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Fire co. seeks approval for purchase of pumper
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — Residents who live in Fire District No. 1 on the north side of the township (i.e. the Gordons Corner Road, Tennent Road, Union Hill Road, Taylors Mills Road areas) are being asked to give their approval for the purchase of a new pumper truck.…
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In the Service
Brian E. Cooke, son of Patricia A. and Lee W. Cooke of Freehold, has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., where he received professional training and evaluation in the aspects of military life, administration and logistical…
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Yesteryear
100 years ago While figures are usually very dry reading, unless they appear on the right side of our bank account, we feel that Freehold people will all be interested in the statistics gathered by the enumerators of the recent state census. The Hon. D.D. Denise, as supervisor of the census for the town of…
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Senate panel advances bill
A measure sponsored by state Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth and Mercer) that would earmark funding for open space acquisition in central New Jersey was approved last week by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. “Over the years, both Monmouth and Mercer counties have been popular relocation spots, forcing us to develop a significant amount of…
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Americans’ letters to Pres. Bush to be read
Center Players, Freehold, in association with West 50th Street Productions, New York City, will present its second and final weekend performances of “Dear George: Letters to the President,” a collaborative theater project created by Marcus Woollen. The performance is a compilation of Americans’ open letters written to President George W. Bush during this election year…
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Datebook
• “The Rocky Road to Getting Published” will be discussed by a panel of authors at the Sisters in Crime–Central Jersey chapter meeting Oct. 30, 11 a.m. at Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan. Men and women are welcome to attend. Sisters In Crime members include mystery authors, readers, new writers, librarians and fans. Business meetings…
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Jewish Film Festival to be held Nov. 4-14
The fifth annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival will be held Nov. 4-14 at the Regal Cinema in North Brunswick. Among the offerings are a film about the pressures of Israeli military life, the search for the identity of a suicide bombing victim, and a son’s quest to uncover the mysterious past of his famous…
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Curfews will be in place on Halloween
Curfews designed to keep minors off the streets will be in place during the late-evening hours in the days leading up to Halloween. A curfew will be imposed in Manalapan from 9 p.m. Oct. 30 to 6 a.m. Oct. 31 and from 9 p.m. Oct. 31 to 6 a.m. Nov. 1. “We take vandalism very…
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New system to help emergency responders
Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley announced an upgrade in communications capabilities for both of the Sheriff’s Office Field Communications Mobile Command centers. The new system, the ACU-1000 modular radio interoperability system, permits communication between agencies that have different radio bands and frequencies. Oxley is taking the mobile command units to local emergency responders to…
