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Renaissance Fair will bring medieval times to Lakewood
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Knights put on an exhibition of jousting at a previous edition of the Lakewood Lions Club’s Renaissance Fair at Pine Park, Lakewood. The fair will return on Sept. 21-22. FILE PHOTO I n a little over a month, Pine Park, 500 Country Club Drive, Lakewood, will be teeming with many…
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Community to remember local residents lost on 9/11
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, never leave the minds and hearts of the country’s residents. Locally, there are those who hold the memories of those heroes who lost their lives — and walk for them. The annual Walk With Joe, a memorial 5K event named…
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Freehold police seeking shooter
FREEHOLD — As of the morning of Aug. 26, Freehold Borough police officers were still searching for a suspect believed to have been involved in the shooting of a 41-year-old borough man in Liberty Street Park a day earlier. Lt. Mark Wodell said police received a call from Monmouth County dispatch at 5:21 p.m. Aug.…
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Lt. gov. supports business owners in visit to Freehold
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno was welcomed home to Freehold Borough by business owners in Downtown Freehold on Aug. 15. Guadagno’s visit highlighted the continuing efforts of the Christie administration to promote entrepreneurship and support the needs of New Jersey’s small-business community, according to a press…
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School standards spur full-day kindergarten
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer More school districts are offering full-day kindergarten programs as educational standards now place a greater emphasis on a strong curriculum for the young learners. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Many of New Jersey’s educational leaders agree that full-day kindergarten is a bona fide plus for students. But to establish the more…
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Kudrak-Giblin
Victoria Kudrak & James Giblin Edward and Linda Kudrak of the Morganville section of Marlboro announce the engagement of their daughter, Victoria Lynn Kudrak, to James Robert Giblin, son of James and Karen Giblin of Wayne. The future bride is a graduate of the Academy of Allied Health and Science, Neptune, and The College of…
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Young woman represents county
4-H teen delegate McKayla Tyrrell of Freehold recently represented Monmouth County at the 2013 Citizenship Washington Focus Conference. “The conference provides opportunities for young people to identify individual citizenship rights and responsibilities,” said Freeholder Lillian G. Burry, liaison to Monmouth County’s Cooperative Extension Service that includes the 4-H program. “Youths who attend this longstanding conference…
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New principals in Freehold K-8 schools
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Freehold Borough K-8 School District will start the 2013-14 academic year with a new principal in each of the district’s three schools. Joseph Jerabek, who was the principal of the Freehold Intermediate School, has left Freehold Borough for a position in the Keansburg School District. Ronnie Dougherty, the…
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Photo contest winners named
By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer “Kissing Bears” by Kristen Rass MANALAPAN — Municipal officials announced the winners of Manalapan’s fifth annual photo contest during the Aug. 14 meeting of the Township Committee. Health officer Dave Richardson told the committee that 34 photos were submitted this year, including several from residents who also submitted photos in…
