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FREEHOLD — Take a group of children, their parents and 15 basketball teams. Add some food, soft drinks and a score of prizes and you have the makings of one very good time. Area residents are invited to take a seat in the bleachers at Freehold Borough High School, Broadway, on Saturday as the YMCA…

By jeanette m. engStaff Writer Donated vests provide protection to K-9 cops By jeanette m. eng Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Sporting new vests for their protection, Marlboro K-9 officers Vaik (l) and his partner, Joe Chaplinski, and Lex (r), with his partner, Jerry Arminio, join Chief Robert Holmes at headquarters before hitting the road for…

By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — If New Jersey is wealthiest state in the nation, why is its educational system in such a crisis? That was one of the main questions educators and other experts tried to answer during the "Public Support for Public Education" statewide summit held Feb.…

FREEHOLD — A $10 million operating budget that will necessitate a projected 3.6-cent increase in the municipal tax rate was introduced at the Borough Council’s March 3 meeting. The budget includes several new full-time positions, including a new code enforcement officer, a police dispatcher, patrolmen and an additional special police officer for the borough’s Quality…

JERRY WOLKOWITZ Firefighters battle smoke conditions as they place a hose inside the window of a home on Cold Spring Road, Freehold Township, where a fire broke out on Friday afternoon. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A fire in a house at 76 Cold Spring Road, off Double Creek Parkway, was aflame by the time police officers…

Panel members opt notto allow residential usein commercial zone By jeanette m. engStaff Writer Proposal for adult condos rejected by Zoning Board Panel members opt not to allow residential use in commercial zone By jeanette m. eng Staff Writer MARLBORO — Zoning board members have rejected an application filed by a developer who was seeking…

Greater Media Newspapers wins 33 NJPA awards for ’02 “High Sticking” by Chris Kelly First Place, Sports Feature Greater Media Newspapers has won a total of 33 editorial, photography and advertising awards in the weekly division of the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2002. The tally included a record 19 awards in…

By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Planning Board has approved the final site plan for the Freehold Business Park East on Asbury Avenue, off Route 33 near Kozloski Road. The application, filed by Shore Office Group II, LLC, proposes eight office/flex buildings (a permitted use in the zone)…

By jeanette M. engStaff Writer Pedestrian struck, killed on Route 9 By jeanette M. eng Staff Writer MARLBORO — Icy road conditions may have played a role in a pedestrian fatality on Thursday at 10:57 a.m. According to Sgt. Joseph M. Lenge, who heads up the Marlboro Police Depart-ment’s Traffic and Safety Bureau, a driver…