• St. Paddy’s Day at Freehold Raceway

    FREEHOLD RACEWAY PUBLICITY Driver “Irish” Joe Hanney lifts his hand in the air as he steers long-shot Real Mystical to the win in the St. Paddy’s Day Race at Freehold Raceway on March 15. The special race featured eight drivers of Irish descent.

  • Exhibit open to those ‘Drawn to Dinosaurs’

    The Hadrosaurus foulkii is on exhibit beginning March 22 at the New Jersey State Museum’s Natural History Hall. COURTESY OF NEW JERSEY MUSEUM The Hadrosaurus foulkii returns to New Jersey in the new exhibit, “Drawn To Dinosaurs: Hadrosaurus foulkii,” on March 22 in the New Jersey State Museum’s Natural History Hall. The exhibit, on loan…

  • Voters OK fire budgets

    JACKSON — Voters approved a 2014 budget in each of Jackson’s four fire districts in the Feb. 15 fire district election. In Fire District No. 1, the 2014 budget totals $545,000. Of that amount, $503,000 will be covered by the collection of fire district taxes. Fire District No. 1 is served by the Whitesville Fire…

  • Howell Township Education Foundation to sponsor ‘Race to Educate’

    HOWELL — The Howell Township Education Foundation, in conjunction with the Freehold Area Running Club, will hold its 5th annual 5K Run/Walk event, “The Race to Educate,” on May 17 at Howell Middle School South. A turnout of about 500 participants is expected. In addition to the 5K run, there will be a 5K walk…

  • Howell to seek new bids for energy aggregation

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council expects to go back out to bid in search of more meaningful savings for a proposed energy aggregation program. At a meeting in February, council members indicated they might award a bid to a third-party electricity provider during their March 4 meeting. However, the council…

  • Kathy Willis

    Mrs. Willis, 59, of Jackson, died March 7, 2014, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She was a manager at Tom’s Tavern, a waitress at the Apollo Diner, and most recently, worked for Wawa, Howell. She was predeceased by her husband, George J. Willis Jr.; and a daughter, Angela Willis. Surviving are two daughters, Dawn Willis…

  • Kathryn Leonard

    Mrs. Leonard, 80, of Howell, died March 7, 2014. Surviving are her husband, Martin Leonard; two sons, Martin J. Leonard of Howell, and Gerard M. Leonard of Stony Point, N.Y.; two daughters, Eileen M. Payne of Rockingham, N.C., and Kathryn E. Leonard of Howell; four grandchildren; a sister, Eileen Kennedy; and a brother, Charles Egan.…

  • Antoinette Provini

    Mrs. Provini, 70, of Howell, died Feb. 28, 2014, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, she worked as a bus driver for the Freehold Regional High School District for 15 years. She also worked for Sealand Service as a secretary. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael A. Provini. Surviving are two…

  • Anna Adele Marple

    Mrs. Marple, 84, of Manchester, formerly of Jackson, died Feb. 21, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, New Brunswick. Prior to retiring, she was employed by Air Cruisers, Farmingdale, in the assembly department for 10 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Terry Marple, in 1998. Surviving are four sons, Joe Hayward and…

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