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  • CentraState gains approval to give NCI clinical trials

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Cen-traState Medical Center has been approved as a National Cancer Insti-tute (NCI) clinical trial site. CentraState is the third New Jersey site approved to participate in NCI clinical trails and one of only 60 NCI-approved sites throughout the United States. The hospital already is a clinical research site for the Cancer Institute…

  • More lawsuits challenge Marlboro zoning change

    Legal cases in two other towns have seen split decisions BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Marlboro MARLBORO — The recent adoption of a rezoning ordinance has caused a string of lawsuits to be filed against the Township Council. The ordinance, which was adopted in September, upzoned certain properties from an R-80…

  • Police arrest teenager in theft of $36,000 bracelet

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Police have charged a 17-year-old boy from Toms River with theft in connection with an incident that occurred at the Freehold Raceway Mall on Oct. 30. At about 5 p.m., a suspect who was examining a gold bracelet encrusted with 12 carats of…

  • Councilman wants more focus on bicycle safety

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Freehold Borough FREEHOLD — In addition to an increase in the amount of vehicular traffic on borough streets, the town is also experiencing an unprecedented number of bicycle riders — a fact that concerns Councilman Marc Le Vine. Le Vine brought his concerns to…

  • Mayor tells pupils about gov’t.

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — After studying a unit on government, third-graders at the Laura Donovan School, Stonehurst Boulevard, received a visit from Mayor David Salkin on Nov. 9. Salkin discussed the functions of the governing body in Freehold Township and the different departments that make up the township. The community is governed by a five-member Township…

  • Winners asking residents to get involved in borough

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — In an uncontested race, Democrats Robert Crawford and Michael DiBenedetto won a pair of three-year seats on the Borough Council in the Nov. 8 election. Both men have won seats on the council four times. DiBenedetto, 46, received 1,449 votes, and Crawford,…

  • Roth, Gennaro win seats on Manalapan committee

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — Democrats will have a 3-2 majority on the Township Committee in 2006 following the election of Michelle Roth and Anthony Gennaro to three-year terms on Nov. 8. Democrats Roth and Gennaro will join Democrat Drew Shapiro and Republicans Joseph Locricchio and Andrew Lucas on…

  • Classic ‘Outsiders’ tells story of teen conflicts

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — It will the “haves” vs. the “have nots” when the Freehold Township High School Patriot Players present “The Outsiders” this week at the school, Elton-Adelphia Road. The classic novel by S.E. Hinton has been adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel. “The Outsiders”…

  • Professor receives grant from National Institutes of Health

    Dr. Michael Palladino, of Howell, an associate professor in the Biology Department at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, has received a $175,521 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). According to a press release from the university, the NIH is the largest and most prestigious public funding source for biomedical…