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3 seats available on Freehold Township school board
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Three seats will be available on the Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education in the April 20 school election. The seats currently held by Stephen Buffett, Mindy Wille and Daniel DiBlasio will be on the ballot. Each seat carries a threeyear term. Wille is currently serving as the board president.…
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Club members exhibit photographs at library
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer More than 50 photographs created by members of the Four Seasons Metedeconk Lakes Photography Club, Jackson, are being exhibited at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. The exhibit will run through Feb. 26. More than 50 photographs created by members of the Four Seasons Metedeconk Lakes Photography…
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Higgins was noted for service to Freehold
Funeral home director sat on many boards, worked with civic groups BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer When Jim Higgins died on Jan. 30, Freehold Borough lost a quiet philanthropist, a devoted civic and community volunteer, a consummate storyteller who remembered facts as well as legends, and a dear friend. Jim Higgins Higgins, 88, was…
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Local equine rescue group losing farm
The farm where the Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) has been housed for the past three years is being sold, and the rescue group currently has nowhere else to go. After 17 years of rescuing horses, the SRF finally had a place to call home in 2006 when it moved into a farm in Hamilton, Mercer…
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Couple recovering after transplant
Marlboro woman donated a kidney to her husband BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Ellyn and Roy Glazer MARLBORO — When Ellyn Glazer found out her kidney was the match her husband Roy needed, she never wavered in her resolve to save her husband’s life. “You would do anything for your husband and kids,” she said.…
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‘Bigs’ and ‘Littles’ find growth in mentoring
Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks volunteers during National Mentoring Month BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Simple outings often help form strong bonds that can last for years and change the lives of mentors and the “Littles” they are paired with for the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. “Our relationship is so great, I…
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Arrest made in connection with Manalapan robbery
Acting Special Agent In Charge Kevin Cruise of the FBI’s Newark Field Office has announced the arrest of Scott Mackay Jr., 47, of Toms River, in connection with multiple bank robberies in Ocean and Monmouth counties. Mackay was arrested on Jan. 30. According to the criminal complaint, the Wachovia Bank at 108 Lacey Road in…
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Athletes on a mission: EveryBODY Skates NJ
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Agroup of athletes made history during the recent Hockey Weekend Across America when they visited all of New Jersey’s 54 ice rinks in 54 hours to raise awareness of hockey players with disabilities. This record-setting mission, EveryBODY Skates New Jersey (ESNJ), hopes to encourage rink owners and municipal and county…
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Pair charged with scamming customers at car dealership
Two Colts Neck residents who operated used car centers in East Brunswick were arrested last week and charged with stealing $229,000 from a real estate investor and about $500,000 from 32 individuals and companies who gave them vehicles to sell on consignment. Brett Golkin, 47, and Peter Schladebeck, 46, allegedly sold 32 vehicles, valued at…
