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Darrell Reid to host football camp
Darrell Reid to host football camp Former Freehold High School gridiron standout Darrell Reid is returning home to conduct a football camp. Reid, who won a Super Bowl ring with the Indianapolis Colts and now plays for the Denver Broncos, will host a free non-contact football camp for boys and girls between the ages of…
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Marlboro council adopts ’09 budget
Mayor says cutting size of local government was ‘absolutely necessary’ BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Although the municipal budget has been reduced by 5.8 percent from last year’s amount, a decline in revenue and the rise of certain costs will necessitate a 2-cent increase in Marlboro’s municipal tax rate for 2009. The Township…
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Board explores options for Fla. trip
Marlboro middle school students have hopes to perform at Disney World BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Parents and students who are involved in Marlboro’s middle school music programs were told to be cautiously optimistic that come next April they could be on their way to perform at Walt Disney World in Florida. The Marlboro Board…
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Book sale comes to town
FREEHOLD — The annual book sale hosted by the Freehold Area Branch of the American Association of University Women will take place in Freehold Borough this week. The book sale will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 91 W. Main St., Freehold Borough, from June 24-27. A preview of the book sale will…
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Candidate questions tax hike
Freehold Borough Council adopts $14M budget BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Freehold Borough Council has adopted a $14 million operating budget for 2009. Following a review of the budget by state officials, the council adopted the spending plan at a meeting held in Borough Hall on June 15. The 2009 Freehold Borough municipal…
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Town reps will meet with COAH objectors
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has appointed four individuals to serve on Manalapan’s affordable housing mediation team and to meet with representatives of the five entities which have filed objections with the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to an affordable housing plan Manalapan officials submitted to the state…
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Historians’ search uncovers fire chief
Retired police detectives delve into their task BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Bring two veteran police detectives together, give them a mystery to solve and watch what happens. MITCH SHATZ Retired Freehold Township police detectives Jerry Ostrander (l) and Bill Hankins look over some of the documents they used in an attempt to locate…
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Kidz-4-Kidz expands to Monmouth County
At the age of 3, Ashley Lauren Vermeulen of Brick Township was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor (kidney cancer). Vermeulen is now 21 years old and studying dance in college, and the cancer survivor uses her talent to give back to the community. Vermeulen co-founded Kidz-4-Kidz, a group that uses dance and theatrical performance to raise…
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Rock’n Music Idol winners named
The Rock’n Music Idol 2009 live finale was held June 7 at the Cliffwood Beach VFW Hall. The finale featured performances by the 27 finalists from throughout New Jersey who advanced to the finals out of more than 600 contestants who auditioned for the competition in February. Local Rock’n Music Idol winners Maggie Barilka (l)…
