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Driver ticketed after accident
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Emergency services personnel (above) prepare to place Ana Ruiz, of Parlin, in an ambulance following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 9 north and Route 520 in Marlboro on April 13. At right, a Chrysler minivan rests on its…
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Small visitor gets big gift from Rotary Club
Child from West Bank travels to New Jersey for heart surgery BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Tasneem Al Azza Tasneem Al Azza is a very lucky girl. Right now, Tasneem, who is almost 4, is back home in the West Bank, Israel, playing with an array of toys she…
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Background checks for youth coaches on table
Marlboro officials may act on ordinance at April 20 meeting BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Criminal background checks may be required for Marlboro Recreation Department volunteers and employees. In an effort to ensure the safety of youngsters, the Township Council introduced an ordinance on April 6 that, if adopted, would require…
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America’s pastime, when it was needed the most
Brookdale professor examines baseball’s impact during WW II BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer To many people, baseball is just a sport, a nice way to spend an evening out or something to watch on television to pass the time. During the World War II era, though, baseball became part of the…
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Event will honor father, husband who lost battle
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Kelli Coppinger’s life, as well as the life of her daughter, Brianna, 5, were changed forever in the blink of an eye. Coppinger, 35, of Jackson, lost her husband, Thomas, 36, to lymphoma at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, on April 11.…
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Local Democratic club announces scholarship
A new annual scholarship program honoring John Castellani, sponsored by the Manalapan Democratic Club, invites graduating high school seniors who are Man-alapan residents to submit an application by May 19. Details are being made available to guidance counselors in the Freehold Regional High School District this week. The 2006 scholarship winner will receive a monetary…
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Tom Coppinger, who lost a three-year battle with lymphoma on April 11, left behind his wife, Kelli, and daughter, Brianna. See story, page 17.
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Wasser: Seventh school will be needed in future
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer MANALAPAN – The future for the Freehold Regional High School District holds a seventh school. That is the news that Superintendent of Schools James Wasser delivered to the Township Committee during a short presentation he and Business Administrator Joan Nesenkar Saylor made at the governing body’s…
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Kids Discovery Day scheduled
MARLBORO – The recreation department is inviting residents to participate in Kids Discovery Day 2006, which will feature dinosaur and Earth Day exhibits. The event will be held on April 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center, Wyn-crest Road, next to the municipal complex. Children will have the opportunity…
