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Planning Board tables talk on changes in OP-10 zone
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Planning Board passed on a chance to discuss a proposed municipal ordinance that will, if adopted by the Township Committee, permit retail development in an office park zone on Route 9 south at Symmes Road. At its meeting on July 26, the Planning Board, acting on…
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Abbott announces decision to step down in Marlboro
Superintendent has guided K-8 district for 15 years; board to seek new leader BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer David Abbott MARLBORO — As the leader of an orchestra, Marlboro K-8 School District Superintendent of Schools David Abbott said, he has led a band of administrators and teachers in an intricate song, composed to instruct and…
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Freehold municipal alliance gets boost from golf outing
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Freehold Municipal Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse hosted its annual Ray Kershaw Memorial Golf Outing on June 25 at Knob Hill, Manalapan. Alliance coordinator Lauren Mann said the proceeds from the event will “help the alliance continue to provide comprehensive substance abuse awareness planning and programming for the…
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Freehold teacher wins award
Wendy Garcia-Buchanan FREEHOLD — Wendy Garcia- Buchanan, a fourth-grade teacher at the Park Avenue Elementary School, was selected to receive the izzit.org Teacher of the Year Award for 2012. She won an all-expenses-paid trip to Peek ’n Peak Resort in Clymer, N.Y., for the “Winning Ideas Weekend” conference that was held June 28-30. At the…
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National Night Out returns to Freehold
FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Police Department is inviting the community to come and enjoy a night of family fun when the department hosts its annual National Night Out on Aug. 7. National Night Out is an annual event that is designed to heighten crime prevention awareness and drug prevention awareness, generate support for and…
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Former fire chief remembered as capable leader, employee
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Raymond F. Sheehan FREEHOLD — Raymond F. “Boots” Sheehan, 82, who served as chief of the Freehold Fire Department from 1976 to 1978 and was a longtime employee of Freehold Borough, died July 9 at Applewood Estates Healthcare Center, Freehold Township. Sheehan most recently lived in The Villages, Howell,…
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Center Players to present original show at Freehold playhouse
What do you get when you take some familiar fairy tales, throw them into a blender and creatively combine them into something brand new? Center Players did just that and came up with their current production, “The Musical Adventures of Horatio Wolf and Little Red,” an original magical musical story. A troupe of actors called…
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Police will be on lookout for drunken drivers
MARLBORO — The Marlboro Police Department will be cracking down on motorists who are driving drunk, as part of the summer 2012 “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. From Aug. 17 through Sept. 3, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols, looking for motorists who may be driving…
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CERT members stand ready to help during emergencies
MARLBORO — Municipal officials have a new group of allies to call upon in the event of an emergency situation in town. The graduation ceremony for the township’s first class of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) was held at the July 12 Township Council meeting. Ten Marlboro residents received duffle bags filled with emergency…
