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Voters OK tax levy for schools
Sims, Lichardi, MacCutcheon elected to school board in Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — By a margin of 14 votes, Freehold Borough voters approved a $7.9 million tax levy to support the Board of Education’s $20 million budget for the 2009-10 school year on Election Day, April 21. The election saw…
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Tree honors memory of Freehold youngster
Ceremony at school honors Kaylee Ramos BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Family members and friends are remembering Kaylee Ramos in various ways. Kaylee died in a house fire on Court Street in Freehold Borough on Feb. 2 and a tree that was planted as part of an Arbor Day celebration at the…
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CHRIS KELLY staff During a tour of the historic Covenhoven house in Freehold, Karen Grieco of Middletown describes how having a lot of fabric was a sign of wealth during Colonial times. A demonstration of open-hearth cooking and tours of the home were conducted on April 18 in an event hosted by the Monmouth County…
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THE RULES OF THE GAME – Teaching young people to get the most from sports – Advertorial
By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial THE RULES OF THE GAME – Teaching young people to get the most from sports By Gloria Averbuch Sports participation offers a seemingly infinite number of "life lessons." The more you learn, the more you realize there is to gain. As a parent, coach, educator or other adult influencer, you can…
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Friends remember Federici as Freehold favorite
Restaurant owner helped to create his family’s well-known pizza pie BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Borough lost one of its downtown icons on April 16 when Frank A. “Spat” Federici died at the age of 84. He died at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, surrounded by his family. Pat and Frank Federici celebrated…
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Scout plans to construct prayer circle at church
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Robert Padovano MARLBORO — When it came time to pick an Eagle Scout project, Robert Padovano was inspired by a station of the cross at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Manalapan and wanted to bring a circle of tranquility to his church, St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church, Route 79.…
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Stimulus $ will help clean local toxic site
Officials say Imperial Oil Superfund site in Marlboro will receive federal funds BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The federal government has allocated funding to finish cleanup efforts at New Jersey’s federal Superfund sites, including the Imperial Oil site in the Morganville section of Marlboro. New Jersey is slated to receive $160 million from the American…
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Historial fiction gives glimpse into plane ride
Title: “Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride” Author: Pam Munzo Ryan Publisher: Scholastic Press, New York, 1999 This book is about two daring women from the 1930s. Their names are Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt. Women at that time thought it was too risky to fly a plane or drive a car. One night,…
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‘Viva Shea’: Mets’ old home lives in fan’s heart
Aberdeen Twp. native’s design protests demise of stadium BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer On a cold October night in Queens, N.Y., a baseball rolled down the first-base line in Shea Stadium and through the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Aberdeen Township native Dave Croatto designed a Tshirt to protest the demolition…
