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  • Course helps students learn signs of suicide

    Eighth-graders taughtto watch out for peerswho may need help BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Course helps students learn signs of suicide Eighth-graders taught to watch out for peers who may need help BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Suicide is a serious problem in the United States and is one of the leading causes…

  • Auxiliaries continue to offer support to CentraState Medical Center

    After another year of "fun"draising, the Centra-State Associated Auxil-iaries held their annual luncheon Feb. 1 at Our House restaurant in Howell. Over 150 auxilians including thrift shop volunteers gathered to proudly present the fruits of their labors to the administrators of CentraState Medical Center. The combined efforts of the six auxiliaries and the Thrift Shop…

  • DARE fails to deliver anti-drug message

    Is there a good reason why the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program? Every independent, methodologically sound evaluation of DARE has found the program to be either ineffective or counterproductive. The scare tactics used do more harm than good. Students who realize they are…

  • Clinton and U.S. allies knew Iraq possessed WMD

    Clinton and U.S. allies knew Iraq possessed WMD Former President Bill Clinton claimed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. John Kerry claimed that Iraq either had WMD or was attempting to get them. The United Nations believed Iraq had them. France said they had them, as did Russia and Germany. Of course these…

  • PEOPLE members will discuss issues facing Freehold

    I am asking all of the residents of Freehold Borough the following questions: • Did you know there are 300 new students in the Freehold Borough elementary schools without any new housing in the borough? • Did you know that English is becoming the second language in the Freehold Borough elementary schools? • Did you…

  • Proceed with caution on zoning board application

    The Marlboro’s zoning board’s newest "use variance strategy" is to highlight the township’s shortcomings in their Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) obligations, hopefully trying to deviously thrust more residential housing upon an unwilling citizenry. They have latched onto COAH and the tainted coattails of Gov. McGreevey’s alleged "Smart Growth" concepts. But then, this zoning board…

  • Resident says zoning board chairwoman should resign

    Let it go. Let it go. You lost. What is wrong with you Democrats/Liberals? You lost the election, Sherry Hoffer; give up your dictator’s position with the zoning board. The people of Marlboro have spoken. Go home. The voters of Marlboro said it loud and clear: You lost. Go. This must be the biggest upset…

  • Obituaries

    Julius Coel Obituaries Julius Coel Mr. Coel, 70, of Dothan, Ala., formerly of Englishtown, died Jan. 21 at home in Dothan. Born in Englishtown, he had resided in Dothan for most of his life and was a retired U.S. Army veteran who had served for 23 years. For 16 years, he worked for the United…

  • Staged employment event was a mistake

    Staged employment event was a mistake What the Monmouth County Residents for Immigrants Rights called a test on Saturday, we would describe as a hoax perpetrated on Freehold Borough. The stunt staged by the so-called immigrants rights group was a low point that calls its credibility into question. In a recent editorial concerning the borough’s…