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  • Assembly gives passenger rail line a boost By CHARLESW. KIM JERRY WOLKOWITZ A Conrail freight train approaches Conover Street between Elm and Mechanic streets in Freehold Borough on May 10. A push for passenger rail service could one day make sights like this commonplace in the borough. T he Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail plan took…

  • The Busy BBB’s Emergency personnel (above) attend to an employee of The Busy BBB’s who was inside the flower shop when an SUV crashed into the store after colliding with a locomotive at West Main and Throckmorton streets in Freehold Borough late Monday afternoon. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • Ed. commission honors Deitz with naming of new building By Bob Fleming TINTON FALLS — The newest Monmouth-Ocean Educational Services Commission (MOESC) facility, being hailed by educational leaders as a state-of-the-art learning center, was dedicated during ceremonies held at the new building on April 12. The new facility, dedicated as the Marcia Deitz Learning Center,…

  • Judge: Wasser not guilty of harassing employee By dave benjamin ENGLISHTOWN — A municipal court judge has ruled that a local school superintendent did not intentionally harm a district simply by using profane language. Following a trial on May 3, municipal court Judge James M. Newman found James Wasser, superintendent of schools in the Freehold…

  • Board honors Majonis for years of service By Bob Fleming MARLBORO — The school community bid farewell to a longtime board member and welcomed the panel’s newest member at the Board of Education’s reorganization meeting held May 3. Board members Martin Karasick and Dr. Terry Spilken were sworn in to their second three-year terms of…

  • Education foundation to host dance for dads & daughters FREEHOLD — The private sector and members of the community as a whole can — and should — play a major role in enhancing the quality of education for youngsters in our public schools. With that belief in mind more than a year ago, a group…

  • Manalapan officials to honor lifesaving Scouts 6 teens from troop rescued youngsters on snowy mountain KATHY BARATTAManalapan Boy Scouts (front row, l-r) Sean Makofsky, Ralph Bertelle and Josh Sauer, and (back row, l-r) Shawn Mowla, Richard Thompson, Troop Leader Rich Bascu and David Ross will be honored by the Township Committee for the role they…

  • Committee awaits police report on shots at VFW By Mark Rosman FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Township Committee members will wait for a recommendation from the police before deciding if action should be taken against a local Veterans of Foreign Wars post where six gunshots were fired just after midnight April 29. Mayor David Segal told the…

  • Rail foes go toe to toe in Trenton By dave benjamin P roponents of and objectors to a passenger railroad that would cut across parts of three counties made their case to a panel of state senators during a May 4 hearing in Trenton. A decision on whether to include the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail…