• Marlboro settles contracts with township employees

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — New contracts between Marlboro and four employee unions should provide for less paid time off and a reduction in benefits, according to municipal documents. The Township Council recently approved memorandums of agreement with the police dispatchers and clerical workers of Communications Workers of America Local 1075; the white-collar…

  • Manalapan proposes lower speed limit on Woodward Road

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has introduced an ordinance that would reduce the speed limit on a portion of Woodward Road in Manalapan. The ordinance was introduced in a 5-0 vote on April 9 and has been scheduled for a public hearing at the committee’s April 23 meeting. The committee…

  • AUDITIONS

    The Mighty Oak Players will hold auditions for “Evita” at the Monroe Township High School Performing Arts Center, 200 Schoolhouse Road, Monroe Township, from 7-9 p.m. May 12-13. Callbacks will be from 7-9 p.m. May 16. The director is seeking performers of all ethnicities, age 8 and up, to be part of an ensemble cast.…

  • Reservoir ready for visitors

    With the weather getting warmer, staff members at the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell are planning events and tours for visitors to one of the crown jewels in the Monmouth County Park System. The reservoir encompasses 1,204 acres of land and water. It features a visitor center, an environmental center, a 5-mile perimeter trail, a 1-mile…

  • 2014 Manalapan photo contest goes ‘Down the Shore’

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Arts Council and Mayor Jordan Maskowitz have announced that the theme of the township’s sixth annual photo contest is “Down the Shore.” Contest organizers will be looking for pictures of the Jersey Shore from Sandy Hook to Cape May with a creative touch. Photos can be from the past or present,…

  • Homework help offered at library

    MANALAPAN — Homework Helpers, a group of high school students volunteering their tutoring services for free to students in grades 1-8, meets at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, on Mondays and Thursdays through June 12. The group is composed of students from the Freehold Regional High School District, the Monmouth County…

  • Walk to raise funds for pancreatic cancer research

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — Nicole Tuscano of Howell will honor the memory of her mother, Cleo Tuscano, at an annual fundraising event that will support research into the disease that claimed Cleo’s life six years ago. Tuscano, 31, has once again teamed up with the Lustgarten Foundation to host a memorial pancreatic…

  • Levine-DeStefano

    James DeStefano & Lauren Levine Delfina and Ira Levine of Manalapan announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Angela Levine, to James Michael DeStefano, son of Faith and Steven Goldstone, of East Brunswick. The future bride is a graduate of Manalapan High School. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting/finance from Rowan University,…

  • Tha Real Street adds voice to New Jersey music scene

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Tha Real Street HOWELL — Gregory Baker, a Georgia native turned Howell resident, is bringing his own interesting brand of hip-hop music to New Jersey in more ways than one. Baker, 35, who goes by the pseudonym Tha Real Street, moved to New Jersey from Savannah, Ga., in 2010 with…

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