• Pizza party

    Amboy Bank President George E. Scharpf hosted a pizza party during “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” on April 24. Employees’ children were treated to a tour of the bank, activities involving the importance of the banking industry and lunch. Amboy Bank has 22 branches in Monmouth and Middlesex counties.

  • Options abound at Awning Design and Fireside Pros

    By AMY ROSEN Fireside Pros offers high-efficiency fireplace, insert and stove appliances in wood, gas and pellet. The firm designs and installs hearth products by Regency, Hampton and Hearthstone for residential and commercial use. When it comes to protection from the elements, Awning Design has its clients covered — in more ways than one. Having…

  • Council allocates funding for officer’s legal defense

    By GREG KENNELTY HOWELL — The Township Council has allocated more funding to represent one police officer in a lawsuit that alleges bias and misuse of power. Litigation filed by Howell residents Brandon Camacho and Ben Camacho against Howell police Officer Riaz Motani and Sgt. Joseph Markulic remains active more than four years after the…

  • Rutgers Master Gardeners to host plant sale in May

    The 12th annual plant sale will be held at the Monmouth County agricultural building, 4000 Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, May 16-17. The plant sale is the annual fundraiser for the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Monmouth County. Funds raised help the Master Gardeners provide gardening, pest and horticultural education to the public. A helpline service can…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    The UPS Store, 345 Route 9 South, in the Design Center, Manalapan, celebrated its grand opening on March 22. The store offers many services in addition to its wellknown packing and shipping services. Those additional services include business and personal mailboxes, notary, shredding, fax, scanning, moving supplies and packaging materials, printing, binding, laminating, passport photos,…

  • Scout attains rank of Eagle

    Anthony Giancaspro MANALAPAN — Anthony Giancaspro, 17, of Manalapan, earned his Eagle Scout rank on Jan. 20. Anthony, who is a junior at St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, is a member of Boy Scout Troop 180, which is chartered by the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church, Manalapan, He will be formally recognized at his Eagle…

  • Aggravated assault charges filed

    FREEHOLD — Charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and being a disorderly person were lodged against a Freehold Borough man on April 23. According to Freehold Borough police Lt. Michael Sweetman, officers were dispatched to the vicinity of the firehouse on West Main Street at 10:13 p.m. for a report of…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder Lori Clinch Every so often, someone will ask where I come up with ideas to write about week after week. In short, it’s a piece of cake. Take a recent incident, for instance. Our eldest and wise-cracking son sent me a text, asking us to join…

  • Veterans recount experiences in local Scout’s documentary

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Derek Matthews MILLSTONE — Derek Matthews has created an eye-opening documentary titled “Vietnam: The Veterans Perspective” that will be shown at elementary schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties this spring. Derek, 16, created the film as his Eagle Scout project with Boy Scout Troop 116 in Millstone Township. The Veterans Of…

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