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      May 20, 2009  RSS feed

      CHRIS KELLY staff An honor guard participates in Marlboro's first Memorial Day parade along a route that went from School Road West and Route 79 to the Marlboro municipal complex on Wyncrest Road on May 17. Memorial Day 2009 will be marked on May 25. More...
      Overall tax rate is projected to hold steady at $1.73

      Manalapan residents will see no change in their overall property tax bill in 2009, municipal officials announced at the May 13 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee. More...

      Marchers will mark sacrifices of many during Memorial Day event

      The 135th annual Memorial Day parade will be held in Freehold Borough on May 25. Participants and those who turn out to watch the event will honor the memory of the servicemen and servicewomen who lost their lives defending their country. More...


      Howell's Brian Brennan continues rehabilitation from serious injuries

      On May 3, 2009, U.S. Army First Lt. Brian Brennan, 25, of Howell stood alone as the very first honoree to receive the New Jersey Hall of Fame's Unsung Hero award. He not only stood, but he walked out on stage after being introduced by U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the man whose use of the word currahee seemingly brought Brennan back to life after 22 days in a coma. More...


      The New Jersey Metro Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society held its 21st annual Walk MS on April 19 starting and ending at the CentraState Medical Center Wellness Center in Freehold Township. More...


      On May 3, 11 cyclists from Congregation Kol Am, Freehold, including Rabbi Brooks Susman, embarked in the pre-dawn hours to New York City to participate in the TD Bank NYC Five Boro Bike Ride as part of a fundraiser to benefit the temple's Murray Sherman Memorial Education Fund. More...


      OCEAN GROVE — The Historical Society of Ocean Grove continues its 2009 season of special fundraising events with the popular Memorial Day Weekend Auction on May 23, at the Young People's Temple in Ocean Grove. Preview is at 9 a.m., and the auction will commence at 11 a.m. More...


      The New Jersey State Libertarian Party's state board has selected Kenneth R. Kaplan as its candidate for governor. Kaplan has a lifelong familiarity with New Jersey's residents and issues, according to a statement from the Libertarian Party. More...


      Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity is planning to build a house in Millstone Township. At the April 29 Millstone zoning board meeting, WMHH received unanimous approval to construct a 1,620-square-foot home with three bedrooms and one bathroom on a .89-acre lot on Route 537. A disabled veteran or the surviving family of a disabled veteran will occupy the home. More...


      ENGLISHTOWN — SEPAG is looking for a few good men or women. SEPAG is the Special Education Parents Advisory Group of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. More...


      CentraState Healthcare Foundation is constructing a historic timeline of CentraState and is seeking items from the community for the exhibit. The purpose is to tell the complete story of CentraState, from its development stage almost 50 years ago to its beginning as a community hospital in 1971 and its current role today as a comprehensive health care system. More...
      The volunteer EMS community understands this difficult economy requires serious belt-tightening. Gov. Jon Corzine's plan to redirect $4 million from the emergency medical technician training fund to the general fund, however, would only make things worse, especially on the local level. More...
      "Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer." Geoffrey Charlesworth Have you lately seen your resident woodchuck? The rapacious varmints have made their spring debut, and their banquet table is laden with tender apple-green shoots of hosta and tall foliage of day lilies. More...
      Coda • GREG BEAN
      My father died a hard death from lung cancer in 1983. From the first diagnosis, about six months before he passed, there was never any real hope, since his type of cancer is nearly always fatal. Still, he tried to beat it with ever-more aggressive chemotherapy treatments that took his hair and his body and his energy. More...
      Sac fly by Ramirez plates winning run vs. Middletown North
      The wild, wild Shore Conference A North Division baseball championship was finally settled on May 14 when Manalapan High School secured the title no one seemed to want. The Braves defeated Middletown North, 7-6, at home when Joe Ramirez's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Alex DeCastro with the winning run. More...
      Marc Fiorilli, of Sharper Images by Marc LLC, has been accepted as a member of the Professional Photographers' Association of New Jersey. His business, based in Freehold, deals with weddings, sweet sixteens, anniversaries, portraits and evidence photography. He has taught photography classes for six years, ranging from basic to advanced. More...