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Films to be shown as part of festival
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Visitors to Freehold Borough’s annual Latino Festival will have something new and exciting to look forward to this year. In addition to music, food, games, activities and community information, the event will feature a three-day film festival from Oct. 1-3. The films will be screened at the…
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Farmers pleased to bring goods to Freehold market
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Fresh fruit and vegetables, colorful flowers and other locally produced goods are once again being sold in the Downtown Freehold farmers market. The farmers market is held every Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. now through October in front of the Monmouth County Hall of Records,…
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Town-wide yard sale will return
FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Recreation Commission is seeking resident participants for a town-wide yard sale to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2. To encourage the maximum number of yard (garage) sales within the town limits on that day, the borough will waive any of the normal fees or permits required.…
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Fire in commercial trailer results in large response in Englishtown
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Fire officials survey the damage to a pressure cleaning company’s trailer that was destroyed after catching fire at the intersection of Main and Water streets in Englishtown on July 20. The Englishtown Fire Department and a hazardous materials team responded to the fire. JEFF GRANIT staff ENGLISHTOWN — No injuries were…
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Boy Scout achieves Eagle rank
MARLBORO — On Aug. 15 at the Old Brick Reformed Church, officials from Boy Scout Troop 86 of Marlboro presented Jonathan Weiss with the rank of Eagle Scout. According to a press release, only 5 percent of all boys who enter scouting achieve the rank of Eagle, the Boy Scouts’ highest award. Jonathan’s Eagle Scout…
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‘Charter and Early Members’ show celebrates guild’s 50 years
The Guild of Creative Art, 620 Broad St., Shrewsbury, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special exhibit honoring its founders and early members. Portrait of founder Yvonne Aubert by Roberta Carter Clark Many of the 49 exhibitors in the guild’s “Charter and Early Members” show have received regional and national awards; some have earned…
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Book recounts story of fallen troopers
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — New Jersey State Police Sgt. First Class John O’Rourke has done something no one else has been able to do over the last 90 years. He has put a face and a story to New Jersey State Police troopers who have died in the line of…
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Bus service eliminated for some FRHSD pupils
By Rebecca Morton When school starts next week for about 11,800 students in the Freehold Regional High School District, some of the teenagers will no longer be provided with bus transportation to and from their school. In a letter to parents, Business Administrator Sean Boyce explained that a large-scale rerouting project has resulted in changes…
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Former clerk-typist sentenced to 7 years in prison for thefts
Housing department’s cash management plan tightened up, township manager says BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — The lawyer representing a former township employee who was recently sentenced to seven years in state prison said he plans to appeal the sentence. Travis J. Tormey said state Superior Court Judge Francis J. Vernoia’s stipulation that…
