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  • Ammiano, Cook selected by GOP to run for office

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Republicans Anthony Ammiano and Thomas L. Cook will seek seats on the Township Committee this fall. Ammiano is serving as Freehold Township’s mayor for 2012. Cook will be making his first run for public office. The pair will not be challenged in the June Republican primary.…

  • Englishtown introduces $1.95M budget

    ENGLISHTOWN — The Englishtown Borough Council has introduced a $1,953,828 municipal budget for 2012. A public hearing on the budget will be held in May on a date to be determined, according to Borough Administrator Laurie Finger. The budget will be supported by a local tax levy ($1,153,801), state aid ($142,206) and surplus funds ($265,000).…

  • Englishtown mayor will retire from school post

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The Jamesburg K-8 School District Board of Education has formally accepted the resignation of longtime business administrator Thomas Reynolds and appointed his successor. Reynolds is a resident of Englishtown, where he serves as mayor. He has worked as the business administrator and school board secretary in Jamesburg for…

  • Vernon puts the kibosh on a Buick

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Some people absolutely love to carshop. They adore the browsing, the test driving and the ever-loving-haggling-tilyou drop over the price. Somewhere between “What’s it gonna take to put you into this car today?” and the pressure to purchase the $500 undercoat, these bargainers walk away with the steal of…

  • Eugene L. Sharkey

    Mr. Sharkey, 80, of Forked River, formerly of Brick, diedApril 8, 2012. He was employed as a title examiner for 62 years and was past president of the Title Abstractors Association of New Jersey. He was also a drummer who played with various Shore-area groups in the 1960s and ’70s, as well as his own…

  • New Jersey found a pot of gold, and wants to keep it

    CODA GREG BEAN There’s a big tussle going on between the state of New Jersey and many of the companies that issue and distribute gift cards over who gets to keep the money left on the table if Cousin Brucie only spends $45 of the $50 gift card you sent him for graduation from tech…

  • Frances Crystal

    Mrs. Crystal, 67, of Jackson, formerly of Freehold, died March 28, 2012, at Bartley Health Care Center, Jackson. For more than 25 years, she was employed as a teacher in the Freehold Township K-8 School District. Surviving are her husband, Mel; a son, Michael Crystal, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a daughter, Felicia Mangel; a son-in-law,…

  • Marlboro school district offers special services

    MARLBORO — Child Find is a statewide program to locate and provide services for children between the ages of 3 and 21 who may have physical, mental or emotional difficulties. Screening, professional guidance and an educational program, if needed, are available free through the Marlboro K-8 School District. Possible signs of learning disabilities include a…

  • Gerda Strauss

    Mrs. Strauss, 90, of Manalapan, formerly of South River, died March 31, 2012, in Jackson. She was born in Berlin, Germany, and came to the U.S. in 1941. Prior to retiring, she was employed in the credit department of Chicopee Manufacturing, New Brunswick. She was a life member of Hadassah and a longtime member of…