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Intermediate school will celebrate 50th anniversary
FREEHOLD – This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Freehold Intermediate School, Park Avenue. To commemorate this milestone the administration and Board of Education in the Freehold Borough School District are planning to host a special event on June 13 from 7-10 p.m. The event, “50 Years of Borough Pride,” will be held at…
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Freehold to host Battle of Bands
FREEHOLD – The borough Recreation Commission has opened up a call for entries to any Freehold-based or local, high school or college-age bands that would like to compete in the town’s second annual Battle of the Bands. Scheduled from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 30, the competition will be held in the Monmouth County Hall of Records…
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Scout praised for effort to help soldier’s family
BY NICOLE M. ANLLO Staff Writer Vincent Longo MANALAPAN- Alocal Boy Scout has been recognized by a U.S. embassy official after giving a special gift to a soldier’s family. Vincent Longo, 13, the son of Roseann and Gerard Longo, attends the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School. He was recently honored after a donation he made enabled…
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Camp Arrowhead plans golf outing
CampArrowhead,Marlboro, a branch of The CommunityYMCA,will host its annual summer golf outing at the Bella Vista Country Club,Marlboro, June 16. This year’s golf event will serve to celebrate the camp’s 50th anniversary as a summer day camp facility and is sponsored by Cadillac Invitational. As a Cadillac Invitational event, all registered golfers will receive gifts…
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Freehold to host Battle of Bands
FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough Recreation Commission has opened up a call for entries to any Freehold-based or local, high school or college-age bands that would like to compete in the town’s second annual Battle of the Bands. Scheduled from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 30, the competition will be held in the Monmouth County Hall of…
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Winners named in Pinewood Derby
Fifteen local Cub Scouts emerged victorious during the fourth annual Battleground District Pinewood Derby Race held recently at Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Raceway. The Scouts hailed from 18 Cub Scout packs from Freehold, Howell, Marlboro, Manalapan,Millstone Township and Colts Neck. The 63 Scouts had to win their local Pinewood Derby races to qualify. The Pinewood…
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Minivan flips on way home to New York
MANALAPAN – The combination of speed and a highway left slick by an earlier rain is believed to be responsible for a minivan overturning on Route 9 north late in the evening of May 17. The accident occurred about a quartermile north of the Gordons Corner Road overpass, according to Manalapan police Lt. Lloyd Drucker.…
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Radio veteran John Gallagher named market manager of Greater Media Detroit
Greater Media Inc., Braintree, Mass., announced that John F. Gallagher, a New Jersey native, has been named market manager of its Detroit-based radio properties, including WRIF-FM, WCSX-FM and WMGC-FM. John F. Gallagher The 23-year radio veteran most recently served as the vice president/market manager of ABC Radio/890 WLS in Chicago. Prior to that, he worked…
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Bill would move school election, end budget vote
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer New JerseyAssembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden) has introduced legislation that would eliminate the state’s April school election and move the election for school board members to the date of the November general election. The bill recently had a hearing before theAssembly Education Committee.Under the terms of the bill, residents of…
