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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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Freehold H.S. honors first hall of fame inductees

    Wilson, Springsteen, White, Hendry among school’s celebrated grads BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Michael Wilson Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson and rock superstar Bruce Springsteen have a lot more in common now than just being boyhood pals in the borough – they are now both members of the Freehold…

  • Foundation plans fundraiser

    MARLBORO – The Marlboro Edu-cational Foundation, a group of Marlboro residents and business people dedicated to raising much-needed funds for innovative and creative programs not covered in the general school budget, will host a Restaurant Tasting Evening on April 24 from 6-10 p.m. at The Excelsior catering hall, Route 9, Manalapan. According to a press…

  • Mayor: Use of vehicle was needed

    Resident alleges misuse of town truck in complaint to state BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – A resident of the township has filed an ethics complaint against Mayor Robert Kleinberg regarding the mayor’s use of a township-owned vehicle. The mayor said the person who filed the complaint has not gotten…

  • County set for battle against gypsy moths

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Who-ever said good things come in small packages never met a gypsy moth caterpillar. Aerial spraying of pesticides over several Monmouth County areas is scheduled for May in an effort to control the caterpillars, which grow to only 1 or 2 inches in size but…

  • Committee gives OK for new playing fields

    Baseball and softball leagues will have more space at Tighe Park BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – By the end of the summer residents should see four new baseball-softball fields at Michael J. Tighe Park, Georgia Road. “Pretty darn efficient for government, huh?” Township Administrator Thomas Antus said of the project,…