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Public hearing June 25 on $31.7M budget
Manalapan tax rate will rise 3 cents under committee’s proposal BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Following a bit of verbal sparring, members of the Manalapan Township Committee unanimously voted to introduce a $31.7 million municipal budget for 2008 at their meeting on May 28. While noting that this year’s budget was developed without having to…
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KATHY BARATTA The annual Baby Bundles effort undertaken by members of the Manalapan Senior Center and local Girls Scouts, with support from Target, has produced an abundance of special items that will be donated to new moms. See story, page 73.
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Department’s program trains future firefighters
Freehold Fire Dept. asks area teenagers to volunteer for service BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer People will always remember the one who did it first. For the record and for posterity as well, Tom Krause, 18, is the first graduate of the Freehold Fire Department’s new junior firefighters program. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff…
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Baby Bundles deliver love, caring to moms
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Senior citizens, Girl Scouts and representatives of the Target department store in Manalapan have once again collaborated on a project to help young mothers. The new moms get handmade goodies like cuddly afghans for swaddling infants and sweaters for tiny tots. Manalapan Senior Center Director Elaine McNamara recently…
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Authorities: Manalapan couple led cocaine ring
Prosecutor estimates take from drug sales at $1 million per week BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer KATHY BARATTA Federal authorities are alleging that this home at the corner of Taylors Mills and Tennent roads in Manalapan was the base of operations for an international cocaine ring that was smashed with a series of arrests on…
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Temple helps meet need for blood for 30 years
Marlboro Jewish Center schedules annual drive 6-10 p.m. June 17 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – This year marks a landmark anniversary for the Marlboro Jewish Center’s annual blood drive. The Marlboro Jewish Center/Congregation Ohev Shalom, School Road West, will hold its 30th annual blood drive 6-10 p.m. June 17. In order to donate…
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Responsibilities of tenants, landlords reviewed at forum
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – Overcrowding and quality of life issues in the borough’s 1,900 rental units have been in the news for several years. In an effort to address some of the concerns of landlords and tenants, the Freehold Borough Human Relations Committee recently hosted a forum to deal with the…
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Pastor takes first pulpit at historic local church
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The Rev. John Sanders MARLBORO – In an old brick church that has a long history in Marlboro stands a 36-year-old pastor fresh from seminary school. John Sanders has recently taken over the pulpit at the Old Brick Reformed Church, Route 520. Sanders, who is a native of Michigan, and…
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Agencies could feel impact of state cuts
Coalition attempts to focus attention on Corzine’s budget BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD- Better Choices for New Jersey, a coalition of at least 30 organizations and groups, has been formed to address what the coalition calls the “dangerous and short-sighted budget” that has been proposed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. Corzine has proposed…
