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  • St. Rose pupils enjoy pieces of pioneer times

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CLARE MARIE CELANO St. Rose of Lima School students examine artifacts from the nation’s pioneer era that were brought to the Freehold Borough parochial school by Terry Hess, who has made a career of telling pupils about American history. FREEHOLD — What…

  • Investigation: No officer talked to Howell mayor

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — A police internal affairs investigation launched on Jan. 23 following allegations made by the mayor against a councilman has been closed. The investigation concluded that Mayor Joseph M. DiBella’s allegations of impropriety by Councilman Bob Walsh and unnamed Howell police officers were unfounded. Investigators…

  • Former county officials plead guilty to extortion

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer NEWARK — Former Monmouth County officials Richard Iadanza and Joseph McCurnin pleaded guilty to extortion charges last week stemming from their Feb. 22, 2005, arrests as part of Operation Bid Rig. Iadanza, 50, a former deputy mayor and police commissioner in Neptune and superintendent of the…

  • Girl Scout directors ready for a busy year

    HOWELL — Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts held its 44th annual council meeting on the evening of Jan. 19. The council’s new Program Activity Center was decorated to echo classic Hollywood and reflect the theme of this year’s event: “Soaring Beyond Greatness.” According to a press release from the Girl Scouts, the theme communicated the…

  • Attorney claims county erred in forgoing sprinkler system

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD – What taxpayers deserve, according to Middletown attorney Larry Loigman, is to see a county official take responsibility for the lack of a fire-suppression system in the historic Thompson Park mansion that was destroyed in a Feb. 6 fire. “Someone should come forward and say it was…

  • Greater Media Newspapers wins five SNA awards

    “Church at Rainbow’s End” by Dennis Symons Jr. Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, received five awards in the 2005 Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) contest. SNA is a nonprofit, professional trade association specifically serving the suburban newspaper industry. SNA’s membership is comprised of approximately 2,000 suburban newspapers published by the leading newspaper publishing companies in the…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago When the saloon license application of Thomas C. Burke came before Judge John E. Foster yesterday, Aaron E. Johnston represented a number of property owners in Freehold. He explained to the court while the remonstrance had been signed in the churches only, the signers had been businessmen and property holders of the…

  • Bakery, deli gains approval

    FREEHOLD — Throckmorton Street, which crosses the town’s main thoroughfare — West Main Street — is a hub of activity in the downtown area. The lower section that leads from West Main Street to South Street, however, does not present the same “downtown” look and feel as the rest of the brick-paved sidewalks and tree-lined…

  • Parents’ grief serves as warning to others

    Couple who lost daughter hope her face will serve as a reminder of crime BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Over the past four years more than 300 people have been arrested in Manalapan and charged with driving while intoxicated. “It works out to an average of 78 people a year and…