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Abracadabra … it’s a bagel!
CHRIS KELLY staff Ty Feiler, 4, of Colts Neck, lends a hand to magician Jeff Blum with a magic trick during Temple Shalom’s annual Hanukkah party on Dec. 21 in Aberdeen Township. Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights, was celebrated by the area’s Jewish community Dec. 21-Dec. 28.
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TRT Cares helps people deal with tough times
Volunteers offer assistance as individuals struggle with changing fortunes BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — With many people facing financial difficulties and coping with the stress of the economic recession, representatives of Temple Rodeph Torah put out a call for volunteers to form a new program that will be focused on providing help. TRT…
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Cell tower hearing will carry into 2009
Omnipoint is proposing structure on Robertsville Rd. BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — When someone looks back at the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment’s 2008 schedule, they will notice that the latter half of the year was pretty much spent discussing Omnipoint’s application to construct a cellular communications tower at 169 Robertsville Road.…
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Marlboro synagogue honored
MARLBORO — On Dec. 10 at the annualmeeting of Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Monmouth County, the Marlboro Jewish Center Social Action Committee was presented with the Volunteer of the Year award. Rabbi Toni Shy, Seth Crystal, Cindy Salant and Nan Targovnik accepted the plaque on behalf of the Social Action Committee. The…
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Community garden has a place to bloom
20 plots to be available at Ford Avenue location BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD BOROUGH FREEHOLD — Residents who do not have room to grow their own vegetables and colorful flowers will have the opportunity to do so in the first community garden sponsored by Freehold Borough. Municipal officials recently passed a resolution…
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Englishtown waiting for study before cutting cop
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — While the Borough Council waits for the recommendations of a consultant it hired to perform an efficiency study of the police department, the borough is still faced with continuing costs that arose from a directive issued by a state Superior Court judge. No decision has been made as…
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Resident asks township to air FRHSD meetings
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN MANALAPAN — Resident Lisa Dimino appeared before the Township Committee at its Dec. 17 meeting to request that Manalapan officials use the municipality’s cable television station to broadcast meetings of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education. Dimino said that because Manalapan is a sending municipalities for…
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Six officers will retire during ’09
FREEHOLD — The borough police department will be losing some of its “finest” in 2009 as six longtime officers retire from the force. The Borough Council passed a resolution on Dec. 15 to accept the retirement of six police officers. The following officers will retire in 2009: Detective Sgt. Timothy Jablonski, effective Sept. 1; Detective…
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FTHS senior selected to All-Eastern band
Kevin Natoli, a senior at Freehold Township High School, was selected to perform in the All-Eastern Honors Band, an honor bestowed upon the top 150 instrumentalists east of the Mississippi River. Natoli, who plays the trumpet, has previously been awarded top positions in auditions at the All Shore/MonmouthCounty, Regional and State levels. Sponsored by the…
