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  • Work at regional rec sites expected to be approved

    Work at regional rec sites expected to be approved FREEHOLD — In the very near future, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will formally approve the allocation of funding for 2004 derived from the open space tax. The Board met recently with Faith S. Hahn, the supervising planner for the Monmouth County Park System, to…

  • Ideas come tumbling out of local inventor

    Howell woman enjoyssatisfying career makingand marketing products BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Howell woman enjoys satisfying career making and marketing products BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Lisa Ascolese shows her invention “Wrap and Store,” which hangs on a door and holds everything a person might need to wrap a gift. When Lisa Williams…

  • Community asked to unite and talk about town issues

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Community asked to unite and talk about town issues BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Members of the Freehold Clergy Association want to help keep the peace and foster good will among the residents of a town that has been dealing with some very tough issues. According to…

  • First look at budget shows 10-cent hike

    Superintendent trying to make an effort to reduce class size BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer First look at budget shows 10-cent hike BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — Property owners would face a tax increase of 10 cents per $100 of assessed valuation under the 2004-05 school year budget being proposed by the administration of…

  • Cheerleaders, Scout honored

    BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The municipal building’s main meeting room was full of young girls in cheerleading outfits and young boys in Scouting uniforms on Jan. 28. The Township Committee conferred certificates of achievement on the 2003 Freehold Pop Warner Giants Junior Midget Cheerleading Squad in recognition…

  • Author’s label fits shoe store owner just right

    Gary Berg BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Author’s label fits shoe store owner just right Gary Berg’s new book tells tales of customers at Marlboro business BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer Gary Berg MARLBORO — While many people yearn to be their own boss, according to Gary Berg, being the owner of a small retail business…

  • Town buys police equipment

    MARLBORO — The Township Council has unanimously approved two requests by the Marlboro Police Department to buy equipment worth a combined $295,175. Police officials asked the council to authorize the purchase of a new Computer Aided Dispatch/Record Management System (CAD/RMS) for $125,760. According to a memo from Capt. Danny Schick, $40,760 of the expenditure will…

  • Board members at odds on immigration issues

    Freehold residentquestions statementsmade in press release BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Board members at odds on immigration issues Freehold resident questions statements made in press release BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Even the members of a committee that was created to keep the peace can have their moments. Two members of the…

  • Sides expected to argue muster zone case Friday

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Sides expected to argue muster zone case Friday BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Attorneys who represent the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the borough are expected to return to federal court in Trenton on Friday. They will ask a judge to order the reopening of a…