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Former school may face wrecking ball
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A vintage postcard shows the original Freehold High School at the corner of Hudson and Bennett streets, Freehold Borough. The building, which was constructed in 1908, later served as an intermediate school and as the headquarters of the town’s Police Department. It could have been a performing arts center…
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Crossing guard enjoys daily interaction with children
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A job that began as a part-time occupation to help defray expenses for a school trip when one of her daughters was in the seventh grade has ended up being an 18-year stint for Debbie Kane, who is a school crossing guard in Freehold Borough. Kane’s daughter…
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Area student addresses ag convention
Rutgers University student Kristianne Dowd speaks at the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention on Feb. 4. Kristianne Dowd of Freehold, the New Jersey State FFA president, told delegates to the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention on Feb. 4 in Atlantic City that they need to be proactive and tell their story. Dowd, the 2015 FFA…
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ON CAMPUS
The University of Delaware has named the following students to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester: From Freehold: Alexis Aguilos, Julie Andreasen, Alyssa Bagnato, Alyson Basso, Julianne Brophy, Sarah Chalnick, Brooke Ciolek, Kristen Cortez, Kyle Costa, Kyle Dettman, Dana DiSanti, Christina Droppa, Dana Friedrich, Jara Gruber, Michael Harvey. Also, Kimberly Iervoline, Nicolette Ioele,…
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Students perform ‘All Shook Up’
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, the Patriot Players of Freehold Township High School, Elton-Adelphia Road, will present the musical “All Shook Up.” It is 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing roustabout who changes everything and everyone he meets in…
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Middle school students build a bridge to Kenyan children
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MANALAPAN — Donna Falk, a science teacher at the Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School (MEMS), initiated a project last year for her Problem-Based Learning class that gives her students a chance to develop relationships with orphans at a school in Africa. Falk said the project allows her pupils and the children in Africa…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A lone walker passes by the Casino in Asbury Park during a recent snowstorm.
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Howell students accepted into All-Eastern Honors Chorus
Two members of the Howell High School Chorus have been accepted into the 2015 All-Eastern Honors Chorus. Juniors David Sherman and Vincent DeSeno were recently notified of their acceptance into one of the most prestigious ensembles available to high school music students, according to a press release. TheAll-Eastern Honors Chorus is composed of students who…
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Pupils succeed in stock market game
FREEHOLD — Four fifth-grade pupils from the Park Avenue Elementary School in Freehold Borough won first place in the Southern Elementary School Division of The Stock Market Game for the fall 2014 competition, according to Superintendent of Schools Rocco Tomazic. All of the pupils are in teacher Danielle Fekete’s class. Fekete’s class also had a…
