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  • State aims to improve nutrition in schools

    New guidelines only affect items available during school hours BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Schools will now have to abide by stricter nutritional guidelines. According to the state Department of Agriculture Web site, www.state.nj.us/agriculture/modelnutritionpolicy.htm, the policy was established because the state “recognizes that child and adolescent obesity has reached epidemic levels…

  • AARP driving course offered at Liberty Manor

    The AARP-sponsored driver safety program will be held at Liberty Manor Assisted Living Residence, 49 LaSatta Ave., Englishtown, Feb. 16-17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants must attend both days in order to receive credit for the course. Membership in AARP is not necessary, but preregistration is required. The cost is $10. Upon completion…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago The assessors from the shore districts of Monmouth County received a hard shock last Friday at the meeting of the Board of Equalization of Taxes of New Jersey at the court house in Free-hold, when the fact, as claimed by taxpayers from the inland townships for years that property owners along the…

  • Board’s approval signals end of line for old home

    South Street structure will be demolished; office building OK BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Artist’s rendition shows a view from South Street of a 39,000-square-foot office building to be constructed on the present site of the John Wesley Bartleson mansion. FREEHOLD — The bad news is that the property…

  • Program helps promote cultural understanding

    BY BETH ANN SCIALABBA Correspondent BY BETH ANN SCIALABBACorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — “We can get along if we try,” sang the seventh-grade students of the academic enrichment program at the Barkalow Middle School, Stillwells Corner Road. On Jan. 14, the youngsters who sang these words participated in the Children for World Peace cultural program (CWP).…

  • Townhouse plan comes up one vote short of approval

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — An unused road in the borough will remain just that, at least for now. A proposed development of 16 townhouses that would have dressed up a vacant area on Orchard Street fell one vote short of receiving Zoning Board of Adjustment approval.…

  • Youngsters to enjoy Shabbat service

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — On Feb. 4, Congregation Kol Am of Freehold will dedicate its Sabbath observation to the youth of the community, recognizing that they represent the future. From 6:30-7:15 p.m., Rabbi Brooks R. Susman will be reaching out to the youngest members of the Jewish community by holding a special “Tot Shabbat” at the…

  • Plan calls for 5 new homes

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — An application for a subdivision known as the Melillo development has come before the Planning Board. If the board approves the plan there will be five homes added to an existing residence on a single street that ends in a cul-de-sac. “The parcel is…

  • Datebook

    • Blood drives will be conducted by Central Jersey Blood Center at two Colts Neck sites: Feb. 3, 4-8 p.m. at Conover Road Elementary School, Conover Road; and Feb. 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Delicious Orchards, Route 34, at the Bloodmobile in the parking lot. Also, Feb. 13, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.…