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Motel offers right look in webisode
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A community with a variety of settings makes Marlboro an underused gem for filming on location, according to resident Jeff Nodelman, who produces and directs commercials. Nodelman used his hometown on June 30 when filming a scene from a webisode for Binary Tree, a company that provides software…
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Sobibor survivor to speak
MANALAPAN — The only remaining survivor of the Sobibor death camp will speak at Chabad House, 26 Wickatunk Road, at 2 p.m. Aug.10. Philip Bialowitz participated in the prisoner revolt at Sobibor, Poland, in October 1943, which freed about half of the camp’s 600 slave laborers during the Holocaust. An estimated 250,000 Jews, including most…
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Unsafe operation of taxis concerns two councilmen
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Borough councilmen Marc Le Vine and George Schnurr were sending a message when they recently voted not to grant taxi driver’s licenses to several individuals. Their message was that something needs to be done about the complaints they have been hearing from residents about taxis in Freehold…
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Ex-Friends head jailed
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Richard Walling, the former head of the Friends of Monmouth Battlefield, has again been jailed on charges he violated probation related to a 2005 third-degree theft charge. Walling, formerly of East Brunswick, was brought to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, North Brunswick, on July 7. He was sentenced to…
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‘Pedophile-free zone’ laws may have to go
Appellate court says towns may not have their own rules BY KATHY BARATTA and MARK ROSMAN Staff Writers Laws that were passed locally that restrict where convicted sex offenders may live may soon be coming off the books. In a case involving two southern New Jersey towns that attempted to restrict where convicted sex offenders…
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Administrator: Drop in state aid hit town hard
BY ELANA ARON Correspondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee at its meeting on July 29 adopted a $40 million budget that will fund the operation of the municipality in 2008. The budget covers all spending in the township, including such items as police salaries and equipment, the Department of Public Works, parks and recreation,…
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FoodBank puts out call for help
FREEHOLD – As the economy continues to struggle, the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties is experiencing a 15 percent decline in food donations. To help reverse that trend, Monmouth County Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow has joined the FoodBank in publicizing the need for help. “Throughout Monmouth County, people are choosing between putting gasoline in…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Family members of Freehold Borough firefighters who died in the line of duty look on as a new monument is dedicated on Aug. 2 near the site of the 1933 fire at the Polchak coat factory on Mechanic Street that claimed the lives of three firefighters. In all, five firefighters associated with…
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All’s fun at the fair
Clockwise from left: Dana and Jennifer Bram, Neptune, make their way through a rotating tunnel during their visit to the 34th annual Monmouth County Fair on July 25. Fair weather brought crowds to the fairgrounds at East Freehold Park, Freehold Township. Christina Carlson demonstrates the use of a pottery wheel. Lumberjacks Andrew Johnson, of Alaska,…
