• Dancing friends await start of summer shows

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Correspondent Jamie Ventriglio and Kim White FREEHOLD — Late spring and summer will once again bring music and dancing to Main Street in downtown Freehold with the return of the Downtown Freehold Summer Concert Series. The concert series will begin on June 11 with a performance by Mission Dance. The music…

  • Sierra Club, DEP join chorus opposing solar power facility

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The Sierra Club has joined the roster of environmental groups that are objecting to the construction of a solar energy facility on property owned by Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson. And, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has indicated that it may be willing to purchase…

  • Ginsberg defeats Green, wins Manalapan GOP nomination

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Rebecca Ginsberg will make her first bid for a seat on the Manalapan Township Committee in the Nov. 3 election. Ginsberg has been a member of the township’s recreation commission/board for more than 15 years. Unofficial results posted by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office showed Ginsberg received 306…

  • Marlboro school board honors staff members

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Outstanding staff members in the Marlboro K-8 School District were honored by the Board of Education at a recent meeting. During a May 26 meeting at the Defino Central Elementary School, the board recognized seven staff members for their efforts on behalf of the district’s students. The staff…

  • Howell police participate in body camera pilot program

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Police officers in Howell, MIddletown and Wall Township are wearing body cameras in a pilot program being overseen by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. In an effort to provide additional safety to law enforcement officers and citizens, three Monmouth County police departments are taking part in a program that…

  • ON CAMPUS

    The following local residents graduated from Rowan University, Glassboro, during the 2015 commencement exercises: From Manalapan: Rachel Bari Ackerman, Haley Mara Aimone, Jack Archie Annunziato, Randy David Berman, Alexandra Calogera, Ioannis Dokouslis, Justin Howard Fishman, Rose Esther Kravetz, Nicholas Carney Kreiger, Josh W. Levine, Veronica P. Schumann, Cary Smith III, Daniel Reilley Smith, Brandon James…

  • DATEBOOK

     The Italian American Cultural Society of New Jersey will host a dinner meeting at 7 p.m. June 11 at Valentino’s Restaurant, 4241 Route 9 North, Freehold Township. The cost is $30 for members, and for June only, $30 for nonmembers. Cash is preferred. No credit cards. Details: 917- 709-8008 or 917-743-3311.  The Novo…

  • Drainage an issue in proposal for 18-home site in Marlboro

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — A public hearing is expected to continue before the Marlboro Planning Board on July 1 on an applicant’s plan to construct 18 single-family homes in a new cul-de-sac off Texas Road. A May 20 hearing on the Monarch Pointe, LLC, application was halted when board members expressed significant…

  • Mom completes handoff of gardening chore

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Spring is in full swing, and summer is waiting in the wings. We are enjoying long days, warm nights and gentle breezes. I love the flowers, the trees, the lush lawns and green bushes. What I am not in love with are the weeds that are mass-producing and waging…

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