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If the slipper fits…
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Patsy Palma, of Sayreville, as the prince, tries the glass slipper on Cinderella, portrayed by Perri Lauren, of Marlboro, during a rehearsal of “Cinderella,” which is being staged by the Marlboro Community Players at the Marlboro Middle School, Route 520, Marlboro, on May 1-3 and May 8-10. For more information visit the website…
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Resident facing weapons charge
MANALAPAN — A township resident was charged with weapons violations after police were dispatched to the area of Ryan Road and Wilson Court on April 17 to investigate a reported fight in progress. The initial call indicated that the fight might involve knives and a gun. According to Manalapan police, when officers arrived at 5:30…
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Knowledge Beginnings gains board’s approval
Approval conditioned on suitability of detention basin BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Knowledge Beginnings has received Planning Board approval to construct a 9,975-square-foot child care facility with an outdoor play area at the corner of Route 79 and Old Mill Road. The facility will be on a 3-acre lot. The property is owned…
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Woman dies on Route 18
MARLBORO — A resident of Hillsborough, Somerset County, who had exited her vehicle was struck in a lane of traffic on Route 18 on April 21 and died later that same day of injuries she sustained in the incident. Marlboro police said that at about 4:30 p.m., Stefanie Graham, 36, pulled her vehicle onto the…
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Officers are on time to deliver early baby
Freehold Twp. policemen had all the right training to assist local couple BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Four township police officers made a new friend on April 7. His name is Kian Esmalla and the four officers helped to bring the 6-pound, 12- ounce baby boy into the world. Calling the…
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Bomb threat suspect arrested
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — A suspect has been apprehended in connection with a series of phoned-in bomb threats to the Wal-Mart department store on Route 9 south at Lanes Mill Road. Brian Chadwick, 29, whose address was given as the Moon Motel, Route 9, was arrested at about 2:45 p.m. April 21…
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Family and friends help out ‘a trouper’
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The black cloud. That is how 28-yearold Christy Szabocsik-Jarosz, a native of Manalapan, and her husband, Steve, have referred to Christy’s whirlwind past year of being diagnosed with brain cancer and hemophagocyctic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare, life-threatening disorder of the immune system that attacks a body’s red blood cells. Steve…
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Freehold Twp. budget gains voter approval
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Voters in Freehold Township approved a $55.5 million general fund tax levy in the April 21 school election. The tax levy will support the Freehold Township Board of Education’s $70.3 million budget for the 2009-10 school year. The tax levy was approved by a count of…
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Marlboro likely to move to four-day workweek
Township Council introduces $31.9M budget for 2009 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Afour-day workweek for Marlboro municipal employees — which will include a reduction in salary — can be expected under the 2009 budget that was unveiled to the Marlboro Township Council during a special budget introduction meeting held April 20 at Town Hall. A…
