Girl Scout cookies arrive in Monmouth & Ocean counties

Brian Yakovchuk of Murray & Sons Moving Company in Brick, delivers some of the more than 91,000 cases of cookies to Girl Scouts in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Thousands more will arrive during March and April as Girl Scouts sell cookies during booth sales at local businesses.

More than 91,000 cases of Girl Scout cookies are being delivered in Monmouth and Ocean counties this week for Girl Scouts to distribute among their Thin Mint and Samoa deprived customers.

To meet this need, girls host booth sales now through mid-April at various retail locations, including a girl-managed store at the Monmouth Mall.

To locate a booth sale in your area, visit www.jerseyshoregirlscoutcookies.com.

Kids credited with park’s extreme makeover

Committeewoman Michelle Roth, Mayor Richard Klauber and local Scouts unveil Scout Lake's new sign. Photo by Andy Kazmierski.

Holiday Lake in Manalapan is now Scout Lake, named after about 20 area Boy, Girl and Cub Scout troops who helped breathe new life into the surrounding Holiday Park.

The 13-acre park and lake, off Pease Road, were rededicated at a ceremony Saturday.

Scouts since March have been hard at work building benches and picnic tables for the dog-friendly park. The children and other local volunteers came out a week before the rededication for a cleanup that netted some 25 bags of trash.

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