• Arcadian Chorale to perform concert

    FREEHOLD — The Arcadian Chorale will bring the sounds of winter to Freehold Borough with a winter concert, “Snowflake Songs,” on March 23. The event is sponsored by the Freehold Borough Arts Council (FBAC) and will be held at St. Rose of Lima Church, 16 Mc- Lean St., at 4 p.m. “The Arcadian Chorale is…

  • Tax assessor to retire

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Tax assessor Steve Walters has announced that he will retire from his position this year. “I have been [working as the tax assessor for Upper Freehold Township] for something like 14 or 16 years,” he said. “I’m turning 68 in September and my daughters and their families…

  • Friends seek bone marrow donor for ailing counselor

    JACKSON — Efforts to provide support for a member of the Jackson School District faculty will turn into a rallying cry from friends, family members and colleagues during a bone marrow drive later this month. In an effort to help Elms Elementary School guidance counselor Debi Hotmar fight the acute lymphoblastic leukemia with which she…

  • Preservation grants awarded

    The Monmouth County Historical Commission awarded preservation grants recently for 13 restoration projects that totaled $64,411. The 2014 preservation grant recipients include:  Battleground Historical Society (Englishtown), Village Inn porch roof restoration, $4,000  Friends of Monmouth Battlefield (Freehold), Craig House window replacement, $2,915  Old Tennent Church (Manalapan), restoration of exterior doors, $4,357 …

  • Pastor honored with humanitarian award

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Monmouth County Human Relations Commission Chairman Darryl Hughes, from left, and the Rev. Terrence K. Porter pose with Melissa Teasley and Marguerete Teasley Graves during the Earl Thomas Teasley Humanitarian Award presentation in Freehold March 10. KEITH HEUMILLER ‘A candle loses none of its light by lighting another candle.” This…

  • Millstone boy leads effort to help other youths

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Fabrizzio Bagatoli is quite eager to bring a measure of happiness to as many foster children as possible through a project he created and calls “Cuddle Me Mine.” Fabrizzio, who is a student at the Millstone Township Middle School, organized a team of children in Millstone Township, and the youngsters are…

  • Jeremy’s journey to independence

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer This text will be replaced Jeremy Myron, a 21-year-old with autism, folds towels on March 13 at his home in Brick Township. His family hopes that he will overcome institutional hurdles to build a life that is on par with those of typically developing young adults. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR…

  • Exercise is secret weapon in battle against cancer

    DR. REBECCA MOSS Here in America, the rate of diagnosis of colorectal cancer in people in their early 40s is increasing more rapidly than in any other group. If you are the health-obsessed type, you might be taking vitamin supplements in the hope of keeping yourself out of this particular predicament. Speaking as a cancer…

  • LETTER: Red Cross plays vital role

    To the editor:    As a board member with American Red Cross New Jersey Crossroads, I would like to share with you and your readers what the organization means to me and my family, and what a vital role it plays in our community.    March has been proclaimed Red Cross Month by every president since the…

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