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  • Pupils raise funds for Seeing Eye

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – During a three-month campaign at the C. Richard Applegate School, Jeanne Brennan Drive, students raised $5,298.02 for The Seeing Eye Inc. in Morristown. Representatives visited the school May 15 to accept a check and speak to students about how the funds will be put to work. According to a press release from…

  • Used book sale back in Freehold

    FREEHOLD – Browsers and buyers get set. The annual used book sale sponsored by the Freehold Area Branch of the American Association of University Women is returning to Freehold Borough. The AAUW will hold its annual sale of used books at the Freehold Reformed Church, 67 W. Main St., on the following dates: • June…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Top Fuel drag racer Tony Schumacher speeds down the quarter-mile track at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park during competition at the 39th annual Lucas Oil SuperNationals on June 22. Later in the day, Schumacher won the Top Fuel championship, defeating Brandon Bernstein in the finals. See sports, page 69.

  • Rejuvenated park will celebrate with party

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – As the summer of 2008 unfolds, individuals in pursuit of passive recreation pursuits can add the revitalized Thompson Grove Park to their list of sites to visit. Manalapan officials will host a celebration of the park from 3-7 p.m. June 29. Thompson Grove Park is on Thompson Grove…

  • Board denies Verizon cell tower application

    Marlboro panel’s attorney says board’s rejection may be difficult to defend BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer F or the moment, Verizon Wireless will not be building a 150-foot-tall monopole transmission tower at the Marlboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority (MTMUA) property on Harbor Road, Marlboro. Verizon’s application was denied by the Marlboro Planning Board on June…

  • Council puts final stamp on swim club agreement

    Manalapan residents and rec camp will use Marlboro facility BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – The first of Marlboro’s attempts to develop shared services agreements with surrounding municipalities is under way. The Township Council has adopted an ordinance and resolution which will open the doors of the Marlboro Swim Club to Manalapan residents. Mayor…

  • Teacher found a home in kindergarten

    Faye Canape retires after 36 years teaching children in Howell BY BARI FAYE SIEGEL Correspondent Looking forward to the next few months of not having to get up early for school, Faye Canape has absolutely no idea what she would write in September if asked to pen a “what I did last summer” essay. JENNIFER…

  • Freehold resident indicted on attempted murder charge

    On June 12, a Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment charging Daquin Calhoun, 18, of Freehold Borough, with one count of firstdegree attempted murder, one count of second degree aggravated assault, one count of fourth-degree aggravated assault by pointing a firearm, one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, and one count of…

  • Grand jury indicts area man on aggravated manslaughter

    On June 19, a Monmouth County grand jury returned a 14-count indictment charging Scott Bennett, 42, of Freehold Township, with multiple crimes in connection with an October 2007 motor vehicle collision, which occurred at the intersection of county Route 537 and Gravel Hill Road in Freehold Township. The crash left one person dead and another…