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  • Salkin takes town’s reins

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Once again, David Salkin will serve as mayor of his hometown. The Township Committee held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 7 and Salkin was tapped by his fellow members of the governing body to be mayor for 2005. Salkin, who grew up…

  • On Campus

    Robert Martiniello, son of Linda and Frank Vinci of Freehold Township, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall term at Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore. He also was selected for inclusion in the 2004-2005 edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges” and will be honored at the Maryland…

  • Photo

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Rachel Bernstein describes her pocket pal during the Invention Convention at the Park Avenue School, Freehold Borough. See story, page 10.

  • Auditions

    Marlboro Players will hold auditions for its spring production of “Evita” on Jan. 24 from 8-10 p.m. and on Jan. 25 from 7-10 p.m. at the Frank J. Dugan Elem-entary School, Topanemus Road, Marl-boro. All roles are open. Needed are adults of all ages, and a children’s chorus for ages 8 and up. Those auditioning…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago Sheriff O.C. Bogardos started the ball rolling in a movement to abolish the tramp salesmen in Monmouth County, at the meeting of the Board of Freeholders Wednesday, when he appeared and made a statement to the effect that there had been many complaints about the number and manner in which tramps were…

  • Petition seeks upgrades for town’s muster zone

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Members of the immigrants rights group Casa Freehold are circulating a petition around the borough and seeking support for an organized muster zone for the town’s population of day laborers. The petition states that day laborers, primarily Latinos, have been attending English…

  • Pupils told to be water wise

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Organizers of the New Jersey Community Water Watch program visited the C. Richard Applegate School recently to provide students with information on water resources, water pollution and conservation. According to a press release from the Freehold Township School District, the focus of the program was to provide students with a better appreciation…

  • Freehold Twp. board, union settle contract

    500 FTEA members will receive an average annual increase of 4.75% BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Teachers in the Freehold Township K-8 school district will receive an average raise of 4.75 percent this year and in each of the next two years under the terms of a contract that was recently…

  • Greater Women of Central N.J. winners to be honored Feb. 15

    Greater Media Newspapers is hosting its first annual Greater Women of Central New Jersey Feb. 15. For the past two months, nominations have been solicited for women working in the disciplines of business, health care and nonprofit. The nominees are women who have been able to triumph despite the challenges and make a true difference…