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Words from another voice ‘in the fringe’
I don’t know Greater Media Newspapers columnist Greg Bean personally, but I have enjoyed his columns in this newspaper over the years. As the father of three boys in their 20s, I commiserated from afar with his pain and agony over the death of his son and mourned his loss. Otherwise, we are perfect strangers.…
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Girl Scouts appreciate generosity of many donors in the community
Marlboro Girl Scouts and Cadette Troop 1582 would like to thank members of the community, the Marlboro Public Library, and the owners of Bagel Talk in Marlboro for their overwhelming support of the Girl Scouts’ annual collection of school supplies to benefit children serviced by Open Door in Freehold. As a result of the generous…
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Freehold Twp. schools set to welcome back students
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — When students begin the new year in the Freehold Township K-8 School District on Sept. 6, they will notice some changes and work that was done over the summer. Business Administrator Brian Boyle said that at the C. Richard Applegate School, a large classroom has been…
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Feeling a little under the weather? Then stop lying
CODA GREG BEAN I’ve been watching the Republican National Convention on television, and the response to that shindig from people on the other side, and while it has been great theater, I started feeling pretty sorry for everyone involved because it looks like all that posturing, and spinning, and often outright prevaricating may be making…
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on campus
Mark W. Kalusz of Howell was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Penn State University, Abington, Pa. Eric A. Quackenbush of Howell was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Penn State University, Schuylkill, Pa. Sanil K. Shah of Freehold was named to the dean’s list for the…
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Lois E. Barrett
Mrs. Barrett, 85, of Freehold Township, formerly of Caney, Kan., New Rochelle, N.Y., Hazlet and Howell, died Aug. 7, 2012 at Wedgewood Gardens, Freehold Township. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Newark Teachers College, Union (now Kean University). She was the owner of Maple Place Preschool, Keyport, for more than 30 years, retiring in 1997.…
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School board races in New Jersey stand to become more political
GUEST COLUMN TONY GALLOTTO This Election Day — for the first time since 1903 — voters in most of New Jersey’s school districts will elect their local board of education members on the same Nov. 6 ballot as candidates for municipal, county and federal offices, including the President of the United States. Ninety percent of…
