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Sept. 18 event to bring organ donation to fore
BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent Maria Madore FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Move over Michael Phelps. There is a gold medal swimmer putting together an event that will raise awareness for organ donation and this person lives right in the neighborhood. Her name is Maria Madore and she is beginning her senior year at Freehold Township High School.…
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Action to repeal ordinance tabled
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee has tabled a decision to repeal an existing ordinance that describes where in Freehold Township convicted sex offenders may not live. The committee was scheduled to repeal the ordinance at its Aug. 26 meeting, but tabled a decision until Oct. 21. On July 15, the New Jersey Appellate Division…
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‘Nightmare’ has happy ending for Howell girls
Howell parents express relief after daughters rescued BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Tea-h Evans clutches her daughters Ashley, 7, and Sophia, 3, very tight and promises never to let them go. JEFF GRANIT staff Tea-h Evans holds her daughters, Ashley, 7, and Sophia, 3, in their Howell home on Aug. 29. The girls were the…
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Enrollment up at Solomon Schechter
MARLBORO — Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County, School Road East, welcomed the largest enrollment in its 30-year history when school opened on Sept. 3. According to Linda Glickstein, director of admissions and marketing, “I am pleased to announce that our school has experienced a 10 percent increase in enrollment over last year.”…
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$1.9M budget will have public hearing Sept. 10
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN – A public hearing has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at Borough Hall, Main Street, on the $1,975,896 municipal budget the Borough Council has proposed for 2008. The budget was introduced by the council on Aug. 13. The amount to be raised by taxation this year will…
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Council adopts ordinance for drainage improvements
FREEHOLD — The Borough Council has adopted a bonding ordinance that is expected to bring relief to the residents of Douglas Road. Douglas Road intersects Broadway at the edge of the Freehold High School property in Freehold Borough. Residents of Douglas Road and the surrounding area have been dealing with drainage problems in their neighborhood…
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New contract in place for Howell teachers
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – The Board of Education has approved a memorandum with the Howell Township Education Association (HTEA) on a new three-year contract that covers teachers in Howell’s K-8 schools. The new deal will give HTEA members an average salary increase of 3.75 percent per year, according to district officials. This…
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Yellow ribbons are put up as men prepare to deploy
Freehold resident will not allow troops to be forgotten BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Four soldiers who serve in the U.S. National Guard are preparing to ship out to Kuwait from the National Guard armory, Route 33, on Sept. 16 and Freehold Borough resident Mary Ellen Berryman wants people to remember them every day…
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Plan calls for ballfield at Tennent Rd. parcel
Marlboro council seeks funding from Monmouth County BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Municipal officials are planning to apply for money from Monmouth County’s open space fund to pay for the development of athletic fields and to make improvements at a piece of property on Tennent Road. Marlboro will be requesting $440,000 from the…
