• Advocates: Homelessness, hunger affect all of society

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Raising awareness that poverty, hunger and homelessness impact every member of society — and not just those who are at risk — is part of finding solutions to these issues, according to speakers at a summit of advocacy groups. In order to do this, it is imperative to change…

  • JCP&L spent $250M on upgrades last year

    Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) completed more than 160 infrastructure projects and other initiatives in 2014 to help enhance service reliability to its 1.1 million customers in northern and central New Jersey, according to a press release. Some of the key projects included the following:  Completing a $15 million expansion of a substation…

  • DATEBOOK

     The Freehold Art Society will be exhibiting at the Freehold Public Library, East Main Street, Freehold Borough. The exhibit is free and open to the public and can be viewed during library hours now through Feb. 11.  The Jewish Heritage Museum, 310 Mount’s Corner Drive, Freehold Township, will host Professor Maurice Mahler as…

  • Chinese New Year holiday sought in Marlboro K-8 School District

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer MARLBORO — The meeting room at the Marlboro K-8 School District administration building was filled to capacity as members of the local Asian-American community urged the board to make the Chinese New Year an official school holiday. During more than an hour of testimony at a Jan. 13 Board of…

  • Suspects sought after CVS shoplifting

    MANALAPAN — Police believe two men who shoplifted merchandise from the CVS pharmacy at the corner of Route 33 and Woodward Road may have also committed thefts in the Philadelphia area. Police said that on Jan. 1 at 9:17 a.m., Patrolman Kevin Ruditsky responded to CVS for a report of a shoplifting that had occurred…

  • Orchid show returns to Holmdel, Feb. 5-8

    Dreary winter days will be enlivened by vibrant colors at the 18th annual Deep Cut Orchid Society Winter Show Feb. 5-8 at the Dearborn Market, Route 35, Holmdel. The largest orchid show in the tri-state area will feature exhibits that will be considered by judges who are accredited by the American Orchid Society. Vendors from…

  • Inmate threatens officers’ lives

    An Asbury Park man who is lodged in the Monmouth County jail, Freehold Township, was recently charged with threatening to kill two corrections officers at the facility. Charles Webster, a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, said James Hinton, 35, of Asbury Park, was initially taken into custody by Neptune police officers following a…

  • Fort Hancock seeks proposals to use six vacant buildings

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The National Park Service has issued three requests for proposals (RFPs) from potential lessees as part of the pilot phase of Fort Hancock’s rehabilitation. The release of the RFPs, which marks the first round of a process that will eventually lease 33 of the fort’s 110 historic buildings, allows…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    On Feb. 3 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Malvern School of Marlboro, 130 S. Main St. (Route 79), Marlboro, residents are invited to help celebrate the school’s first anniversary with a birthday party. Parents and their children can take part in a variety of activities including birthday-themed games and crafts for children, as well as…

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