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Birdsall will investigate trio of sites in Marlboro
MARLBORO – The Township Council has authorized a contract with Birdsall Engineering to provide engineering services to three sites in Marlboro. The first site named in the resolution that was passed by the council on Feb. 1 is the pond at the entrance to the Greenbriar adult community on Robertsville Road. The proposal is for…
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SCOTT PILLING staff The bitter cold, wind, snow and sleet on Valentine’s Day did not deter hundreds of ducks from making their way to Lake Topanemus in Freehold Township. While others cozied up indoors, these ducks seemed to enjoy the idea of spending the holiday reserved for love outdoors together.
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Scouts come through with treats for troops in Iraq
MARLBORO – Boy Scout Troop 86 of Marlboro wanted to brighten the holiday season for American troops serving in Iraq. When the scouts learned of a young lady, Army Specialist Pharmacy Techni-cian Crystal S. Nelms, 26, who was stationed overseas, the scouts unanimously voted to collect and send items that would remind Nelms and her…
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Students’ goal is to purchase AEDs for St. Rose
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO St. Rose of Lima students (l-r) C.J. Ramos, 12, James Capik, 12, and Zach Kling, 12, show the type of cartridges they are collecting to raise money for the purchase of automated external defibrillators. FREEHOLD – A group of seventh-graders who…
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On Campus
Vienna Vogelezang of Howell has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Messiah College, Grantham, Pa. Vogelezang is a junior majoring in biology. Shari L. Matray, daughter of Leslie and George Matray of Marlboro, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.…
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Guilty plea will send truck driver to prison
Marlboro woman died in March 2005 crash in Manalapan A North Carolina man is facing a 10-year prison term for causing the death of a Marlboro woman in a March 2005 accident that occurred on Route 9, Manalapan. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, on Feb. 13, Michael Stephens, 53, of Chadbourn, N.C., pleaded…
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Possible rail station KOs planned site for dog park
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – When township officials got a letter from the Monmouth County Planning Board recently it was a good news-bad news communication. Bonnie Goldschlag, the assistant director of the Planning Board, told Mayor Andrew Lucas in a letter that the county loves the idea of a…
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Locricchio, county GOP embroiled in bitter battle
Republicans ban ‘renegade’ candidate from annual dinner BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Republican Town-ship Committeeman Joseph Locricchio claims his recent announcement that he will mount a primary challenge against the Monmouth County Republican Party’s candidate for the 12th District state Senate seat has made him a target for county…
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Bill sparks debate over health vs. parents’ rights
Some fear mandating cancer vaccine for girls may promote promiscuity BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer A new bill before the state Assembly would require all girls entering the seventh grade to be immunized against the virus responsible for most cervical cancers and genital warts. Proponents argue that the vaccine can save…
