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  • Overlook at Molly Pitcher spring starts taking shape

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer Monmouth Battlefield State Park historian Garry Stone (second from left) relates a story about a spring that Molly Pitcher may have used during the Battle of Monmouth to members of the Molly Pitcher Woman’s Club (l-r) Ann Oliver, Louise Smith and Gertrude Whitaker. The club is…

  • Concert to benefit scholarship fund

    By jeanette m. engStaff Writer By jeanette m. eng Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Marlboro Jewish Center, School Road West, will present entertainer Julie Budd in concert on Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m. The show will be the fifth concert to be held in conjunction with the Ilene Meryl Fleischer Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund…

  • Republican incumbents sweep Monmouth posts

    Larrison, Powers, Frenchare elected to new terms By dick metzgarStaff Writer Republican incumbents sweep Monmouth posts Larrison, Powers, French are elected to new terms By dick metzgar Staff Writer Apparently residents are satisfied with the way in which business is being conducted in Monmouth County, and have been for many years, if the results from…

  • Theater group in need of financial aid to stay afloat

    Battleground Arts Center By linda denicolaStaff Writer Theater group in need of financial aid to stay afloat Battleground Arts Center’s 30th year may be its last, director fears By linda denicola Staff Writer For almost 30 years, the Battleground Arts Center (BAC) has been providing live theater for youngsters and adults. But the arts center…

  • Freehold native served

    country & community By dick metzgarStaff Writer country & community By dick metzgar Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Eugene "Bo Bo" Nowack emerged from the depths of the Great Depression in the late 1930s to serve his country and community with distinction. Nowack, a lifelong resident of the borough, was a battle-hardened veteran of 22 when…

  • Students have chance to air views to education official

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer By dave benjamin Staff Writer The new assistant to the deputy state commissioner of education visited Freehold Township High School recently, touring the building as a representative school in the Freehold Regional High School District. "Dr. (Michael) Rush was pleasantly pleased with what he heard," Superintendent of Schools James Wasser said.…

  • Marlboro H.S. students join

    university research project By dave benjaminStaff Writer Marlboro H.S. students join university research project By dave benjamin Staff Writer MARLBORO — About 45 marine science students at Marlboro High School have been participating in a deep sea adventure in conjunction with scientists from the University of Delaware. "The goal of the program is to get…

  • Golub, Salkin win re-election

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer Golub, Salkin win re-election By linda denicola Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Eugene Golub and David Salkin won re-election to three-years terms on the Township Committee in the Nov. 5 election. Less that half of the township’s 19,901 registered voters came out to vote. With 8,439 ballots cast (42.5 percent of…

  • Residents of four towns seek voice in high school vote case

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer Residents of four towns seek voice in high school vote case By dave benjamin Staff Writer Residents of the four smallest sending communities in the Freehold Regional High School District want their voices heard in federal court. To achieve that goal, the four citizens — Lynn Leisure of Colts Neck, Deborah…