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  • Freehold may consider home office ordinance

    At present, town BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Freehold Borough officials have started to discuss the possibility of adopting an ordinance that would make it legal for residents to operate a home office. At the present time it is illegal for people to operate an office in their home…

  • Narozanick honored for long support of hospital

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — In recognition of his 30-plus years supporting CentraState Medical Center and quality health care for residents of western Monmouth County, Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick was the guest of honor on Nov. 12 at the hospital’s 44th annual Celebration Ball. A special garden and seating area situated prominently outside the hospital’s main entrance…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Fourth-grader Nick DeLuca (fourth from left) and his fellow pupils at the St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold Borough, help tell the story of Thanksgiving during a school play on Nov. 23.

  • War in Iraq claims second local soldier

    Dennis W. Zilinski II was a graduate of West Point BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer 1st Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski II U.S. Army 1st Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski II, 23, of Howell, has become the second resident of Howell to have been killed in the line of duty while serving in…

  • Opportunity Knocks for adults with disabilities

    Seven residents work toward living independent lives BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Clockwise from top left: Michael Metaxotos is the executive director of Opportunity Knocks, which operates a group home in Englishtown and runs a consignment and gift shop in Jackson to support the home’s operation. Opportunity Knocks, a group home…

  • Freehold board will search for business administrator

    Anthony Tonzini will take new post in South Brunswick BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Board of Education will begin a search for a new business administrator on the heels of an announcement that Anthony Tonzini is leaving the district. Tonzini, 40, has been the…

  • Attendance decision amended

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has amended a student attendance plan for the 2006-07 school year that was approved in September. In September, the board voted to send 49 eighth-graders from Howell who live east of the Jackson border, north of Aldrich…

  • Officers dismantle drug lab

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Acting on a tip, law enforcement officers arrested a resident of Gravel Hill Road on Nov. 22 and charged her with maintaining a drug production facility in her home. Freehold Township police said Ashley A. Uske, 21, a single, unemployed resident of Gravel Hill Road, was also charged with possession of drug…

  • Loose shopping carts rankle borough official

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — It appears that the streets of the borough have become the home of some supermarket shopping carts. The problem of shopping carts being left where they do not belong is nothing new, but it is becoming more irritating, according to Councilman Marc…