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College students organize successful fund-raiser
Area residents bring Relay For Life event to Rhode Island campus BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer A bright fund-raising idea by two college students who hail from western Monmouth County has resulted in upward of $50,000 for cancer research. Brian Maiorino, 20, a Freehold Township High School graduate, and Paul Stoffer,…
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Standards for houses of worship draw debate
Proposed code expected to be topic of discussion May 5 BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer The benches of Marlboro Town Hall were filled on a recent evening as residents spoke out for and against an ordinance that would change the lot size requirement for houses of worship. According to the ordinance,…
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JEFF GRANIT staff An officer and his K-9 partner search the grounds of the Monmouth County Courthouse, Freehold Borough, after a bomb threat caused the building to be evacuated on the morning of April 19. See story, page 37.
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Freehold Twp. voters approve school budget
$58.1 million plan for 2005-06 is now in place BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Just under 11 percent of Freehold Township’s 21,521 registered voters went to the polls on Election Day, April 19, but of those who did, a majority gave their support to the Board of Education’s budget for the…
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Bomb threats clear 2 buildings in Freehold
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Bomb threats made at two of the borough’s largest Monmouth County buildings resulted in employees and visitors to those buildings walking the streets of town for hours on April 19 and April 20. According to Monmouth County Undersheriff Ted Freeman, a call…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Manalapan High School shortstop Aimee Prinzo gets ready to slap the tag on a Middletown South base runner during the Braves’ 2-0 win over the Eagles on April 21 in Manalapan.
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School budget wins approval
FREEHOLD — A small turnout of residents delivered a big victory to the Board of Education in the April 19 school election. By a count of 223 yes to 187 no, the board’s $14.9 million budget for the 2005-06 school year was approved. Freehold Borough property owners will pay $6.4 million in taxes to support…
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Not just another day at Colts Neck High School
Law enforcement personnel conduct drill during lockdown BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer PHOTOS BY DAVE BENJAMIN Teams of police and tactical officers make their way down a corridor at Colts Neck High School where an intruder has been reported — all part of a training exercise held April 20. A typical…
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Grant to fund health initiative
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — State Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth and Mercer) announced recently that Freehold Township has been awarded $100,000 from the state Department of Community Affairs from the Sharing Available Resources Efficiently (SHARE) program. “As vice chair of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, I am confronted daily with public health issues…
