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  • Dorothy M. Fichtner

    Mrs. Fichtner, 88, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 2, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Mrs. Fichtner was born in Bronx, N.Y., lived most of her life in Boonton, and had resided in Durham, N.C., before moving to Applewood Estates in Freehold Township three years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Roger Salmon…

  • New Jersey scores some healthy gains for children

    New Jersey is one of just 15 states to earn a federal bonus for enrolling more children in NJ FamilyCare, the state’s health coverage program. This is a big win for kids. Thousands more New Jersey children will get the quality medical care that can help them grow up healthy. This would not have been…

  • Carol Thompson

    Mrs. Thompson, 74, of Farmingdale, died Feb. 6, 2011, at home. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Thompson was predeceased by a brother, George Brown. Surviving are her husband, John M. Thompson; a son and daughter-in-law, John Thompson, and his wife, Monica, of Howell; a daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl Lane, and her husband, John, of Tinton…

  • Soon, the only smoking area will be the landfill

    CODA GREG BEAN When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg began targeting smokers eight years ago, he started small by making it against the law to smoke in bars, restaurants, hotels and offices. Thatwas good news to us nonsmokers, who were tired of breathing secondhand smoke at the bar while we sipped double Black Jacks…

  • on campus 

    Christopher Pallarino of Freehold has earned dean’s list status at Daemen College, Amherst, N.Y. Evyn Rabinowitz, son of Steven Rabinowitz and grandson of Roslyn Rabinowitz of Manalapan, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., where he is majoring in economics. He is a 2008 graduate of…

  • Resident is opposed to plan for fire district

    The following is a letter that I have written to the Freehold Borough mayor and Borough Council. At the public hearing to consider a fire district, one question was asked three times. “What will the taxpayers of Freehold gain from a fire district?” Attorney Joseph Youssouf (who represents 14 fire districts in New Jersey, including…

  • Retired AD warns that NJSIAA could go bankrupt in two years

    What personal agenda does stateAssemblyman John Burzichelli have against the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association? Or is there a political motive (or appointment) behind his relentless crusade to bankrupt and abolish the NJSIAA? He has used his political prowess to bully the state athletic association. Arealistic look at what is actually happening at games…

  • Freehold Borough K-8 schools revising goals

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough K-8 School District is in the midst of a strategic planning initiative in order to “create an organization-wide mission, a vision that directs, motivates and inspires all members of the educational community to work together for the common good,” according to Superintendent of Schools…