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  • Optimists pick essay winners

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — In what turned out to be a very timely project, the Sunrise Optimist Club chose the winners at the local level of the "Optimist International 2002-03 Essay Contest." This year’s topic is "When Our Freedom Is Threatened." According to a press release, 150 students from six western Monmouth County high schools participated…

  • Soldier fights on as parents pray for his safe return

    By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer By clare MARie celano Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI U.S. Marine Sgt. Eric Tiedemann Jr. is serving with American forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom while his friends and family members in Freehold Borough and his wife in North Carolina wait and pray for his safe return. On Jan. 3, U.S. Marine…

  • Provisional votes carry budget

    Unofficial resultsshow Manalapan-Englishtown K-8school plan passing By dave benjaminStaff Writer Unofficial results show Manalapan-Englishtown K-8 school plan passing By dave benjamin Staff Writer Residents in the K-8 Man-alapan-Englishtown Regional School District have been holding their breath regarding the outcome of the district’s 2003-04 budget, and it appears that those who supported the budget’s passage can…

  • State to delay last 5% of school aid payment

    Superintendents, boardmembers angered overgovernor State to delay last 5% of school aid payment Superintendents, board members angered over governor’s ‘sleight of hand’ Area school districts will have to make do with even less this year, according to the state. New Jersey will be delaying the last state aid payment for the 2002-03 school year to…

  • Club members to dedicate project at historic spring

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer Club members to dedicate project at historic spring By linda denicola Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A community improvement project at the Molly Pitcher Spring is complete and will be dedicated on April 27 from 2-4 p.m. Louise Smith, chairwoman of the improvement project, said Molly Pitcher Woman’s Club of Freehold members…

  • Marlboro volunteer honored for efforts with local seniors

    By jeanette M. engStaff Writer Marlboro volunteer honored for efforts with local seniors By jeanette M. eng Staff Writer Dennis Murphy MARLBORO — Who would have thought that a year of pasta dinners, turkey feasts and trips to Atlantic City could result in a plaque of appreciation from the Township Council? Dennis Murphy, who has…

  • Two police officers take oaths with Freehold Borough dept. FREEHOLD — Two new police officers will be manning patrol cars on borough streets by summer’s end. Kevin R. Werner and Eduardo Santana, both of the borough, were sworn in as officers during the Borough Council’s April 7 meeting. According to Police Chief Michael Beierschmitt, the…

  • Police to show off new HQ

    FREEHOLD — The police department’s new headquarters is up and running — honest. After months of delays, police are finally able to really "hang their hats" in the new headquarters at 40 Jackson St. Certificates hang on newly painted white walls. Photographs sit on desks alongside computer terminals and other police equipment. Dispatchers are manning…

  • Family will never forget daughter’s fight for life

    Youngster, 6, enduredmany tests, treatments in8-month battle with HLH By jeanette M. engStaff Writer Youngster, 6, endured many tests, treatments in 8-month battle with HLH By jeanette M. eng Staff Writer Shirley Zhang MARLBORO — Shirley Zhang was supposed to become a star in her jazz class. She was supposed to build years of memories…