Hockey Fights Cancer Game

MARLBORO – The Marlboro-Holmdel Ice Hockey team hosted its first-ever Hockey Fights Cancer Game when they squared off against East Brunswick at Jersey Shore Arena. Players, families, and community members from Marlboro and Holmdel helped to raise over $6,000 in donations to support the American Cancer Society.

A small, on-ice pregame ceremony took place where team captains helped to present teddy bears and a check to the Director and a family from the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, which assists pediatric cancer patients. Players, parents, and community members purchased customized Marlboro-Holmdel Hockey Fights Cancer Apparel, sported customized helmet stickers and tape, and participated in raffles for items donated by the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, and local businesses in Monmouth County. The players rallied behind the cause and the night concluded with a come-frombehind victory for the Marlboro-Holmdel Ice Hockey team. Players and family members are excited to make this event an annual tradition and have already begun brainstorming ways to grow this event in years to come.

Howell Man Charged In Fatal Crash

By Alyssa Riccardi

HOWELL – As the result of driving under the influence, a Howell Township man has been charged for killing a woman in a fatal car crash, authorities said.

Walter Decanio, 59, has been charged with fi rst-degree Aggravated Manslaughter while Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and second-degree Vehicular Homicide in connection to the death of a 22-year-old female resident of Monroe Township.

The crash occurred on February 13, 2022, around 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. Route 9 and County Route 520/ Newman Springs Road in the Morganville section of Marlboro.

According to police, Decanio was driving nearly 80 miles per hour and under the influence of alcohol. He was traveling southbound on U.S. Route 9 in a 2019 Cadillac XT5 crossover, when he collided with the side of the Nissan Altima as it passed through the intersection westbound on Route 520.

The woman in the Nissan sustained mul- tiple severe injuries and was pronounced deceased a short while later. Decanio was uninjured, police said.

Decanio was also issued summonses for Failure to Observe a Traffic Control Device, Failure to Wear a Seat Belt, Speeding, Reckless Driving, and Operating a Vehicle while Under the Influence of Alcohol. He turned himself in to authorities without incident pending a fi rst appearance to take place in Monmouth County Superior Court.

Decanio currently faces up to 20 years in state prison for his criminal charges.

Anyone with information about this incident is still being asked to contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Brian Boryszewski at 800-5337443 or Marlboro Police Department Corporal David Ruditsky at 732-536-0100.

Despite these charges, every defendant is presumed innocent, unless and until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, following a trial at which the defendant has all of the trial rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and State law.

SHREWSBURY – A collection of historic, fanciful and unique dolls is on display at the Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library through the month of February, comprised of no fewer than two dozen dolls from the collections of the Shrewsbury Historical Society and its officers.

In another of its outstanding collections of items and artifacts from other ages, the Historical Society has arranged for the display of outstanding dolls of all types and sizes at the library’s showcase in its main hallway.

Society President Donald Burden, who also arranged the recent bridal gown exhibit at both the library and the society’s museum adjacent to the Shrewsbury municipal offices, said the collection is part of the society’s mission