• Historical society will mark 40th anniversary

    Members have been dedicated to preserving local history BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer The Battleground Historical Society’s dedication to preserving the history of the Manalapan-Englishtown area has stretched over more than a generation. The group will celebrate its 40th anniversary later this month. According to the society’s Internet website, www.thevillageinn.org, the organization was founded on…

  • New book looks at ‘The Boss’

    Many Freehold area residents do not question their unwavering loyalty to Bruce Springsteen. When The Boss sings about driving up Route 9 and spending summer nights at the boardwalk, it is impossible for many individuals not to relate to his experiences that come with the territory of growing up in central New Jersey. Louis P.…

  • JCC hoop loop preps for season

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Changes that have been made to the Jewish Community Center of Western Monmouth County’s youth basketball league are a slam-dunk. Ian Feibelman, the JCC of Western Monmouth County program director, said a basketball committee was formed last year to come up with suggestions to improve the JCC’s existing…

  • Young drummer keeps the beat for E Street

    Jay Weinberg fills in for his dad with Springsteen; calls experience ‘amazing’ BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Once upon a time in the Land of Hope and Dreams, a hard-working young prince who was Born in the USA was thrust into the limelight when the benevolent dictator of E Street called upon him to follow…

  • Roosevelt featured in Oct. exhibit

    Small Monmouth County town was created by U.S. gov’t. in 1930s Explore Roosevelt’s past through photography, oral history, lecture and documentary at the Monmouth County Library System this fall. The exhibit “Monmouth County in the Great Depression,” on view in the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, for the month of October, will…

  • County plans 9/11 remembrance

    On Sept. 11 at 8:30 a.m. the Monmouth County Park System will host a brief remembrance ceremony at the site of Monmouth County’s 9/11 memorial. The 20-minute ceremony will include the Naval Weapons Station Earle Funeral Honors, bagpipers, an invocation by local clergy and flowers placed at the memorial. The 9/11 memorial is at Mount…

  • Players to put on hell of show

    For nearly half a century, Margaret Schlinski has given Roosevelt residents high-quality theatrical productions in their Monmouth County hometown. PHOTO COURTESY OF JEFF KLEIN The Roosevelt Players (clockwise from top left) Bob Clark, Peter Foos, Evelyn Schlinski and Jennifer Kohlhepp will perform in Margaret Schlinski’s production of “No Exit” Sept. 11-12 at the Roosevelt Public…

  • Volunteers bring back parish nursing ministry

    St. Rose of Lima Parish establishes program in Freehold area BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent A fter a lapse of several years, members of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Freehold Borough are reviving the ministry of parish nursing, a specialty of nursing that does not involve any medically invasive procedures. Parish nursing, which is also…

  • New polices in place for food allergy situations

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — In the fall of 2008 a group of parents raised concern regarding the Marlboro K-8 School District’s protocols pertaining to food allergies. The parents and district administrators have since been researching other states’ protocols and have made a few changes to how things will run in Marlboro. During…

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