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Substitute faces charges after classroom incident
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – A substitute teacher who was suspected of being intoxicated in a classroom was removed from the Pine Brook School, Pease Road, by police on Dec. 5 and charged with endangering the welfare of the children for whom she was responsible. Mary Kaminski, 54, of Middletown, was taken by…
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Marlboro Scouts win award
On Oct. 6 in Sea Girt at the largest national scout gathering of the year, the Boy Scout/National Guard Camporee, Scouts from Troop 86, Marlboro, took home a very special honor. Out of 9,000 scouts attending the camporee, the color guard from Boy Scout Troop 86 earned first place in the National Guard best color…
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Democrats look to fill Crawford’s seat on dais
Longtime member of Freehold council moves to Howell BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Robert Crawford has resigned his seat on the Borough Council in Freehold Borough now that he and his wife, Barbara, have moved to Howell. FREEHOLD – Democratic leaders in Freehold Borough are searching for a person who is willing to take…
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Local artists with diverse voices exhibit at JCC
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent The goal of the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal Park is to offer gallery space to accomplished local artists, so that they have a venue for sharing their artistic expression with the public. “Sunrise” by Joseph Feldman Last month, the emotional abstract work of Rumson artist Claire Boren was…
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Human relations panel head expresses concern
Chairman upset over lack of diversity and Internet potshots BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – As a result of declining membership that may be due to personal reasons as much as anything else, the Freehold Borough Human Relations Committee seems to be losing its footing. At least that’s the way it appeared when…
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Groups reach out to Freehold with first Thanksgiving meal
FREEHOLD – Hope for Life Community Development Corporation and the Freehold Borough YMCA Community Center joined forces on Nov. 21 to host its first Thanksgiving dinner. The dinner, an effort to unite the Freehold Borough community and to provide support and comfort to those with little or no resources, family and financial restraints during the…
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Special bracelets help locate missing persons
Marlboro Kiwanis Club raises money to support program BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Imagine if a loved one who has autism or Alzheimer’s disease wandered off without anyone knowing. In a situation such as that, time is of the essence, but where would one start looking for the missing person? The Marlboro Kiwanis…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Howell High School’s Chris Puglisi (51) and Jason Amato celebrate the Rebels’ 46-13 victory over West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in the Central Jersey Group IV championship game played Nov. 30 at Rutgers Stadium. For more on the Rebels’ first state football title, see Sports.
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Smoking will be banned on CentraState property
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – CentraState Healthcare System plans to go smoke-free on all of its campuses effective November 2008, system officials announced. While smoking has been banned within CentraState Medical Center and other facilities in the health system for years, the new smoke-free initiative, dubbed SAFE (Smoke-free Air For Everyone), will apply to the exterior surrounding…
