• Project Homeless Connect offers a range of services

    Monmouth County’s annual Project Homeless Connect, a one-stop event to provide various health and human services for homeless residents or those who are in danger of becoming homeless, was held recently in Asbury Park, Freehold and Red Bank. “We offered a warm coat, personal care items and a range of health services to people,” said…

  • Preston foundation continues to assist those in need

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Graeme Preston Foundation for Life continues to do what it does best — help people in need and honor the memory of the foundation’s namesake. Graeme Preston, 12, and his friend, Kevin Clawson, 13, died after being struck by a minivan on Bar Harbor Road, Freehold Township, on…

  • Man charged with theft of piping

    FREEHOLD — Police charged Shaun P. Arban, 32, whom they described as a vagrant, with theft, criminal mischief and unlawful possession of a weapon on Jan. 11. According to Freehold Borough police Lt. Michael Sweetman, Patrolman Sean Healey responded to a call regarding a theft on Bannard Street at 1:27 p.m. Sweetman said Healey was…

  • Colts Neck K-8 prepares for pilot PARCC exam

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Six classes in the Colts Neck K-8 School District are scheduled to pilot the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam this spring. State officials plan to implement the more in-depth online exam in all New Jersey school districts in the 2014-15 school…

  • Colts Neck moves to cover additional cost of projects

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Township Committee is considering an ordinance that would enable Colts Neck to borrow more money to replace the roof at Town Hall. At its Feb. 12 meeting, the governing body introduced an ordinance that would amend an older bond ordinance to pay for the improvement, Mayor…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Dealing with age, one list at a time Lori Clinch A s I approach the age of 50, one thing is becoming quite obvious to me: I miss my youth. Don’t get me wrong, I would never want to be 20 again. Sure I was footloose and fancy-free. Yet, quite frankly, a lot of work…

  • Golf classic at Baltusrol will benefit CASA

    The Charles Lafitte Foundation (CLF) will host its 11th annual Charity Golf Classic on June 30 at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, Union County. All proceeds from the event will benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Jersey, a volunteer-based nonprofit that assists the court and child welfare systems to ensure the safety…

  • Sergeant: Officers injured in scuffle

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A 29-yearold Freehold Township resident was charged with aggravated assault on two police officers and resisting arrest with force following an incident on Jan. 31. According to Freehold Township police Sgt. Jerry Kiwit, officers responded to a noise complaint in an apartment building in the Stonehurst development at 4:30 p.m. When officers…

  • District may purchase block heaters

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Marlboro K-8 School District officials are exploring the purchase of block heaters to keep the district’s fleet of buses warm during future winters. During a period of severe sub-freezing temperatures in January, district buses idled for extended periods of time. Although a spokesman for the state Department of…

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