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  • Recommendation for rental ID check off council’s table

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – A recommendation to investigate the possibility of enacting a law that would require landlords to ask prospective tenants to provide valid proof of citizenship or permanent residency is “off the table,” according to Mayor Michael Wilson. The idea was one of 15…

  • Fresh Air Fund seeks local hosts

    Your backyard could be a summertime oasis to an inner-city child. Many Fresh Air children have never left New York City. Visiting a host family is a chance to run through freshly cut grass, skip over a sprinkler and watch the night sky fill with stars. Close to 5,000 New York City children visit volunteer…

  • Students to stage ‘Seussical’

    MARLBORO – The Marlboro High School Drama Club will perform “Seus-sical,” a musical based on the beloved stories of Dr. Seuss, March 9-11. A treat for the entire family, the whimsical production opens with the Cat in the Hat inviting the audience members to explore their imaginations with the type of “Thinks You Can Think.”…

  • Author to address AAUW

    What do Lucy Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Frances Cleveland and Caroline Harrison have in common? Besides being First Ladies that most people have not heard of, they represented the American image of the “new woman” after the Civil War. Author Feather Schwartz Foster, a New Jersey resident, will be discussing these remarkably unremarkable women – as…

  • Web posting puts official on hot seat in Freehold

    Councilman Le Vine says he will not resign from local government BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Marc Le Vine FREEHOLD – The Internet, a modern tool that makes life easier in many ways, was the source of a cultural blow-up in Freehold Borough last week. Advocates for the borough’s…

  • FHS Hall of Fame will induct new members

    The Freehold High School Hall of Fame has announced the honorees who will be recognized at the induction ceremony at 6 p.m. March 29 at Freehold Gardens, Freehold Township. The outstanding alumni are: opera singer Juanita Baskerville, class of 1947; actor/singer David Garrison, class of 1970; computer architect/designer/developer Brian Hou, class of 1984; journalist Richard…

  • Web posting puts official on hot seat in Freehold

    Councilman Le Vine says he will not resign from local government BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Marc Le Vine FREEHOLD – The Internet, a modern tool that makes life easier in many ways, was the source of a cultural blow-up in Freehold Borough last week. Advocates for the borough’s…

  • Property and stewardship fund donated to foundation

    COLTS NECK – The estate of the late Marion Huber of Colts Neck has donated her home and 5-acre property on Route 537, as well as a stewardship fund, to the New Jersey Conservation Founda-tion (NJCF). According to a press release from the NJCF, the donation is subject to a life estate to Huber’s longtime…

  • County to stockpile pills in Millstone Twp.

    Bioterrorism plan begins to take shape BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer In the event of a large-scale emergency, many local towns may have to seek out Millstone Township for help. Millstone Township has been established as a Monmouth County Regional Depot, which means that the county plans to place an emergency…