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  • For the record

    The Three Divas concert that ran as the Pick of the Week on the Just Go entertainment page in the News Transcript newspaper (not online), has been postponed. The concert was scheduled to be performed at 3 p.m. April 26 in the Manalapan Municipal Center. Details: 732-446-8303.

  • Novel addresses problems in pharmaceutical industry

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Dr. Michael Rushnak was visited by a drug company representative in 1979. Dr. Michael Rushnak The marketing salesperson, who did not have a clinical medical background, was trying to market the new drug Selacryn, which at the time was advertised to be the best blood pressure pill ever. Rushnak, a…

  • In honor of Kaylee

    CHRIS KELLY staff Ed Acosta of Stockel Landscaping helps to prepare a tree that was planted for Arbor Day, April 24, at the Freehold Learning Center elementary school, Freehold Borough. The tree was dedicated to the memory of Kaylee Ramos, a borough youngster who died in February, For the story by staff writer Clare Marie…

  • Voters reject tax levy

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Voters turned down the Colts Neck K-8 School District’s proposed tax levy for the 2009-10 school year during the annual school election April 21. The Board of Education’s proposed $23.5 million budget for the upcoming school year called for a general fund tax levy of $19.2 million.…

  • Moses wins FRHSD board seat

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Retired teacher and coach Harold “Heshy” Moses has a new job: serving as Freehold Borough’s representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education. Moses, of Freehold Borough, won the seat in the April 21 school election, defeating incumbent Bernice “Bunny” Hammer by a count of 2,008…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff Lumivi and Emilio Esmalla and their son, Kyle, 3, get a visit from the Freehold Township police officers who helped deliver baby Kian Esmalla on April 7. Police officers (l-r) Joseph Winowski, Sgt. Daniel F. Pasquinucci, Andrew R. Galaydick and Karl White visited the family on April 23.

  • Spend a weekend steeped in history

    A Weekend in Old Monmouth May 2-3 BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Now in its second year, A Weekend in Old Monmouth is gearing up for a full schedule of tours and exhibitions highlighting Monmouth County’s varied history. Slated for the first weekend in May, A Weekend in Old Monmouth will offer visitors, both…

  • Towns’ governments to review school tab

    Manalapan & Englishtown voters reject tax levy BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer In the coming weeks the governing bodies in Manalapan and Englishtown will be called upon to review the budget that was proposed by Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education for the 2009-10 school year. On Election Day, April 21, voters in Manalapan…

  • Voters elect Sutera as Manalapan’s rep

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The 27-year tenure of Patricia Horvath as Manalapan’s representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education came to an end April 21. Voters elected Jennifer Sutera, 52, a teacher who has been living in Manalapan for 10 years, to represent the township on the regional…