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  • Kmart holds annual race against drugs

    Kyle Stockman, 7, assisted by a volunteer from the Howell Community Alliance, races his car around an obstacle course in the Kmart parking lot in Howell on Saturday during the retailer’s third annual Kmart Kids Race Against Drugs, a fund-raiser to benefit local substance abuse community alliances. The event attracted more than 500 racers who…

  • U.S. health professionals carry advice to Belarus Two women help pave the way for planned opening of Minsk clinic

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin U.S. health professionals carry advice to Belarus Two women help pave the way for planned opening of Minsk clinic JERRY WOLKOWITZ During a recent trip to the independent state of Belarus in the former Soviet Union, MaryAnn Roper, director of CentraState Healthcare System’s Health Awareness Center, Freehold Township, helped develop…

  • Vintage motorcycle will pay a visit to boro’s Kruise Nite

    FREEHOLD — A special treat for fans of vintage motorcycles will be in store for those who turn up for Kruise Nite tomorrow, beginning at 6 p.m. Thanks to Bill Bevan of Millstone Township, who is now an antique motorcycle collector, a restored 1947 Indian Chief — one of the classic American motorcycles — will…

  • Vehicle stop takes longer than patrolman expects

    Staff Writer By Mark Rosman Vehicle stop takes longer than patrolman expects FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Most drivers, when ordered to pull over by a police officer, do so within a minute or so after being given that "pull-over" signal. One driver passing through town took slightly longer to obey an officer’s order to pull over…

  • College student growing up fast with ‘Grownups’ work

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin College student growing up fast with ‘Grownups’ work DAVE BENJAMIN Web site creator Jason Allentoff uses a laptop computer to update Internet information about the movie Grownups, now being filmed in Freehold and surrounding locations. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A Howell resident has a key role in the movie Grownups but…

  • Paperwork problems draw no state sanctions

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Paperwork problems draw no state sanctions The state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) will not take action on construction code violations in the paperwork of homes built by a developer in Howell. Ronald Sanasac, who serves on the Howell Board of Education, owns a construction company, Jocron Inc., which built…

  • Back to basics in borough

    Staff Writer By dick metzgar JERRY WOLKOWITZ Nancy Moran-Kiernan (l) and Mildred M. Chaviano, kindergarten teachers at the Park Avenue Elementary School, Freehold Borough, review a new reading curriculum in anticipation of the start of the 2000-01 school year. There’s a back to the future theme to a major new program being implemented by the…

  • Persistence pays off with home for Center Players

    Staff Writer By dick metzgar Persistence pays off with home for Center Players FREEHOLD — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That saying could very easily apply to the Center Players theater group in its quest to find a permanent home in the borough’s downtown area over the last four years. After…

  • Flute performance

    Julie Young Lo of Manalapan performs during the Manalapan Battleground Symphony’s Prep Orchestra Camp, Aug. 16 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan. ELYSSA RESNICK