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Freehold Intermediate School will mark 50 years
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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Veterans to receive medals at ceremony
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – It was a dark time in the nation’s history and a time that many Americans will never forget, but on May 7, New Jersey will remember the veterans of the VietnamWar who served the United States in that tumultuous era. Enacted into legislation in 1991, New Jersey…
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Students arrested after school fight
FREEHOLD – Three Freehold Intermediate School students were arrested and charged with possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon on school property on April 10. The intermediate school on Park Avenue houses students in grades six, seven and eight. According to Freehold Borough police Lt.MarkWodell, a call was made to police on April…
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Council seeks answers on baffling bond issue
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO- A paperwork snafu regarding a developer’s performance bonds that should have been released in 2002 for the Centex Homes project at Highland Pointe (Marlboro Pointe) was not quickly remedied as residents came forth to speak against the bonds’ release at the April 24 Township Council meeting. According to a…
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Shade tree committee enjoys rebirth in town
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff With help from youthful hands, Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik pours some ceremonial dirt onto a newly planted weeping cherry tree at the municipal complex. The reinstated Marlboro Shade Tree Committee held an Arbor Day celebration April 25. MARLBORO – A weeping cherry tree has taken root at…
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Tree planting a fitting honor for late resident
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – Members of the Freehold Borough Shade Tree Commission honored one of their own onApril 26 when an 8-foot-tall London plane tree was planted in front of the clock tower onMain Street in memory ofWilliamM.Morrison. Morrison, 68, died on April 25, 2007. He was a native of Freehold…
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Benefit golf outings scheduled
The 2008 Commerce Bank Band Aid Open golf outing will swing into action at the Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, on June 10 with a choice of shotgun starts at 7:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. The organizing committee, chaired by Dr. Kenneth Tomkovich, Manalapan, has designated the proceeds from this year’s event to the expansion…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Joe Lewis, Erin Schultz and Judith Lesser (l-r), of the Child’s Play Touring Theatre, perform “The Time Adventure,” which was written by Robertsville Elementary School, Marlboro, second-grader Maymun Mohuiddin. The actors performed the play at the Robertsville school May 2. The Child’s Play Touring Theatre, which is based in Chicago, performs stories…
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WMUA seeking council’s support for improvements
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – A planned capital improvement project at the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority (WMUA) was unveiled to members of the Township Council at their meeting on April 24. The WMUA, with administrative offices and a treatment facility off Pension Road, Manalapan, provides sewage treatment services to area municipalities. The WMUA…
