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Freehold health student delivers babies in Ghana
Robert Sullivan of Freehold Township, a fifth-year physician’s assistant student at Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y., spent five weeks during the summer of 2009 studying in Ghana, West Africa, to complete his infectious-disease rotation. PHOTO COURTESY OF WAGNER COLLEGE Robert Sullivan holds the first baby he delivered at the Manso village clinic in Ghana, Africa.…
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Residents have opportunity to turn in unused medicine
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — There is a new threat to teenagers and young adults and it is as close as a bathroom medicine cabinet. The threat is the potential abuse of prescription drugs by people for whom those drugs were not prescribed. Police departments across New Jersey are trying to do…
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Human rights violations seen in exhibits
MARLBORO — Hindu Human Rights watch group is holding several India exhibitions about “Kashmir, Terror Unleashed” and “Bangladesh, the Covert Genocide” at the Marlboro Public Library. According to a press release, these exhibitions show the history to the current situation in which 350,000 Kashmiri Hindus were driven out by Islamic terrorists and have been living…
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Voters tap Smith, Gotto for Howell council seats
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — On Election Day, Nov. 3, residents elected Republicans Pauline Smith and William Gotto to serve as members of the Howell Township Council. In regular circumstances, 2009 would not have been a municipal election year in Howell. However, due to a series of events, two unexpired terms on the…
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Many items under discussion as board develops a budget
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — The Budget Committee of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education is continuing the process of identifying potential budget reductions and sources of revenue as it develops a budget for the 2010-11 school year. Ryan Green, a member of the school board, said that while discussions have…
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Guilty plea entered in fatal Colts Neck crash
On Oct. 26, Matthew Gross, 19, of Tinton Falls, appeared in state Superior Court, Freehold, and pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree vehicular homicide and one count of second-degree aggravated assault. The charges stem from a fatal one-car motor vehicle collision which occurred on Nov. 27, 2008, on Cross Road in Colts Neck. According…
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Law requires cost, security assessment of base housing
President Barrack Obama has signed into law legislation written by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) to require a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of the U.S. Navy’s proposal to open the Laurelwood military housing complex on Naval Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck, to the general public. A press release from Smith’s office states that NWS Earle…
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Heart of New Jersey chorus never misses a beat
Sweet Adelines chapter welcomes women who enjoy singing and performing BY ADELE YOUNG Staff Writer They’re not rock stars, but they probably have more fun singing together than many of today’s musical titans. ERIC SUCAR staff Members of the Heart of New Jersey chorus, under the direction of Jane Holden (center), practice for their annual…
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Commercial project gains OK in Marlboro
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A retail building, a bank and a CVS Pharmacy have been approved for a parcel of land at the intersection of Route 79 and Lloyd Road. The Planning Board gave the project a green light on Oct. 7. Applicant Dallenbach Sand was represented before the board by attorney…
