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  • Y strives to raise funds in tough times

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Aramith Triamiar (c) helps youngsters set up a game of chess at the YMCA Community Center in Freehold Borough. Directors of the facility say donations are down this year and are starting to impact the type of programs that can be offered to the borough’s children.…

  • Register for Santa to deliver presents

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Fire Department will once again be on the move delivering gifts to residents. The fire department’s second annual Santa Run is scheduled from Dec. 17-20. A $20 donation is asked to register for the Santa Run and have gifts delivered to a home by Santa on his fire truck. Dates to…

  • Residents asked to adopt a family for the holiday season

    MARLBORO — The Social Action Committee of the Marlboro Jewish Center has initiated an Adopt-a-Family program for the holiday season. This year especially, the holidays for many families will not necessarily be a time of joy and excitement, but rather a source of stress and disappointment. For these families holiday gifts will not be a…

  • Manalapan wants end to unfunded mandates

    MANALAPAN — Township officials passed a resolution on Nov. 10 urging the elimination of state-imposed unfunded mandates. The resolution passed by the Township Committee states that in 1995, New Jersey voters approved an amendment to the state Constitution that was supposed to “curb lawmakers’ penchant” for mandating new programs for the state and local governments…

  • Retail center proposed at Rt. 9/520 intersection

    Marlboro residents ask a lot of questions about developer’s plan BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — There are big plans for development on the southbound side of Route 9 at the intersection of Route 520. An application for Marlboro Commons had its first hearing before the Planning Board on Nov. 23. Testimony on the…

  • Smith, Gotto take seats on Howell council dais

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — Freshly elected Howell Township Council members Pauline Smith and William Gotto were sworn in to office on Nov. 24 with the help of a few special guests. New Jersey Congressman Christopher H. Smith and Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno welcomed Smith and Gotto to the municipality’s governing body by…

  • Sides say deal has been struck on new contract for teachers

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The details that everyone wants to know about a contract that has been agreed to by the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education and the Marlboro Township Education Association (MTEA) are not expected to be made public before the end of 2009. Both parties reached an agreement…

  • FTHS student appears on MSG Varsity TV network

    Freehold Township High School student Mia O’Brien was recently featured on MSG Varsity’s live call-in show “A Quick :60” during the weekly Scholastic Spotlight segment. Mia O’Brien Mia was invited to appear on “A Quick 60″ to introduce a video package she wrote, edited and produced for MSG Varsity, Cablevision’s initiative dedicated to high school…

  • Obal receives conservationist award

    R ichard Obal, agriculture and resource management agent for Monmouth County Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension, recently received the Outstanding Professional Conservationist Award from the New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts. According to a press release, this award is presented annually to a professional conservationist who has made an outstanding contribution to natural resource conservation…