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Manalapan reveals plan to host indie film festival
MANALAPAN — 2010 marks the first Manalapan Independent Film Festival sponsored by the Manalapan Arts Council (MAC). The goal of the film festival is to provide a venue for amateur filmmakers from across New Jersey to present their work to a broader audience. According to a press release from the township, it also provides Manalapan…
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Avallone announces retirement from office
Freehold Township official will step down July 13 BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Freehold Township Mayor Dorothy H. Avallone will retire from the Township Committee on July 13, concluding more than 37 years of service to Freehold Township. Avallone made the announcement at the June 29 meeting of the committee. Avallone, a Republican, would…
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Board member resigns; plans appeal of ruling
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO —Paul Schlaflin has resigned from his position as an alternate member of the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment after the township ethics board recommended that he be removed from the panel. The ethics board made its recommendation for Schlaflin’s removal from the zoning board after hearing testimony in a…
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Sibs selected as N.J. Champion Children
Jackson residents have made significant progress since accident in 2006 BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Mackenzie Wight, 10, and her brother, Michael, 8, of Jackson, have been selected as the 2010 New Jersey Champion Children under a program of the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) that honors remarkable children who have overcome severe medical challenges. Michael Wight,…
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‘By the Sea’ exhibit comes to Applewood
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP —Applewood Estates, CentraState Healthcare System’s active continuing care retirement community, has opened its first on-site museum gallery. The gallery is in the Performing Arts Center rotunda and features collections from various regional museums and historical associations. Exhibitions will be changed quarterly, according to a press release. The Monmouth County Historical Association, founded in…
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Concert series to begin July 1
FREEHOLD — Summer in Freehold Borough means fine and casual dining, both indoor and cafe alfresco style, and music, music, music. The 2010 Downtown Freehold Summer Concert Series will kick off in front of the Monmouth County Hall of Records, Main Street, on July 1. Last year’s concert series presented classic rock tribute bands with…
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Changes looming with end of courtesy busing
Howell Township will have to pay costs of school crossing guards BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Come September, some children in the Howell K-8 School District will have to do something they are not used to doing — walking to school. The Board of Education eliminated courtesy busing for the 2010-11 school…
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Driver gets 44-year term for causing fatal crash
Scott Bennett, 44, of Freehold Township, was sentenced June 17 to an aggregate 44-year state prison term in connection with a fatal motor vehicle collision which he caused while intoxicated and eluding a Manalapan police officer. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Pursuant to the No Early Release Act, Bennett…
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Survey says N.J. residents want slots at racetracks
New Jerseyans are in favor of adding slot machines to the Meadowlands and other existing racetracks in the state, according to a recent poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind. Voters support the proposal to expand slots to the Meadowlands 52 percent to 37 percent. Among those who consider themselves independent voters, the rate of support…
