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Fresh Air Fund seeking volunteers
The Fresh Air Fund’s Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex area volunteer leaders are currently seeking committee members and host families to ensure that summer 2006 is special for New York City children. Each summer, close to 5,000 children, ages 6 to 18, enjoy two-week vacations with volunteer host families in suburban and small town communities across…
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Survivor recounts story of Holocaust’s horrors
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Imagine you are a 12-year-old child, separated from your parents and on your way to a concentration camp, Holocaust survivor Robert Kaldor told Marlboro High School students. In an effort to inform young adults about the hardships of the World War II-era Holocaust, Kaldor,…
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All options on table in budget talks
Fees for clubs, sports among items being discussed in Marlboro BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer It’s crunch time for the K-8 Marlboro school district as budget discussions continue among Board of Education members and district administrators. Although final numbers for the 2006-07 budget have not been calculated, district projections indicate that…
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Howell mayor makes bid for freeholder’s position
GOP representatives will gather and name Handlin FRAIDY REISS Correspondent FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent Joseph M. DiBella HOWELL – Tax relief, ethics reform and preservation of open space are the three reasons Mayor Joseph M. DiBella believes he is qualified to hold county-wide office. “Those have really been the three pillars of what I’ve worked hard to…
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Photo
PHOTOS BY RICH GRAESSLE Feb. 19 was a golden day for Colts Neck High School runners at the NJSIAA Indoor Meet of Champions. At left, Ashley Higginson leads teammate Brianna Jackucewicz en route to her second straight 3,200-meter title in meet record time at Princeton University. At right, the Cougars’ Craig Forys became only the…
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Life at 65 getting tough for local first aid squad
Volunteer unit remains in need of new members & additional donations BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO Members of the Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad stand in front of one of the squad’s rigs at the Freehold Borough headquarters. They are (l-r) Capt. Mike Miller, Trustee…
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Supreme Court hears gay marriage arguments
Aberdeen couple one of seven involved in landmark legal battle BY TOM CAIAZZA and CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writers BY TOM CAIAZZA and CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writers Above, Karen (l) and Marcye Nicholson-McFadden are one of seven same-sex couples who had their plea for marriage rights heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court on Feb. 15. At…
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County: Use of torch set off mansion blaze
Loss of historic building at park expected to be covered by insurance BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Geraldine Thompson mansion at Thompson Park, Lincroft, stands in ruins following a Feb. 6 fire. MIDDLETOWN — Subcontractors using a torch to install gutter downspouts are believed to have caused the Feb.…
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Planner reviews changes within commercial zone
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee heard a discussion from municipal planner Richard Cramer last week regarding the possibility of amending Manalapan’s Village Commercial (VC) zone. The VC zone is at Route 33 and Millhurst Road. The Village at Manalapan is proposed to be constructed at that…
