Category: News Transcript Opinion
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One more failing grade on the federal math test
Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I was in my senior year of college when I got called to the administrator’s office for some bad news. Seems that in almost four years of higher education, I had managed to avoid passing a single math class. Sure, I’d started several but dropped before the failing grade…
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School board or prosecutor should have dealt with supt.
Each time I see an article about the continuing saga of Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools James Wasser, I ask myself which of the inmates is running the asylum. Now the FRHSD Board of Education has issued a subpoena to try to identify those contributors to a website that contained criticisms of…
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Thanks to those who reached out after tragedy
Although the lights in the house at 64 Court St. in Freehold Borough are out and the innocent laughter has been silenced, it is still a home that we miss very much. Even in its irreparable state, our perception of home is even more apparent. We played, we laughed, we cried, we dreamed, did homework…
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George Pushkal
Mr. Pushkal, 89, a resident of Freehold Township for 47 years, died Sept. 24, 2009, at Whiting Health Care, Whiting. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving with the 101st Airborne Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Prior to his retirement in 1983, Mr. Pushkal was employed as a mechanic…
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Aaaah … early fall!
Green Scene “One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.” W.E. Johns Iplan out my gardening chores like army maneuvers, inching up, day by day, to the final battle scene: fall cleanup. Predictably, our mature trees give us a bountiful harvest of leaves and most of them, in the…
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Stosh Janczewski
Mr. Janczewski, 74, of Freehold Township and formerly of Howell, died at home Sept. 26, 2009, after a battle with ALS and Lyme disease. Born in Gdynia, Poland, Mr. Janczewski served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and owned and operated “Stosh’s Auto Body” in Farmingdale in the 1960s and 70s. Later he managed several…
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Volunteers, employee helped beautify town
Recently while in Freehold Borough, I enjoyed the beautiful flowers in the huge planters on Throckmorton, Court and Main streets planted by Jayne Carr and her volunteers in the spring. This is a true testament to completion of one of the many ideas and projects by Jayne Carr when she was employed by the Freehold…
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Augustine Clanton
Mr. Clanton, 75, of Freehold, died Sept. 30, 2009, at home. Born in Tuskegee, Ala., he was a U.S. Army veteran and longtime member of the Walter J. Conley Lodge No. 1379, I.B.P.O.E of West Freehold. Mr. Clanton was also employed at Freehold Raceway for over 25 years. He was predeceased by a brother, Milton…
