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  • Immigrants will express concerns to congressman

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Can New Jersey maintain a work force without labor provided by immigrants? The answer to this question may be revealed May 1. Members of the Latino community are planning to come together to protest an immigration reform law sponsored by Republican Congressman…

  • Official will call on town to sue Dems

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Township Comm-itteeman Joseph Locricchio said he is planning to make a motion at tonight’s meeting of the Township Committee and ask the governing body to vote to institute litigation against the Monmouth County Democratic Party. Locricchio said he is seeking the action because of…

  • Repairs to sidewalks expected

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Homeowners who need the sidewalk in front of their residence repaired may get some help from Borough Hall. Municipal officials have been working to reinstitute a sidewalk improvement program that was initially offered in 2000. An authorization to provide for improvements to…

  • Patient takes leukemia fight to the Internet

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer ABERDEEN – Julie Meryl’s blood has betrayed her. Diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2004, the Manahawkin resident and Aberdeen native has responded in kind to her blood disease with a rousing “Leukemia Sucks.” Meryl and her father, Barry Epstein, have created an Internet Web…

  • FRHSD budget for ’06-07 wins approval by 500 votes

    Leimbach defeats Kraft to win seat representing Howell Township BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Once again, voters have approved the Freehold Regional High School District’s budget. Collectively, residents in the district’s eight sending municipalities voted to fund a $106 million tax levy in support of a $158 million total…

  • Manalapan H.S. concerts April 26 and May 3

    Manalapan High School, Church Lane, will present two spring concerts, both at 6:30 p.m. The school’s orchestra and choir will perform on April 26, and the band and jazz band will be featured May 3. Admission is free, and snacks and refreshments will be available.

  • Teen to serve time for robbery

    FREEHOLD – An 18-year-old Manalapan male was sentenced on March 24 to 18 months in the custody of the Juvenile Justice Commission for his role in a robbery at a PNC Bank branch in New Brunswick on Jan. 23, 2004. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, on that date at…

  • Burry named to serve on Ft. Monmouth authority

    FREEHOLD – Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian G. Burry will represent Monmouth County on the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority. The Board of Freeholders appointed her to the post, citing her experience with Naval Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck, when it was targeted for closure. “Serving on the Colts Neck Township Committee, Lillian Burry has…

  • Planning Board signs off on preservation ordinance

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – The precious stock of historic homes in the borough is one step closer to being protected by a preservation ordinance with some teeth in it – a law that its supporters hope will keep historic homes from ending up under a bulldozer.…