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Carnival Games Galore
Danielle Rodriguez, 7, of Freehold Township, tries her hand at raising a bottle with a ring attached to a string at Family Fun Day on Saturday at Liberty Oak Park.
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Konopka, Stanberry picked to run for mayor in Howell Factor-Spano and Schomaker will vie for seat on council
Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Konopka, Stanberry picked to run for mayor in Howell Factor-Spano and Schomaker will vie for seat on council HOWELL — Voters made their decision last week to give the town’s incumbent mayor the chance to win a second term and to send an incumbent councilman packing. In a primary that…
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Owl Haven to conduct nature walk in park
Owl Haven to conduct nature walk in park The New Jersey Audubon Society’s Owl Haven Nature Center, Tennent section of Manalapan, will sponsor a nature walk through Monmouth Battlefield State Park on June 17. Conducted by a naturalist from the center, the field trip will begin at 10 a.m. from Owl Haven, Route 522. Participants…
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Feds check out air quality after complaints at school work site By Kathy Baratta Staff Writer A n ongoing construction project at the Taylor Mills School, Taylors Mills Road, Manalapan, has been the source of complaints of illness among students and recently brought representatives of a federal agency to town. Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Superintendent…
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Cafeteria manager honored for saving youngster’s life By bob fleming Marlboro school district officials met for an impromptu gathering to present Pat Kilimnik, cafeteria manager, (l), with flowers as a token of gratitude for saving the life of third-grader Jeremy Malvin (r) on whom she performed the Heimlich maneuver when he was choking during lunch…
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Town dedicates arboretum FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Municipal officials have marked the opening of the Durand Park Memorial Arboretum, at Randolph Road and Overbrook Drive, with a dedication and tree planting ceremony. Freehold Township Committeeman David Salkin, the governing body’s liaison to the Shade Tree Commission, helps plant a tree during dedication ceremonies for the the…
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Bike patrol keeps officers in close touch with town By dick metzgar Freehold Borough patrolmen Mark Wodell (l) and Maurice Parrish, members of the department’s bicycle patrol, chat with Chuck Hearn, plant manager of Nestle Food Corp., during a visit to the firm’s headquarters on Jerseyville Avenue. For the second year in a row, Nestle…
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Rail trail extension will one day reach Freehold By paul dowd Staff Writer ABERDEEN — On a recent spring afternoon, a bicyclist made his way to the trailhead of the Henry Hudson Trail off Lloyd Road in Aberdeen Township. The bicyclist stopped at the trailhead, navigated through the busy intersection of Lloyd Road and Clark…
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Zoners OK Wawa at Kent Road By Kathy Baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Final zoning board approval has been given to Wawa Inc. to construct a 5,000-square-foot store and two gas pump islands with a canopy on 15.9 acres at the intersection of Route 9 and Kent Road. A use variance was necessary because the…
