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Lucas will serve as mayor in Manalapan
Township Committee names Cohen deputy mayor for 2010 BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The Manalapan Township Committee has elected Committeeman Andrew Lucas to serve as Manalapan’s mayor for 2010. Lucas was tapped as mayor when the governing body held its reorganization meeting for the new year on Jan. 3 at the municipal building. Lucas, a…
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Heads-up patrolman ends up saving lives
Manalapan families awakened by officer after he spotted flames in Bucks Head home By Mark Rosman MANALAPAN — It was quite an ending to 2009. Manalapan Patrolman Peter Curran was on patrol shortly after 1 a.m. Dec. 31 when he turned from Union Hill Road onto Pension Road. That is a section of Manalapan he…
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Front of old home saved; offices approved at back
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A developer has received Planning Board approval to save the most significant part of a landmark Greek Revival building at 42 E. Main St. while constructing new office space behind the historic home. The building which likely dates from the 1830s was described as a temple front…
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Friends to rally for fireman
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Members of the Freehold Fire Department and the Sons of the American Legion will be cooking and serving up spaghetti to help one of their own on Jan. 16. “Members of the Freehold Fire Department and the Sons of the American Legion will be hosting a spaghetti…
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Officials approve change in retirement benefits plan
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Municipal officials have adopted an ordinance that will change the retirement package benefits for any employee who is hired by Freehold Township after Jan.1, 2010. According to Township Administrator Thomas Antus, times have changed and the cost of offering paid lifetime medical benefits to retirees just…
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In the Service
Coast Guard Seaman Lauren K. Pfeifer, daughter of Shirley and Scott Pfeifer of Freehold, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May. During the eight-week training program, Pfeifer completed a training curriculum consisting of academics and practical instruction on water safety and survival, military customs and courtesies, seamanship skills, first…
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Traffic impact given long look by board
Testimony to resume in Jan. on Marlboro Commons plan BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — No decision has been reached and testimony on the proposed Marlboro Commons shopping center on Route 9 south at the Route 520 intersection is expected to resume at a Marlboro Planning Board meeting in January. During the board’s Dec.…
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Group raising funds to upgrade diamond
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The baseball community of Colts Neck is coming together to update a baseball diamond with a new synthetic turf surface. Colts Neck native Kevin Condon said he noticed that the fields his children play baseball on have not been improved since the days he played on them…
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Family trying to cope with loss of daughter
Fire claimed Kaylee Ramos, 12; surviving family members want to return to Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Home means different things to different people. To the Ramos family of Freehold Borough, which lost a daughter and sister, Kaylee, 12, in a house fire on Feb. 2, 2009, home means the…
