manalapan Recreation Center. By a vote of 5-0 at their Sept. 9 meeting, municipal officials sealed a deal for the purchase of the tract that is…

  • District seeks end to modular units

    Marlboro referendum proposes an addition at Defino Central School BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Leaky ceiling panels and cracked and rotted wood foundations are some of the conditions that almost 200 Marlboro children see when they enter their modular units for class every day. PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON Duct tape is used to hold carpet…

  • H1N1 flu slated for discussion

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Information about the H1N1 influenza will be presented to the community during two meetings that will be held at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School, Millhurst Road, Manalapan. The meetings are open to all residents and they will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 and Oct. 7. Manalapan health officer…

  • Wasser to step down as supt. in June ’10

    Agreement calls for him to oversee special projects during 2010-11 school year BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The end of the 2009-10 school year will mark the conclusion of James Wasser’s tenure as the superintendent of the Freehold Regional High School District. Wasser, who has been the district’s superintendent since November 1998, announced his resignation…

  • Child was chased home by man

    Child was chased home by man MANALAPAN — Police are investigating an incident of suspicious activity in which a 9-year-old Arbor Court boy told police that a man he did not know chased him on foot to his home. Arbor Court is off Lafayette Mills Road, near the Monmouth Heights residential development. According to a…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Arielle Jacob, 17, of Freehold Township, and Edan Mohr, of Ocean Grove, perform with Tribal Dance and Friends during the charity Renaissance Faire, hosted by the Lakewood Lions Club and the Society for Creative Anachronism at Pine Park, Lakewood, Sept. 20.

  • George R. Hazaz

    Mr. Hazaz, 72, of Marlboro, died Sept. 15, 2009, at Bayshore Health Care Center in Holmdel. Born in Brooklyn, he lived there until moving to Marlboro in 1987. Mr. Hazaz, a U.S. Army veteran, was the owner of a cleaning service in Brooklyn for many years. He is survived by his wife, Sara; a sister,…

  • Paul R. Robinson

    Mr. Robinson, 71, of Freehold Township, died Sept. 16, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. He was a captain and pilot in the U.S. Air Force, serving from 1961-67, including two years in Vietnam. He was the first African- American pilot hired by a major airline, flying for TWA for 32 years. Mr.…

  • Ignazio “Iggy” D’Alessandro

    Sept. 12, 2009, at home. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, and had lived in Roselle Park before moving to Manalapan 11 years ago. Mr. D’Alessandro was a driver for Emilani Beauty Supplies, Union, until his retirement in 1994. He was predeceased by a sister Margarita in August of 2009. Surviving are his wife,…

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