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  • Resident asks for assistance with removal of branches

    Can someone please tell me why for the last two or three years a church in Freehold Borough refuses to take the responsibility of caring for the ground that their church sits on? They planted three maple trees in their backyard many years ago and they refuse to clean up all the branches and the…

  • Policy on housing developmentally disabled people is shortsighted

    GUEST COLUMN DR. SALVATORE PIZZURO The plight of New Jerseyans with developmental disabilities has received considerable media attention in recent weeks. Perhaps the most immediate burning issue regarding this population is the housing problem. In many cases, the parents of adults with developmental disabilities are elderly and unable to continue to care for their offspring…

  • Still waiting for that uninvited holiday guest

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH The days leading up to Christmas were certainly eventful. The lights were lit, presents were wrapped and after I summoned the courage to hit the super center that one last time, my spirit lit up along with the tree. But I knew in my heart of hearts that there…

  • on campus 

    Gregory Scott Gobat of Colts Neck, an architecture major at Clemson University, Clemson, S.C., has spent the semester studying in Spain. Katelyn Mary DeMaio, daughter of Jim and Kathy DeMaio of Manalapan, has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree magna cum laude, from the Fashion Institute of Technology, NewYork City. She was named to…

  • Juanita G. Doucette

    Ms. Doucette, 82, of Hazlet, died Dec. 12, 2011, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a retired cosmetologist for Abraham and Strauss in New York City. Mrs. Doucette was predeceased by a son, Evan Doucette. Surviving are her children, Scherene Romeo and her husband, Frank, of Tinton Falls, C.J. Doucette and his wife, Christine,…

  • FRHSD makes administrative changes at Manalapan H.S.

    The Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) made administrative changes on Dec. 20 as a result of an ongoing administrative investigation relating to various school matters not involving students, according to a statement released by the administration. Human Resources Administrative Supervisor Jennifer Sharp was tapped to replace Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon. Sharp has…

  • Harriet K. Wiener

    Mrs. Wiener, 89, of Manalapan, died Dec. 17, 2011. She studied bookkeeping at John Marshall College and worked in metal reclamation during World War II. During the war, she also served as an active volunteer with the National Security Women’s Corps, manning bond sales, service clubs and ration boards. After raising her children, she worked…

  • Schools play Santa to needy families

    FREEHOLD — The staff in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District did their best to help ensure that needy families who live in town had a merry Christmas. Sue Scalgione, the school nurse at the Park Avenue Elementary School and the Freehold Intermediate School, heads a program in which staff members “adopt” a needy family…

  • Kathleen Casner Cain

    Mrs. Cain, 58, of Marlboro, died Dec.11, 2011, at St. Barnabas Hospice, Long Branch, of leiomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. She attended Avon Grammar School and St. Rose High School, Belmar, and received certification as a medical X-ray technician from the Johns Hopkins School of Medical Imaging, Baltimore, Md. For the past…