• Need a Friend, a social group for singles ages 55-75, meets for dinner June 1 (every Wednesday) at 7:30 p.m. at the Golden Bell Diner, Route 9 south, Freehold Township, and every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Prestige Diner, Route 33, East Windsor. Details: (732) 625-0605 or (609) 448-3378. More...

The issue of pay-to-play is so prominent that it is being debated even at the gubernatorial level. Although Manalapan had a chance to adopt one of the strongest ordinances recently, MARCO was defeated and the Township Committee members are back to the drawing board. More...

When a News Transcript reporter asked several officials in Englishtown and Manalapan last week if they had attended a meeting at which the future of the Englishtown Police Department was discussed, the reporter should have been given a straight answer. More...

Thomas Michael Romano Mr. Romano, 59, of Manalapan, died May 31 at home. Born in Newark, he had lived in Manalapan for the past 21 years. Mr. Romano was vice president of Universal Vending Management, Westfield, for nine years. He was a communicant of St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Manala More...

Kristen Jones of Howell was a member of the undergraduate mock trial team from Syracuse University that placed among the top 10 teams in the country at the National Mock Trial Tournament held at the Stetson Univer-sity School of Law in Florida recently. Jones is a sophomore political science major i More...

Ashley Higginson has stamped her authority on the 1,600 meters by applying one strategy. More...