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  • Players seek essays about intergenerational bonds

    FREEHOLD – In today’s world, with all the changes in family structure and function due to divorce, illness, physical distance, work schedules and other challenges, developing and maintaining close ties to family members can prove to be very difficult. Center Players’ upcoming production of Ernest Thompson’s “On Golden Pond” provides a sensitive look at some…

  • Ronald McDonald House boosted by fashion show

    The Junior Board of the Ronald McDonald House of New Bruns-wick will host its second annual “Spring Chic” fashion show next month. The event will be held on March 1 at Freehold Gardens, Route 537, Freehold Township, at 6:30 p.m. The Ronald McDonald House of New Brunswick provides a home away from home for families…

  • More consideration to be given to rental suggestions

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Recommendations prepared by the Rental Property Advisory Committee are in the process of being examined by municipal officials. The recommendations that deal with issues relating to the town’s rental properties were presented to Borough Council members at a meeting on Feb. 5.…

  • Team aids victims of violence

    MARLBORO – The police department, in conjunction with 180 Turning Lives Around, has specially trained volunteer advocates who are available to meet confidentially with victims of domestic violence at police headquarters 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The advocates of the Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) work in conjunction with the police to…

  • Driver charged with striking UConn student

    Parents alleged to have told others not to speak about deadly incident BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Carlee Wines The mother of the teenage driver who is alleged to have struck Carlee Wines, 19, of Manalapan, on the University of Connecticut campus last month planned to have a “mechanic friend” repair…

  • 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…

  • Student earns VFW honors

    Freehold Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4374, Waterworks Road, Freehold Township, has announced its winner of the 2006-07 Voice of Democracy scholarship competition. Rebecca Pinnelas, a senior at Free-hold High School, Freehold Borough, won the post competition and the district competition with her speech addressing “Freedom’s Challenge.” According to a press release from Post 4374,…

  • Donation to benefit autism program

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – The Board of Education has accepted a donation from the Center State Autism Foundation in the amount of $12,000 to be used for the K-8 school district’s autism program. The board accepted the donation at its meeting on Feb. 7. Robert Walsh, who is…

  • Suggestions take on rental housing issues

    Freehold Borough officials will consider action BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer After a year of work and research, the Freehold Borough Rental Prop-erty Advisory Committee has prepared a list of recommendations to deal with residential issues such as overcrowding, property neglect and absentee landlords. The recommendations were presented to…