• Education needed on palliative care services

    Palliative care is a vital and expanding area of health care delivery. It is comprehensive care that focuses on the physical, emotional and social needs of patients suffering from chronic illness. Its goal is quality of life. It allows teams of doctors, nurses, social workers and other health care professionals to work together to improve…

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    MARK ROSMAN/STAFF Sign of the season at the Quaker Inn, Ocean Grove, on a beautiful and busy June 28.

  • Marlboro pupil wins essay contest

    Amisha Singh MARLBORO — A pupil at the Marlboro Memorial Middle School has been named one of the winners in the Charles Lafitte Foundation’s Kid’s Corner 2015 Spring Essay Contest. According to a press release, Amisha Singh, a sixth-grader, was one of three winners in the contest. The other winners were Aditya Viswanathan Kaliappan, who…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Alfredo Molina of Freehold has been named to the dean’s list for the 2015 spring semester at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina. Edward Carragher of Howell has been named to the dean’s list for the 2015 spring semester at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina. Lauren Van Wie of Howell has been named to…

  • Going in style

    PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOD DAY NEW YORK Dylan Williams, a rising senior at Manalapan High School, recently appeared on Fox 5’s “Good Day New York” to model tuxedos for prom season. Dylan was selected to participate by Dante Zeller Tuxedos, a tuxedo rental retailer in the New York-New Jersey area. Here, Dylan is joined by…

  • Kudrick takes reins of Howell Police Dept.

    By REBECCA CHENG Staff Writer Howell’s new police chief, Andrew Kudrick, speaks to fellow officers, family members and friends during a Change of Command ceremony June 25. Listening to Kudrick are, left to right, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Howell Township Manager Jeff Mayfield and Police Chief Ronald Carter, who retired June 30. Below,…

  • Former teacher becomes officer

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer A former health and physical education teacher is the newest member of the Colts Neck Police Department. Whitney Molinelli was sworn in as a member of the police force during a recent Township Committee meeting. Officials said Molinelli’s hiring restores the police force to the minimum of 20 officers. An…

  • Sign language could fill graduation requirement

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Parlin Gressitt (left to right) practices signing with Phoebe Gartside during an American Sign Language program at the Middletown Township Public Library on June 27. Gartside, a senior at Middletown High School South, founded the program along with classmate Sarah Maggipinto to teach the basics of signing, which could…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Guests at Olde Freehold Day have fun at the petting zoo. The annual community celebration was held on June 27 at Lake Topanemus Park, Freehold Township.

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