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Volunteers will train to help victims of domestic violence
180-Turning LivesAround will be conducting a 40-hour training for Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) volunteers. The volunteer advocates, whose identities are kept anonymous, work in conjunction with the police to provide support, information and referrals to victims of domestic violence at police headquarters. The advocates also discuss with the victim his or her legal rights…
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Holocaust survivor tells teens to ‘love each other’
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Holocaust survivor Fanya Gottesfeld Heller recalls the difficult days she experienced as a teenager more than 65 years ago. HOWELL – She stared into the audience of teenagers and was reminded of her adolescent years. She spoke about the turbulence she and her family endured as they…
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Firm’s owners sentenced to prison
The brother co-owners of International Trucks of Central Jersey were sentenced to prison terms on Jan. 16 for bribing Monmouth County public officials, U.S.Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. U.S. District JudgeWilliamJ.Martini sentenced Matthew Appolonia, 43, of Berkeley Heights, to 24 months in prison and fined him $25,000. Appolonia must surrender to the federal Bureau of…
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Holland to chair Planning Board
MANALAPAN – The Planning Board held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 10, electing new officers from among its members and appointing the board’s professionals. Richard Cohen, who served as chairman of the panel in 2007, was elected vice chairman for 2008. Don Holland, who served as vice chairman of the board in 2007, was…
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Company makes it official: Rate hike of 23% sought
Ocean County Board of Freeholders adds its voice to objectors BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer As expected, the New Jersey American Water Company filed an application with the state Board of PublicUtilities (BPU) on Jan. 14 to increase its water rates by 23.35 percent. Even though thewater company has applied for the rate increase, the…
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Jim Murphy thanks God he’s a country boy
Brick man looks back on lifetime love of country music BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer So how does an Irish kid born and raised in Plainfield end up in America’s Old Time CountryMusic Hall of Fame? America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Jim Murphy prepares to tune up his guitar at…
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Township teen charged with assault on school bus driver
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – A township resident has been charged with assaulting a school bus driver. Police allege that on Jan. 15 John Bannon, 18, of Veronica Court, assaulted a 67-year-old driver who is an employee of the Durham Bus Company, Freehold. The driver was transporting students home from St. John Vianney…
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BREAKING NEWS: Falling enrollment could lead to closing of school
Howell enrollment stands at about 7,100; options being examined BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BREAKING NEWS: Falling enrollment could lead to closing of schoolHowell enrollment stands at about 7,100; options being examinedBY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL — As one way of dealing with a declining enrollment in the community’s K-8 public schools, Howell Board of…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Residents and visitors to Freehold Borough are still trying to come to grips with the gaping hole on East Main Street where the American Hotel once stood. The oldest part of the hotel was demolished several weeks ago and will be replaced by a new hotel and commercial operation. For more, see…
