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Library to host two plays
The Monmouth County Library will continue its summer classic theater programs as the Next Stage Ensemble returns to perform Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” in July and Pierre Beaumarchais’ classic play “The Marriage of Figaro” in August. Next Stage Ensemble, a division of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s Summer Professional Training Program, was created to…
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Crafters can still get space at town event
Space is still available for crafters and nonprofit civic organizations that would like to reserve a spot at Olde Freehold Day. Thousands of people are expected to enjoy the event at Lake Topanemus Park, Pond Road, Freehold Township, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 21 (rain date July 22). Admission to Olde Freehold Day…
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Tragedy averted
Freehold Borough police Lt. Mark Wodell reported that two people escaped unharmed from a car that was stopped at South Street and Route 33, Freehold Borough, when a tree fell on it during a powerful wind and rain storm that swept through the area on the evening of July 7. The storm knocked out power…
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CentraState to host summer camps
CentraState Healthcare System is offering enrollment in two educational and fitness-oriented summer camp programs this summer at the Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, 901 West Main St., Freehold Township. Campers will learn about the intricacies of the human body and explore select hospital departments in The Magic and Mysteries of the Human Body…
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Freehold Twp. puts money in place for improvements
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Capital improvements are on tap in Freehold Township. On June 26, the Township Committee adopted an ordinance authorizing a series of capital improvements. The total cost is pegged at $5.9 million and includes the issuance of $5.4 million in bonds. According to the ordinance, the appropriation of $500,000, with an estimated $476,000…
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Engineers to design improvements
MARLBORO — The wheels are in motion for several capital improvements that have been slated by municipal officials to take place this year. Members of the Marlboro Township Council unanimously passed a resolution that dedicated funds for engineering services regarding upgrades to drainage systems and enhancements to Vanderburg and Texas roads. The governing body took…
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Chief: Annual physical for firefighters a must
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Heart attacks are the leading cause of death among firefighters, according to Freehold Fire Department Chief Ryan Bailey, and he is working to give the department’s members an edge by requiring all firefighters who might enter a building during their duties to undergo an annual physical. Not…
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Trinity Hall founders seeking home for all-girls high school
Plans are moving forward to open an independent all-girls high school in Monmouth County in September 2013. In 2010, a group of parents and supporters came together with a shared goal of establishing an independent all-girls high school in Monmouth County, an educational option considered long overdue by many people, according to a press release.…
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Local pharmacist charged in drug distribution ring
A pharmacist who allegedly dispensed oxycodone pills illegally was arrested last week as part of a multi-state drug sweep along with two other New Jersey residents and seven Myrtle Beach, S.C., residents, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Randy Binder, 59, of Matawan, who works at the Texas Road Pharmacy in the Yorktowne shopping center,…
