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Burry Exits GOP Monmouth Commissioner Race, But Not Civic Role
Longtime Monmouth County Commissioner Lillian Burry, Colts Neck, won't seek another term but said civic involvement continues.

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Longtime Monmouth County Commissioner Lillian Burry, Colts Neck, won't seek another term but said civic involvement continues.

The public is invited to a free talk by area female business leaders, with an accompanying art exhibit, Thursday at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Car thefts continue in area communities, this time with the theft of a car from a Manalapan driveway, police report.
Township Committee OK's Jonathan Sciuto and Dylan DeWysockie as newest members of Holmdel Township Police Department.
Rumson will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a parade once again on Sunday, March 12, at 1 p.m., led by Grand Marshal Christopher D. Maher.
With NJ Leaf in Freehold, another medical marijuana provider becomes available to the public. Its grand opening ceremony is March 15.
The federal EPA is overseeing a hazardous waste cleanup at 15 Marl Road in Howell. Evacuation map released as a precaution only.
New Jersey Improv Theater will present two shows Saturday in Freehold at Center Playhouse.
Holmdel township, school district to offer an inaugural transition fair Tuesday to support students entering adulthood.
Organizers of the Freehold St. Patrick's Day Parade say it will take place this Sunday, March 12, as planned. It begins Irish Week in town.
RiverCenter asks Red Bank Borough Council to OK another season of Broadwalk, the car-free plaza on Broad Street; outlines improvements.
Draco, a blue budgie - or parakeet, flew the coop from his owner's Howell home. But he made a lucky stop at The Salon Professional Academy.
With a revised residential occupancy law in effect since late February, the Howell Township Council gets a status report.
On Thursday, the Monmouth County Vicinage in Freehold will present a virtual program to highlight women storytellers.
For the third year, Holmdel has had its state aid increased to make up for previous underfunding by the state, superintendent explains.
A family business begun in New York in 1903, then in Red Bank and now Colts Neck, Becker Hardware has always put personal service first.
Caitlin Miller of Fair Haven is also named chief hospital executive of Bayshore Medical Center; was VP of operations after nursing career.
Freehold Regional superintendent in video calls state aid cuts "pernicious" for its six high schools in western Monmouth County.
A recent celebration marked the 175th anniversary of the founding of Hazlet, with officials and longtime Hazlet residents - and cake.
The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Tower Players' school production of "Spamalot" has its first performance Friday night.