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Manalapan joins with county for road work
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The Manalapan Township Committee will partner with Monmouth County and proceed with a road improvement project that has been on the drawing board for several years. Manalapan and Monmouth County will undertake the work at the intersection of county Route 527A (Iron Ore Road), Mount Vernon Road and High Bridge…
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Young people may help design skateboard park in Marlboro
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Young people in Marlboro may one day have a place to practice their ollies and other skateboarding tricks as municipal officials have applied for a Tony Hawk Foundation Skatepark Grant. A group of about 40 youths have formed the MSP, which stands for Marlboro Skate Park, with the…
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Oct. 24 Freehold volunteer fair cancelled by weather forecast
Oct. 24 Freehold volunteer fair cancelled by weather forecast FREEHOLD – The Freehold Volunteer Fair, which was postponed due to poor weather on Oct. 18 and rescheduled for Oct. 24, has been postponed once more. Organizers said on Oct. 22 that the threat of inclement weather on Oct. 24 has caused them to cancel the…
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Random drug tests to be used in FRHSD
Students who have privileges will be subject to possible screening during school year BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Students throughout the Freehold Regional High School District who have certain privileges at their school will have to think twice before experimenting with drugs or alcohol because the beginning of the 2010-11 school year will bring about…
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Developer tests law before Howell board
Age-restricted homes could eventually house people of all ages BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — Representatives of an approved development of 171 age-restricted homes appeared before the Planning Board in the hope of converting their proposed development to one in which there will not be any age restrictions. Boulder Ridge at Howell submitted a…
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Three seeking seats for freeholder
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer T hree Monmouth County residents are seeking a threeyear term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in the Nov. 3 election. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Sean Byrnes Republican John P. Curley, 56, is a resident of Middletown. He is the vice president of Jim Curley Pontiac, Buick,…
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Exhibit brings awareness to issue of domestic abuse
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Through shoes decorated with items such as buttons, ribbons, beads and words, the story of domestic abuse and finally freedom from it comes to life in a traveling exhibit titled “Take a Walk in My Shoes.” ERIC SUCAR staff Shoes decorated by domestic violence survivors help tell their stories. A kickoff…
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Charges lodged after trio of scarecrows are damaged
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — It is hard to keep a good scarecrow down — at least in Freehold Borough. Scarecrows, ghosts, goblins and other spooky things hang out in the borough every year when Halloween comes around. This year, however, a bit of a damper was temporarily put on Freehold’s Spooktacular…
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Halloween eve party to benefit Autism NJ
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The party room at the Park Avenue Bistro, 618 Park Ave. (Route 33), Freehold, will be rocking with the sounds of My Generation on Oct. 30. Music from the 1960s to today will form the soundtrack for a Halloween eve special event for all ages. From 9 p.m. to 1…
