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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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Coalition seeks equitable result on school aid

    Action in Trenton is on the horizon as tax bills rise BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The expectation of a new school funding formula being unveiled prior to the Thanksgiving holiday did not pan out. A spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) said there is a general consensus among Gov. Jon Corzine,…

  • Parking spaces at issue in Hindu temple plan

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Representatives of the Hindu American Temple and Cultural Center, Wooleytown Road, continued to present testimony before the Planning Board on Nov. 7 for a proposed new 32,596-square-foot two-story temple and multipurpose hall and a 15,170- square-foot two-story priest quarters. Attorney Jonathan Heilbrunn is representing the applicant. Testimony for…

  • Thompson Grove Park due for host of improvements

    Manalapan officials informed of problems at Bucks Head Park BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Rhoda Chodosh has been pushing Manalapan Township Committee members for years to develop a passive recreation park and a dog park in the community. Chodosh is a happy woman this week after seeing the committee introduce an ordinance on Nov. 28…

  • Foundation files motion to quash Google subpoena

    MANALAPAN – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a Superior Court judge in Monmouth County on Nov. 28 to preserve the free speech rights of an anonymous blogger facing legal threats from Manalapan government officials. The blogger, writing as da Truth Squad on a site hosted on Google’s Blogspot service, has criticized a lawsuit filed…

  • Symphony will perform Dec. 9

    MANALAPAN – The Manalapan Symphony will perform a holiday concert on Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. The concert will be held in the auditorium of Manalapan High School, Church Lane, between Tennent Road and Route 522. Admission is free. The symphony is conducted by Michael Avagliano. According to a press release from the township, Avagliano…