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Shrewsbury Dispatch Now Handled By Monmouth 911 Center
911 Communications Center in Freehold Township is the largest shared service in Monmouth County, officials say.

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911 Communications Center in Freehold Township is the largest shared service in Monmouth County, officials say.

Robert Wilson, whose research using Holmdel's Horn antenna is world-renowned, clarifies information in developer's mailer to residents.
Kevin Christian, 41, Seaside Heights, is charged with second- and third-degree aggravated assault in a March 17 accident on Hwy. 138, Wall.
Unhealthy air quality prompted the district that serves six high schools in Western Monmouth County to cancel outdoor activities Thursday.
The social services center Lunch Break in Red Bank has begun its annual drive to collect backpacks filled with needed school supplies.
Nelly Lahoud, who researched thousands of pages of documents seized in the U.S. raid of Bin Laden's compound, will speak June 15 in Holmdel.
Stefan J. Barnes Jr., Manchester, was charged Tuesday with criminal sexual contact, sexual assault of a customer during massage session.
Bi-partisan legislation by state Sen. Vin Gopal and others would increase regional school district funding, encourage more regionalization.
A 40-year-old woman was caught on a home security camera entering or attempting to enter vehicles in the Beau Ridge development.
Howell Office of Emergency Management says federal air quality scale puts township, parts of which border Jackson, at "unhealthy" level.
Freehold Township Committee incumbents win in unofficial election results in the Republican primary. No Democrats file for local office.
Regular Republican party candidates win in unofficial results for Marlboro GOP primary; uncontested Democratic primary sees big turnout.
Englishtown's longtime Mayor Reynolds and Councilwoman Robilotti defeated in unofficial election results.
Rumson candidates Gary Casazza, Linda Smith win in unofficial results in Republican primary challenge from Timothy Mulheren.
Gov. Murphy has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff Friday to honor late Monmouth Assignment Judge Lisa P. Thornton, who died on May 26.
Alvino Hinton, Long Branch, pleaded guilty to one count of strict liability for the drug-induced death of another inmate from Ocean County.
Training will take place every morning this week at the Hazlet Cinemark movie theater on Route 35, police say.
Officers in Howell remember retired Corporal Harvey Cohen, a major supporter of the Special Olympics in New Jersey.
The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced two Holmdel winners recently, a college scholarship and a corporate scholarship award.
Two bicycles were stolen in Wall this past weekend, and police hope information from the public might help locate them.