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Family seeks public’s help to locate its missing moose
BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer A reward is being offered for the return of a moose statue that holds up a mailbox at this home on Halls Mill Road, Freehold Township. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The owners of a moose that was “rustled” from its resting place at a Halls Mill Road…
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Council OKs inspections of private rental dwellings
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – A property inspection plan has been discussed for some time, and now it is being implemented. Borough Council members voted unanimously to approve the plan at their Sept. 5 meeting in Borough Hall. Borough Attorney Kerry Higgins said the property inspection plan…
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Democrats looking for replacement candidates
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – At this rate the Democrats will be sitting out of the Township Council election in November. Only a week after confirming with the Monmouth County Clerk of Elections that Laurie Howell – a member of the party’s three-person slate running for three…
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Freehold moves to devise courtroom security plan
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – You can’t be too careful and a dangerous situation can occur anywhere. A Borough Council meeting on Sept. 5 saw municipal officials unanimously approve a resolution to establish a municipal court security plan. The council was acting according to a directive from…
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Hall of Fame returns to New Jersey
Once located in Freehold and then moving to Los Angeles, the National Broadcas-ters Hall Of Fame (NBHF) has returned to New Jersey and will be located at the Information Age Learning Center and Museum in Wall Township at the former Camp Evans. At noon on Sept. 16, the NBHF will induct Arthur Anderson, Charles Osgood…
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First aid squad seeks cadets
MARLBORO – The Morganville First Aid Squad cadet division is looking for energetic and committed individuals to volunteer their time. According to Margot Lazow, 17, the administrative lieutenant of the cadet division, volunteering as a cadet with the first aid squad enables teenagers to meet new and interesting people, exposes them to possible medical and…
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State Web site to offer Rx cost comparisons
Start-up cost of project estimated at $322,000 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer New Jersey residents will be able to shop for medicine smarter by using a new state Internet Web site. Appearing in East Brunswick on Aug. 21, Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill into law that created the Web site,…
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Recovery from spinal injury is a long road
Richard Travia has good attitude and family support BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Richard Travia When Richard Travia hit the beach one night last summer he found himself face to face with a year he never could have imagined. On Aug. 13, 2005, Travia, 25, of Freehold, headed down the shore…
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Area surgeon to oversee equine hospital in N.Y.
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer A local but nationally recognized equine veterinary surgeon will take her services to a $7 million facility in Elmont, N.Y., next year. Dr. Patricia Hogan, who has worked at the New Jersey Equine Clinic (NJEC) in the Clarksburg section of Millstone Township for 11 years, will…
