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  • Freehold plans for next step in downtown fix-up

    West Main Street could be focus of initial effort BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer After Freehold Borough’s downtown area experienced a renaissance in the 1980s that saw it bounce back from the 1960s and 1970s wasteland Bruce Springsteen described in his song “My Hometown,” it is time for the…

  • Freehold teacher, team returning to MS Walk

    FREEHOLD – On April 23, Freehold High School Spanish teacher Rennie Rankin along with 200 of her students, colleagues, family and friends will walk in the MS Walk to end the devastating effects of MS (multiple sclerosis). Rankin will, again this year, captain the Freehold High School team to help fight the effects of MS.…

  • Eleanor Gallery explores the feminine perspective

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – Ever wonder what really goes on in the mind of a woman? The Eleanor Gallery will give patrons a glimpse into the depths of local women in its showcase “The Feminine Perspective.” The showcase opened March 25 and will be open on weekends through…

  • former mayor said, “those elected are already accountable and the voters get to hold them accountable on Election Day.” “The mayor is just a spokesperson. Why should just one individual have that kind of power? Sometimes that kind of power goes unchecked,” he said. Gray said the only people who would benefit from the change…

  • Playground fundraiser planned

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The West Freehold School PTO will hold a fundraiser at Barnes & Noble, Route 9, on April 4. Purchases made at the store with a special voucher between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. will benefit an initiative to provide a blacktop area and additional playground equipment at the school. PTO President Chris…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago Although there are about 325 more ballots to be counted in the Monmouth County shrieviality contest, it is now practically certain that Charles E. Close will receive a substantial majority and will, in a short time, assume the duties of the Sheriff’s Office. The result of the recount Monday, together with Justice…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Justin Landis, 12, performs with the Pine Brook School, Manalapan, band during the Manalapan Police Department’s “Basketball Extravaganza” at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School, March 17. The event supported the Manalapan Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) programs and featured a basketball game pitting teachers against Manalapan police officers.

  • Seniors learn to surf safely on Internet

    MARLBORO – Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley and John A. Wanat, executive director of the Mon-mouth County Office on Aging, an-nounced that their collaborative Internet safety program for seniors, Safe Surfing for Seniors, was presented to Marlboro seniors at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center on March 17. The program was presented by Chief Ed…

  • Congressman: Part of job is taking pulse of public

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – New Jersey Congressman Rush Holt recently fielded questions from Marlboro High School students on hot-button issues including same-sex marriage, abortion and health care. During a March 3 visit to the school, Holt (D-12th District), who has represented central New Jersey in Washington, D.C., since…