• Pupil’s essay recounts family’s journey to U.S.

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Seth Linares FREEHOLD — Eighth-grader Seth Linares touched the hearts of members of the Freehold Borough Educational Foundation with an essay he wrote about his family heritage and how it led to the life he lives today, a life lived because of the journey of his ancestors. Seth’s essay…

  • Violations clerk earns promotion

    COLTS NECK — The township is one step closer to filling the role of court administrator with a steady employee. The Township Committee appointed Kathryne Baghsarian on June 11 to the position of deputy court administrator, effective June 12. Baghsarian, who has worked as a parttime violations clerk for about 18 months, is on track…

  • Worship center plans Slovakia trip

    MARLBORO — Ken Jasko, senior pastor at the Monmouth Worship Center, Marlboro, never knew his paternal grandparents. But he knows where they came from. This summer, Jasko, of Manalapan, will get to return to the land of his heritage — Slovakia — on the church’s annual missions trip. “Not only will I get to see…

  • Horse month activities planned

    New Jersey’s standardbred horsemen will celebrate June, the Month of the Horse in New Jersey, with donations of the new book, “Standardbred Old Friends,” a personal appearance by the retired racehorse Indy, and an open house at Fair Winds Farm. According to a press release, the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey is…

  • Amateur radio operators to display skills in Manalapan

    MANALAPAN — The community’s amateur radio operators will demonstrate their skills at the Manalapan municipal complex, Route 522 at Taylors Mills Road, on June 28. Members of the public are invited to come and see the new capabilities of “ham radio” and learn how to get their own Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s radio license. Despite…

  • Objector raises issues in grocery store case

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — A proposed Eastern European grocery store could draw a greater amount of traffic than what was first suggested by the applicant who wants to open the business, according to two opposing experts. On June 4, the Marlboro Planning Board heard testimony regarding the Net Cost Market application from…

  • Indie publisher to address Sisters in Crime meeting

    Indie publisher Ed Charlton will talk about “Getting Your Indie Book into Bookstores” during the June 28 meeting of Sisters in Crime/Central Jersey at the Jamesburg Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave., Jamesburg. His program will begin at 11:45 a.m., and admission is free. Charlton will explain whose books get into bookstores and the IndieReader’s In-Store…

  • Group seeks ordinance that would restrict placement of crematorium

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Township Attorney Roger McLaughlin said he will review information that a citizens group has submitted in support of its opposition to the construction of a crematorium at Tennent Road and Route 522. The issue was raised at the June 11 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee by Glenn…

  • Freehold will gather for reading of Declaration

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The annual ceremony that celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence will be held in front of Borough Hall, West Main Street, Freehold Borough, at 9 a.m. July 4. A motorcycle rider coming into town from the west (Philadelphia) will deliver the document to Thomas Jefferson…

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