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Community garden returns in Manalapan
MANALAPAN — Last year, for her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Alyssa Petersen created a community garden along Route 522 in Manalapan literally from the ground up. This spring, the rising Manalapan High School senior replanted the Manalapan Community Garden in late May with the help of Brownie Girl Scout Troop 350, Manalapan High School…
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Visitors to Freehold Township Day enjoy a fireworks show during the event held at Michael J. Tighe Park, Freehold Township, on July 9. The community get-together featured a classic car show, rides, food and activities that organizers said celebrate small-town camaraderie and the American spirit. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Board decides novel will stay in honors class
BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Themes such as suicide are understandably tough topics to have to read about, but after reviewing the curriculum for Honors English, administrators in the Freehold Regional High School District believe the current curriculum should remain in place. Several months ago the parent of a student came to an FRHSD Board of…
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Support given for two stores
Freehold Borough council hears plans for new convenience stores BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Borough currently has no food market or convenience store that is open after midnight. That situation could change if plans for two convenience stores eventually come to fruition. Representatives of two applicants who want to construct convenience stores in…
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Power of Pink Luncheon to aid patient program
TheWomen’s Council for the Leon Hess Cancer Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, will host this year’s annual Power of Pink Luncheon, an event to benefit the Leon Hess Cancer Center at Monmouth Medical Center, on July 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sandy Hook. This year, the Women’s Council chose Debra…
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Police officers honored for their service
BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Manalapan Police Department’s annual awards presentation was conducted at the start of the Township Committee’s June 15 meeting. Dozens of officers from the police department attended the meeting to support their fellow officers who were being honored. Capt. Christopher Marsala presented the awards. Patrolman Robert Herring and Patrolman Dennis O’Brien…
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Marlboro eyes animal pact with Helmetta
BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — If your pet is placed in an animal pound by Marlboro officials, you may1 pay more to bring it home. Members of the Township Council introduced an ordinance on June 16 that, if adopted, will raise the redemption fee to $25 to collect a pet that has been placed…
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SID budget gains approval
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Municipal officials have approved a $332,000 budget to cover the cost of operations in Freehold Borough’s Special Improvement District (SID) over the next 12 months. The Borough Council approved the budget on June 27. All six council members voted to approve the budget. The budget was submitted…
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Response to email not read in public
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — After publicly reading an email from an unidentified individual who took the owner of a private Internet website to task, Mayor Robert Walsh has declined to publicly read the website owner’s response to the original email. At the June 14 meeting of the Howell Township Council, Walsh read…
