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Marlboro will have chance to buy directly from county
Commodities available may include gasoline, chemicals & other supplies BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council passed a resolution at its Dec. 4 meeting to form a commodity resale agreement with Monmouth County. Mayor Jonathan Hornik said the agreement was initially introduced during one of the shared services summits that Marlboro officials…
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Police seek suspect in store robbery
Suspect in Radio Shack robbery FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Police are still searching for the suspect who robbed the Radio Shack electronics store in the South Freehold Shopping Center, Route 9, on Dec. 16. Freehold Township police Capt. James Lasky said that as employees were preparing to close the store at 10 p.m., a white male…
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Officials still working on street sign honor
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A standing-room-only crowd showed up at the Borough Council’s Dec. 15 meeting to ask municipal officials to return a sign bearing the name of the late Rev. Paul M. McGuire to Haley Street. A sign honoring McGuire had recently been placed on Haley Street near the New…
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Beatles tunes featured in Jan. 11 show
The ACT Theater Company is bringing “A Day in the Life” to Marlboro. The musical performance tells its story through the songs of the Beatles. The benefit will be performed at 3 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center, Wyncrest Road, Marlboro. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children, students and…
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Space exploration comes alive at museum
Space exploration is brought to life in a new display, “Fiction to Fact” in the Becker Children’s Wing at the MonmouthMuseum, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. More than 100 original space artifacts from the days of science fiction to the present are on loan from Kaller’s America Gallery through August 2010. The collection features toys, games,…
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Good friends find winery is just fine
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Skip the trip to a Napa Valley winery in California and instead head to the newly opened Laurita Winery in New Egypt, Plumsted, for a unique experience that offers more than wine tasting. The grand opening of the winery was Sept. 20 and showcased the three floors of the winery that…
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Monmouth’s past and present
‘Then and Now,” an exhibit of photographs from the Dorn’s Classic Images photography archive, is at the Monmouth Museum through Jan. 11. The museum has been exhibiting selected historical images from the Dorn’s Classic Images collection for the past two years. Kathy Dorn Severini is the curator of the collection, which includes nearly 5,000 images…
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FoodBank benefits from drive
As the economy continues to be uncertain, close to 35,000 area students decided they would answer the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties’ call for help and join this year’s Holiday Hunger Food Drive. From Oct. 1 to Nov. 24, students at 67 schools delivered more than 25 tons to food to the FoodBank in…
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Walsh preparing for mayor’s role
Howell official says No. 1 issue facing town is property taxes BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Robert F. Walsh HOWELL — Father, husband, Township Council member and businessman are some of the words that can describe Robert F. Walsh. Soon there will be another word to describe Walsh — mayor. Walsh, 49, the chief executive…
