• Friends of Clearwater Festival set for Aug. 15

    The 34th annual New Jersey Friends of Clearwater Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 15 at Sunset Park, corner of Sunset Avenue and Main Street, Asbury Park. The theme of this year’s free, one-day festival is “Clean Ocean Zone: Fight for Clear Water!” The New York/New Jersey Bight, that portion…

  • Lenore Harmon

      Mrs. Harmon, 70, a resident of Manalapan for the past 42 years, died July 24, 2009, at St. BarnabasMedical Center, Livingston, after a six-year battle with cancer. She was a school teacher for the Marlboro Township Board of Education for 30 years before retiring in 2007. Surviving is her husband of 50 years, Aaron;…

  • Postal service suspends plan to close Freehold facility

    Freehold Borough woman holds rally at Lafayette St. site BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO The United States Postal Service branch in Freehold Borough — a trailer that has been in place on Lafayette Street for the better part of a decade — will remain open while postal service administrators continue to…

  • Rachel Alexandra delivers at Haskell

    BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer After receiving rock-star treatment all weekend at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, Rachel Alexandra certainly appeased her legion of fans in the $1.25 million Haskell Invitational on Aug. 2. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jockey Calvin Borel motions to the crowd as he guides Rachel Alexandra to victory in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth…

  • Lewis F. Loker

    Mr. Loker, 75, of Long Branch, died July 27, 2009, at the St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He had resided in Middletown before relocating to Long Branch. Mr. Loker was a retired postal supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service in Middletown Township. Following retirement, he was a…

  • Prostitution investigation leads to arrest of Manalapan woman

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A two-month investigation by the Manalapan Police Department, sparked by an anonymous resident’s tip, led to the arrest of a woman who is accused of engaging in acts of prostitution. According to a Manalapan Police Department press release, Michelle Glynn, 29, of Tennent Road, advertised services on the…

  • Datebook

    • A job and vendor fair hosted by Primerica Financial Services is being planned for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at 18 Spring St., Freehold. Companies and vendors are still being sought for a fee of $50 per table. All proceeds will benefit the Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad. Donations made payable…

  • Soccer marathon to honor memory of local youngsters

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The deaths of two township youngsters in 2008 has sparked an outpouring of support and a message of hope as soccer players come together to remember the two boys. A motor vehicle accident on Feb. 27, 2008, took the lives of Graeme Preston, 12, and Kevin Clawson, 13, after they were struck…

  • Sports Shorts

    Howell hockey, a recreational roller hockey program for boys and girls from Howell and surrounding towns, will hold in-person registration from 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 6 and Aug. 12 and from 9-11 a.m. Aug. 15. All games are played outside on full-size rinks at Deerwood Park, Howell. Registration fees include a personalized jersey and 10 games,…

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