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Letter: Open Space Pace a resounding success
From Lillian Burry, Monmouth County Freeholder To the editor: Our precious horse industry has been resuscitated! The first annual Open Space Pace daylong racing and entertainment spectacular at Freehold Raceway on Sept. 29 was an unqualified success! Record crowds came to the track to enjoy the pageantry and excitement. It was a free, spirited, family-oriented…
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MANVILLE: Christ the King students ‘go pink’ for a cause
Last Friday Christ the King School went pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The first-time schoolwide event raised $1,100 for the cause. ”The kids dressed down in pink clothes instead of wearing their uniforms,” said kindergarten teacher and organizer Melissa Reilley-Grecco. “They paid $1 donation (for the privilege) and the families were very…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Slain child dumped in Clayton Park in 2005 ID’d
Three New York City relatives charged in cold case By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor UPPER FREEHOLD — Seven years after a hunter discovered her skeletal remains in Clayton Park, authorities say they have finally identified the little girl and charged three New York City relatives in connection with the cold case. Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor…
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LAWRENCE: Time, technology changing methods of voter polling
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The polling field has come a long way since the polls of the Literary Digest and the Gallup Poll dueled over the winner of the 1936 presidential election Alf Landon or Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Literary Digest magazine’s straw poll generated 2 million responses, which predicted that Mr. Landon…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Democrats’ video questions ‘why’ businesses close
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Local Democrats are using the one-word question “why?” to shake up a somnolent local campaign for Township Committee. Democrats posted a nine-minute-long Youtube video of a conversation between candidate Michael Goldberg and business owner Bonnie Kole. The image of the two talking at a table is interspersed with…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Drug testing policy debate culminates Monday
School board members are expected to debate Monday the random drug testing program that has been in place at the high school for four years. The board’s education committee met Thursday to draft a recommendation that will be presented to the board. The committee could recommend continuing, replacing or tweaking the policy. The school board…
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MANVILLE: Assemblywoman tours Lost Valley flooding area
After meeting Tuesday with residents and touring Manville’s Lost Valley section, a flood-prone community cornered by the Raritan and Millstone rivers, Assemblywoman Donna Simon said there is no doubt the region needs bipartisan legislation creating a task force to find ways to mitigate and solve the region’s floods. ”The Lost Valley is still recovering from…
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CELEBRATING 30, CAROLYN DORFMAN DANCE COMPANY ANNOUNCES 2013 SEASON
Pictured: Katlyn Brandon. Photo credit: Grigory Gurevich.
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MANVILLE: Embarrassed recreation director resigns
By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Longtime Manville Recreation Director Rich Armstrong gave his resignation, with two weeks’ notice, Monday in a meeting with Mayor Angelo Corradino, it was announced at the Borough Council meeting that night. ”Unfortunately, tonight I am bringing it up that I met with Rich Armstrong at 4:30 this afternoon, and…
