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Play will benefit scholarship fund
Center Players, Freehold’s resident theater company, will present a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” directed by Judy Spiegel and Bernice Garfield–Szita, at 8 p.m. Feb. 19-20 at Applewood Estates’ Performing Arts Center, 1 Applewood Drive, off Gully Road, Freehold Township. An additional performance will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at…
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Updated recycling rules approved in Marlboro
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — New recycling regulations established by the state and Monmouth County concerning the mandatory separation of items are now on the books in Marlboro. The Township Council adopted the amended ordinance during its Feb. 4 meeting. The new rules will be in accordance with requirements set by the New…
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Church reaches out to Haiti
Members of Manalapan congregation have family in devastated nation BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The Community Refuge Church of Christ in Manalapan, Sobechko Road, Manalapan, has established the Help Haiti Project – Rebuilding Haiti One Brick at a Time to assist Haitians whose lives were devastated by the Jan. 12 earthquake in the Caribbean nation. Many…
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Horse farm enters preservation; town to close on second parcel
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Township Committeeman Don Holland announced at the Jan. 27 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee that officials have closed on the purchase of the Sherman farm. The property is a 58-acre horse farm on McCaffrey Road. Owner Michael Sherman raises horses and breeds horses on the property. T…
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Students conduct fundraiser to help pay for Florida trip
Lauren Pelaia, 12, and her fellow Marlboro Middle School pupils help unload donations of used toys and clothing that students in the Jazz Band and Show Choir collected on Jan. 30 to raise money for a trip to Florida. For more photos, visit www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff MARLBORO — Despite frigid temperatures on Jan. 30,…
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In the Service
Coast Guard seamen Tyler S. Brady and Eliza M. Henry recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May. During the eight-week training program, Brady and Henry completed a training curriculum consisting of academics and practical instruction on water safety and survival, military customs and courtesies, seamanship skills, first aid, firefighting…
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Officers square off in hoop challenge
MARLBORO — Representatives of the Marlboro Police Department and the Manalapan Police Department will face off on the court during a charity basketball game on Presidents Day, Feb. 15. The charity game between members of the two local police departments will raise funds for the Police Unity Tour and is a part of a fun-filled…
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Wide variety of orchids to be displayed at show
The Deep Cut Orchid Society’s 13th annual show will feature thousands of delicate flowers with rainbow colors from pure white to deep orange, yellows, purples, magenta, green, blue. Even spotted and striped orchids. Tiny flowers smaller than a pencil eraser and large “prom” orchids 3 to 4 inches across. The show, the largest in New…
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Colts Neck drill team competition postponed
By Rebecca Morton COLTS NECK— Due to the threat of a snowstorm on Feb. 6, a drill team competition that was scheduled to be held at Colts Neck High School has been canceled. The event has been rescheduled for Feb. 27. The Freehold Regional High School District’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, which is…
