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Choir’s performance slate features White House trip
Members of the New Jersey Children’s Chamber Choir pose with New Jersey Rep. Christopher Smith (r) on the steps of the Capitol building during a recent trip to Washington, D.C., that included their performance at the White House. In six years, the 30 members of the New Jersey Children’s Chamber Choir have experienced what other…
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Student preparing to make springtime medical mission
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Derek Kong Like many college students, Derek Kong will travel to a tropical country for his spring break. That’s where the similarities between Kong and other students will probably end. While his classmates tan themselves on sandy beaches and sip margaritas until dawn, Kong…
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Anytown program helps develop leadership skills
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Five Freehold High School students are serious about making important changes in their school. The students, who are members of the Anytown USA delegation, attended the Dec. 18 meeting of the Borough Council to tell the members of the governing body what…
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CentraState sets birth record
CentraState Medical Center employee Geraldine Yaccarine (l-r), father Juan Amador, mother Alba Avila (with baby boy), Antoinette Urciuoli, store promotions coordinator for Babies “R” Us, and daughter Jenesis Amador welcome the first baby born at the medical center, Freehold Township, in 2007. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – For the fourth consecutive year, CentraState Medical Center, West Main…
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Open meetings advocate keeps eye on N.J. towns
Goal is to raise public’s awareness of right to open government BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer “I don’t like to file lawsuits. I only do that if I have to. If I give them all of the reasons and they don’t care, then I do what I have got to do.”…
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Monmouth freeholders approve open space grants
FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has approved grants totaling nearly $2 million from the 2006 Monmouth County Open Space Trust Fund to acquire, create or improve park facilities in 14 municipalities. According to a press release, land acquisition and development for park recreation and open space purposes are made possible by the…
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Congregation sponsors Macciabiah games
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The religious school of Congregation Kol Am held its fifth annual Macciabiah Games at the West Freehold School Dec. 17. This year’s event, however, was not the “run of the mill” celebration of relay races and donuts (although both were part of the festivities). What made the event different this year was…
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Dems support Lucas for Manalapan mayor
Split is now clear between Republicans on Township Committee BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Andrew Lucas They may have been running mates two years ago, but the way things look now, no one should be seating them together at the same banquet table anytime soon. The gloves were off and the…
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Life on the front in the War Between the States
Union soldiers’ letters home provide poignant glimpse into Civil War BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Brick Township historian Gene Donatiello wrote his latest book “A Family of Soldiers, Letters Home to Herbertsville from the Civil War,” after longtime resident Elmer Havens gave him a suitcase…
