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  • 2NDFLOOR is a place to reach out for help

    Guest Column • Anna Diaz-White Apreteen girl feels like her friends do not want her around anymore Two teenagers who want to cut themselves know they cannot stop on their own. When a teenager discovers that her friend is being abused by her mother, she wants to know how she can help. Suicidal thoughts lead…

  • Saint John Vianney H.S. to present ‘Grease’ in August

    Kristina Marabondo (l-r), Kevin O’Leary, Leanne Mercadante and Joseph O’Leary are part of the alumni cast of “Grease” at Saint John Vianney High School, Holmdel, Aug. 6-9. “Grease” is the word at Saint John Vianney High School of Holmdel. The school will present its alumni production of “Grease” on Thursday, Aug. 6, Friday, Aug. 7,…

  • Choices can help people find the possibilities in life

    Girl Talk • CLARE MARIE CELANO Icome from a generation of women who fell asleep at night dreaming of white knights and rescues from castles by handsome princes. After falling in love, we’d find a wildflower, pull off the petals, and begin chanting, “He loves me. He loves me not.” It was the thing to…

  • Marlboro board approves funds for sports programs

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro Board of Education passed a resolution appropriating funds for an interscholastic sports program and an intramural sports program during its July 21 meeting. The board approved the appropriation of $40,287 to run an expanded intramural sports program for all grades and for the reinstatement of the interscholastic sixth grade boys and…

  • Marlboro election is more than 1 issue

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN Ido not live in Marlboro, so the issue I am addressing today does not affect me personally, but it is one that I bring to the attention of Marlboro residents who will have to make a rather unique decision on Election Day in November. Township Councilman Jeff Cantor, who…

  • Arrghhhh! Why did you pour milk on the cereal?

    Coda • GREG BEAN The emails started coming in from out-ofstate friends yesterday: “Rabbis and mayors in a corruption probe? Some of which included the sale of body parts? Sounds like you newspaper guys are going to have fun with this.” “Have you gotten your bag of cash yet?” another began. “If you haven’t, what’s…

  • ‘Ever think about washing that thing?’

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Although it’s not by choice, I am a muddy-car person. I’m a rolling, mucky, traveling “before picture” for Turtle Wax and Brighty Whitie’s Spotless Rinse. Even the Clean City Committee has offered me big bucks to stay home. “Hey Lori,” friends often ask, “ever think about washing that…

  • Cecil W. Bastian

    Mr. Bastian, 92, a lifelong resident of Freehold, died July 12, 2009, at home under the care of Hospice. He was an engineer with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. at Fort Monmouth and Camp Evans until his retirement in 1972. Mr. Bastian was a lifelong amateur radio enthusiast and a former member of the civil…

  • Rose Cohen

    Mrs. Cohen, 97, of Clifton, with family in the area, died July 21, 2009. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul, and a son-in-law, William. Surviving are three daughters, Lois Breakstone and her husband, Burt, Barbara Cohen and Terry Berk, of the Morganville section of Marlboro; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. A funeral service was…