• Patriots’ 4×800 relay breaks own MOC record in repeat win

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School’s Ciara Roche, left, sprints to the finish line of the girls 1,600-meter run at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on June 4 at Frank Jost Field in South Plainfield. The Patriots’ sophomore lowered her school record to 4:48.99 in finishing third. Later in the meet, Roche…

  • Plays-in-the-Park opens season with ‘Sunset Boulevard’

    Plays-in-the-Park will present the musical “Sunset Boulevard” as the first production of its 2014 season. Performances will run June 18-28, with no show on June 22. All shows begin at 8:30 p.m. and are staged at the Stephen J. Capestro Amphitheater at 1 Pine Drive in Roosevelt Park, Edison. “Sunset Boulevard” is a lush and…

  • Tax evasion nets prison sentence

    The former senior vice president of operations of an independent wholesale food distributor was sentenced May 21 to 20 months in prison for evading taxes on income he received from third parties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. John Annetta, 61, of Marlboro, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan to an…

  • Grants fund local programs

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Several grants and donations are expected to strengthen Marlboro’s municipal programs, from youth hockey to the cleanup of contaminated land. Marlboro officials announced the acceptance of about $160,000 from various sources at the May 15 meeting of the Township Council. Three grants will be used to fund projects…

  • Medical center will install new emergency generators

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Several improvements will be made to the campus of CentraState Medical Center, Route 537. At their May 15 meeting, members of the Planning Board authorized the board’s attorney to prepare positive resolutions for two projects at the medical center. The resolutions will be voted on at…

  • Freehold couple honored for service to foster children

    Freehold residents Bob and Mary Sterling were recently honored for their decades of caring for dozens of children who were victims of abuse and neglect, adopting six of their former foster children over the years. The couple received the 40th anniversary Visionary Award from the Foster and Adoptive Family Services (FAFS) at a brunch on…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Taking three steps to match one of his Lori Clinch Happy Father’s Day, Dad. Far too often, I took all that you have done for granted. In my defense, you made that easy. There were no theatrics. You never wanted credit or recognition. You never stood up and said, “Hey, look at all that I…

  • Holocaust survivor urges love, respect

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Sol Lurie MONROE — Sol Lurie, a township resident and Holocaust survivor, endured life in a Lithuanian ghetto, imprisonment in six concentration camps and a grueling death march through the harsh European winter. Those experiences, Lurie said, are what led him to places like Monroe Township Middle School, where…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Provident Bank, New Jersey’s first and oldest community bank, has expanded into Pennsylvania with the acquisition of Bethlehem, Pa.-based Team Capital Bank. There are now 88 branches in 16 counties throughout northern and central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, and the bank has an expanded array of consumer and commercial banking products. Keith Grady, LNHA,…

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