• Community garden unveiled

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — Municipal officials have broken ground for Marlboro’s first community garden. The groundbreaking was held on Oct. 25 and was attended by Mayor Jonathan Hornik, members of the Township Council, members of the Shade Tree Committee and representatives of Whole Foods Market, Marlboro. The community garden is at 82…

  • ‘Wizard of Oz’ to be staged at middle school

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro Memorial Middle School, Nolan Road, will present “The Wizard Of Oz” on stage at 7 p.m. Nov. 14-15. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend the show. Admission is free. The school’s Drama Club is supporting the Students Change Hunger Challenge Campaign and is asking everyone who attends a performance…

  • Manalapan police use Narcan to revive victim of overdose

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — For the second time in as many weeks, Manalapan police officers revived an individual who was believed to have overdosed on narcotics. Police said that at 3:11 a.m. Nov. 1, patrolmen William Dutton, Matthew Mattia, Morgan Joiner and Matthew Meyler responded to a Highland Drive residence for a…

  • County auction nets $94K

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the fall Monmouth County surplus auction generated $94,815, bringing the combined total of the county’s online surplus property auctions to $2,781,023. The county began conducting its surplus property auctions completely online in 2008, according to a press release. Surplus property from the county’s fleet services division,…

  • Moretti, Lowe, Miller win Howell school board seats

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — Al Miller, Denise Lowe and James Moretti Jr. have been elected to three-year terms on the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education. According to results provided by the Monmouth County Board of Elections, Miller, Lowe and Moretti were elected with 4,427, 4,309 and 5,173 votes, respectively.…

  • Officers raising funds to help cancer center

    FREEHOLD — The members of Freehold Borough PBA Local 159 are raising funds to support a healthcare facility that has done so much to help care for one of their own. As part of the fundraising campaign, residents may notice something very different about the borough’s police officers in November — the appearance of facial…

  • Mattos, Marshall win seats on Marlboro school board

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — Debbie Despina Mattos and Craig Marshall won three-year terms on the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education on Nov. 4. The winner of a third available threeyear term was expected to be determined after more than 1,200 write-in votes were counted by Monmouth County election officials on…

  • Marlboro receives additional military surplus from feds

    MARLBORO — One month after accepting a Hummer from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Township Council has approved the delivery of additional vehicles from the same federal program. The program permits the Department of Defense to transfer surplus military equipment to municipalities. There is no cost to municipalities that receive the items. At its…

  • Resident facing assault charges; two victims are sent to hospital

    MARLBORO — A township resident has been charged with aggravated assault after his alleged involvement in an incident that occurred on Nov. 4. According to a press release issued by Marlboro Police Capt. Frederick Reck, officers were called to a home on Oak Street in the Morganville section of the community at 1:22 a.m. for…

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