• ‘War of the Worlds’ will be performed

    Arts Horizons, a nonprofit arts-ineducation provider, will sponsor a free performance of “War of the Worlds: A Staged Radio Play,” presented by Raconteur Radio, at 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. The play, which is set in Grover’s Mill, Mercer County, is a loose adaptation of the classic…

  • Deer incidents continue in Colts Neck

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer COLTS NECK — At least 19 deer-related incidents involving motor vehicle accidents, injured deer and illegal hunting plagued the township in September and October, according to details provided by the Colts Neck Police Department. Committeeman Thomas Orgo, who is the Township Committee’s liaison to the Colts Neck Wildlife Committee, shared…

  • St. Peter’s opens doors for bazaar

    FREEHOLD — A Freehold tradition will continue on Nov. 22 when the Women of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church hold their annual bazaar. The bazaar has been held for 77 years in the church at the corner of Main and Throckmorton streets. This year, three parishioner crafters have made crystal beaded necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Historic…

  • Thieves make off with SUV

    MANALAPAN — An unlocked vehicle parked in an open garage was a tempting target for thieves in Manalapan on Oct. 21. Police said that at 6:50 a.m. Oct. 22, officers responded to a home on Candido Court for a report of a stolen vehicle. The owner of the vehicle told the officers that sometime between…

  • Suzanne Kenyon

    Suzanne Kenyon, 61, of the Mercerville section of Hamilton Township, Mercer County, passed surrounded by loving family members on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, Suzanne grew up in Metuchen and lived in Edison, North Brunswick and Trenton before settling in Mercerville several years…

  • Manalapan officials monitor situation at animal shelter

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Municipal officials responded publicly this week to an ongoing situation at the Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter, which is the facility in neighboring Middlesex County where dogs and cats that are found roaming free in Manalapan are brought. The shelter has been the focus of animal rights activists who…

  • DATEBOOK

     A Thanksgiving service sponsored by the Freehold Clergy Association will be hosted by St. Peter’s Church, Throckmorton Street, Freehold, at 7 p.m. Nov. 23. There will be representatives from Freehold churches, synagogues and an Islamic center. A community choir led by St. Peter’s music director, Mark Hyczko, will sing. A reception will follow the…

  • Don’t look now, but winter has returned

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch I have long been dreading a visit from an unwanted guest. I put it out of my mind for as long as I possibly could, pretended the day would never come and did my best to think about other things. I avoided the subject at the dinner table and…

  • Student honors military through memorial garden

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Daniel Elice COLTS NECK — For Colts Neck High School senior Daniel Elice, his Eagle Scout project is about paying tribute to the men and women who serve his country. “I have a respect for the military,” Elice said. “They put their lives on the line every day for the…

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