• History and civics must be taught in school

    Educating future generations of American students in American history and civics is a fundamental requirement for living in the United States. Any person who has run for elected office can attest to the lack of understanding of how county and local level government works or the positions and titles of the elected officials. Currently, the…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Garden State farms have provided a bounty of beautiful vegetables.

  • Colts Neck resident facing prison following guilty plea

    A Colts Neck resident has pleaded guilty to charges he stabbed a township woman in her home before carjacking her vehicle during an incident that occurred in 2013, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Brennan Doyle, now 18 but 16 at the time he committed his crimes, pleaded guilty on Aug. 27 before…

  • Busy Colts Neck intersection to be analyzed by state DOT

    COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has authorized an engineering study to be conducted by the state Department of Transportation (DOT) at the intersection of Route 34 and Phalanx and Flock roads. Route 34 is a state highway. Officials said the study will be conducted to review the timing sequence of the traffic light at…

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     The Freehold Art Society will exhibit works of art at the Freehold Public Library, East Main Street, Freehold, during library hours from Sept. 2 to Nov. 7. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday; and 7-9 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. This event is…

  • Pedestrian struck and killed by Jeep on Rt. 33

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Once again, the mix of a vehicle and a pedestrian has proven deadly on Route 33. Just after 10 p.m. Aug. 25, a 60-year-old male Manalapan resident was struck by a vehicle as he was standing in the right lane of Route 33 eastbound near the state highway’s…

  • Residents of Renaissance have proposed development in view

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Residents of the Renaissance adult community had a lively exchange with members of the Manalapan Township Committee during a town hall meeting that was held in their neighborhood off Craig Road. The main focus for the residents during a two-hour meeting in their clubhouse on Aug. 26 was…

  • Library will celebrate ‘Alice’

    A celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland,” will take place with a series of events in the Monmouth County Library System.  Alice in Wonderland: Down The Rabbit Hole will be presented at 2 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive,…

  • Marlboro resident indicted on charge of vehicular homicide

    A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against a Marlboro man charged with the fatal 2014 motor vehicle collision that took the life of a 32-yearold Old Bridge man, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Robert A. Pennington, 51, is charged with one count of second degree vehicular homicide in connection…

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