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  • Pringle, Basen to square off in Dems’ freeholder primary

    June 3 winner will faceincumbent Narozanickin November election By dick metzgarStaff Writer June 3 winner will face incumbent Narozanick in November election By dick metzgar Staff Writer Two Democrats have filed to run in the June 3 primary election to represent their party and seek the one open three-year seat on the Monmouth County Board…

  • 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…

  • Youngster doing well living with genetic disease HLH

    By jeanette M. engStaff Writer Youngster doing well living with genetic disease HLH By jeanette M. eng Staff Writer MARLBORO — As rare as hemo-phagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is, Shirley Zhang, 6, of Marlboro, who died in January, was not alone in her fate, even in the township. In 2002, the News Transcript profiled the story…

  • Planning Board OKs 13-home Winding Woods project

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Winding Woods, a 15-lot residential subdivision off Jackson Mills Road, has been approved by the Planning Board. The 94-acre parcel was purchased by PRC Real Estate Corp. from a number of different owners. According to Guy Leighton, the township’s assistant planner, the tract lies south of the north branch of the Metedeconk…