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  • Impromptu trip to Afghanistan an eye-opener

    Shrewsbury resident accompanies noted photographer to war-torn zone BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer STEVE McCURRY Art Petrosemolo (c), with Afghan translator and guide Qais Azminy, gets a close look from a motorcycle driver on the road in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Petrosemolo took the pictures of the two Afghani children pictured at left…

  • Zoning board rejects plan for condo buildings

    Township Committee sends atty. to meeting to present objections BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent Richard J. Colasuonno has received an answer from the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment on whether he may build 110 condominiums on a site that is zoned for fewer than 10 single-family homes. The answer is no. The…

  • Republicans will welcome Kean at Freehold Township event

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – State Sen. Tom Kean, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, will be the special guest of the Freehold Township Repub-lican Club on May 15. The event will be held from 7-9 p.m. at the South Gate Manor (formerly Van’s Inn), 260 South Street. Kean is the state senator from New Jersey’s 21st…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Cynclia Lee, of the New Jersey Youth Asian Dance and Drum Troupe, performs during an Asian Heritage Festival held at Manalapan High School on May 6.

  • Musicians will align for benefit

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer ABERDEEN – Myles Weinstein has given his life to jazz. The professional drummer and owner of a booking agency devoted to the quintessential American music genre has invited some friends to share the jazz experience with the Aberdeen community. Weinstein, an Aberdeen resident and public school…

  • Budget totals $30.3M

    Marlboro council to hold public hearing May 18 BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer The municipal tax rate increase contained in Marlboro’s 2006 budget is significantly lower than the increase property owners paid a year ago. In introducing a $30.3 million budget on May 4, the Township Council and Mayor Robert Kleinberg…

  • Advocate: Immigrants made point with rally

    May 1 events turned spotlight on nation’s uncounted work force BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Anyone who turned on their TV on the evening of May 1 would certainly have seen reports of immigration rallies held in towns and cities across the nation. So what happened in…

  • Freehold Twp. officials adopt $35.4M budget

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The lights were dimmed, the requisite jokes about popcorn were cracked and one wise guy called, “Stop groping me!” as the 2006 municipal budget was presented in Power Point format at a public hearing last week. Exactly four members of the public attended the May…

  • TV show wants walls that can’t keep secrets

    Area residents with historic homes sought for HGTV program Home and Garden Television is seeking historic homes with intriguing pasts to be featured in one of its most popular shows. “If Walls Could Talk,” a long-running series on Home and Garden Television (HGTV), features homeowners who have made amazing discoveries about their homes while renovating…