• Officers are on time to deliver early baby

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Lumivi and Emilio Esmalla and their son, Kyle, 3, get a visit from the Freehold Township police officers who helped deliver baby Kian Esmalla on April 7. Police officers (l-r) Joseph Winowski, Sgt. Daniel F. Pasquinucci, Andrew R. Galaydick and Karl White visited the Esmalla family…

  • Bomb threat suspect arrested

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — A suspect has been apprehended in connection with a series of phoned-in bomb threats to the Wal-Mart department store on Route 9 south at Lanes Mill Road. Brian Chadwick, 29, whose address was given as the Moon Motel, Route 9, Howell, was arrested at about 2:45 p.m. April…

  • Amburgey named to serve as parade’s grand marshal

    PLUMSTED — Mayor Ron Dancer and the Plumsted Township Committee have announced that lifelong New Egypt resident Bartom (Bart) Amburgey will serve as grand marshal for this year’s Memorial Day parade on May 25. Amburgey will lead the parade, which will begin at 1 p.m. on North Main Street at Bright Road and continue along…

  • Voters OK Plumsted tax levy

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Voters in Plumsted approved a general fund tax levy of $9.2 million to support a total budget of $25.7 million for the 2009-10 school year on Election Day, April 21. The school district has 1,850 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The budget adopted by the Plumsted Board…

  • Audubon Society plans field trip to Allaire State Park

    What is “warbler neck?” The answer to this question and many others will be revealed when the Monmouth County Audubon Society hosts its annual field trip to Allaire State Park, Wall Township, on May 2. “At this time of year bird plumage is at its brightest and songs are loudest,” said Dena Temple, trip leader.…

  • Jackson man killed in crash

    JACKSON — A resident of Jackson was killed in a single-vehicle accident on East Veterans Highway on April 23. According to Jackson police, Michael Spaziani, 40, was driving a 1995 Plymouth Neon when he lost control of his vehicle on a curve and crashed into a telephone pole. Police said the accident occurred at 4:34…

  • Facility OK for inline skates & skateboards

    JACKSON — The skate park in the Jackson Justice Complex will remain open for use only by individuals who are using skateboards or inline skates. Bicycles and scooters are not permitted to be used at the skate park. Jackson Director of Recreation Steve Eisenstein said, “The mayor’s office, the Recreation Department and the Department of…

  • Friendship through violets

    Allentown neighbors grow for May 2-3 violet show BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer When health complications left Lionel Gaylard partially PHOTOS BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Phoebe Gaylard (l) and Jessica Bryant admire a streptacarpus grown in the Gaylard home in Allentown. crippled 11 years ago, he sought a hobby to keep his mind and body occupied.…

  • Zoners consider plan for child care center

    Country Resort at Brookside wants to place facility on Fort Plains Road, Howell BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite various revisions, safety issues are still of the utmost concern among Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment members in regard to a proposed child care center known as Country Resort at Brookside. A hearing on the application…

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