• BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Applebee’s restaurants will celebrate Halloween with free children’s meals to trick-or-treaters age 12 and under on Oct. 31. Up to two youngsters can receive a free entrée from the children’s menu — dine-in only — with each adult entrée purchased. To add to the festivities, servers will be dressed up as superheroes and fun characters.…

  • Byway is nice trip through rural region

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway snakes through Upper Freehold Township and Allentown over the course of its 24 miles. The byway has been in place for a number of years and in November 2006 it was designated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation as a…

  • ON CAMPUS

    John Avino of Jackson graduated from Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca, N.Y., with a major in television-radio. Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., has named the following local residents to the dean’s list for the spring semester: Veronica Zeman of Howell; and Heather Fisch and John Yostpille of Jackson. Dylan Wills of the…

  • Pulp magazine event to be held in Bordentown

    The annual Pulp AdventureCon will convert the Ramada Inn, Bordentown, into a pulp collectors’ mecca on Nov. 2. There will be vendors with rare pulp magazines, movie posters and vintage paperbacks. There are several new publications that are reviving the heroes and tradition of pulp fiction, according to a press release. Pulp magazines were an…

  • Jackson student earns national honor

    The National Society of High School Scholars has announced that Jackson Liberty High School student Hayley Cattonar of Jackson has been selected for membership. The announcement was made by NSHSS founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel prize. The society recognizes top scholars at the high school…

  • Howell woman’s vehicle damaged by fire on Oct. 14

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — A vehicle caught fire in the parking lot of a Wawa convenience store on Route 9 north just before 11 a.m. Oct. 14. According to Howell police Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd, Donna Dutton, 52, of Howell, was driving on Route 9 at about 10:45 a.m. when she sensed…

  • Bull found roaming in Plumsted

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A young bull roaming loose on Brindletown Road in Plumsted caused some excitement in the township on Oct. 21. PHOTO COURTESY OF LINDA SALCFAS PLUMSTED — Linda Salcfas was looking forward to a bullish week at the Plumsted Office of Emergency Management (OEM) on Oct. 21. Little did she know…

  • Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce 2013 ATHENA Award to be presented

    Pamela Caputo The Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce announces the nominees for the 28th Annual ATHENA Leadership Award. The award will be presented on Nov. 1 at Battleground Country Club, 1 Covenhoven Road, Manalapan, to an exemplary leader who has achieved excellence in their business or profession, served the community in a meaningful way and,…

  • Margaret Post

    Mrs. Post, 72, of Howell, died Oct. 9, 2013, at home. She was the owner and operator of Simply Chocolate, Freehold, before her retirement. She was predeceased by her husband, Leroy Post, in 1991. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Ryan and Tamara Post; a daughter and son-inlaw, Lori and Thomas Kelly; and four grandchildren.…

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