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  • Deadly ingredients may be lurking in your medicine cabinet

    Unfortunately, we can now add over-the-counter medicines (OTC) to the list of drugs being abused. Easy access to these medicines may lead to a rapid increase in teenage drug abuse. There are dangerous mind-altering chemical ingredients in these overthe counter medicines which can be purchased without a prescription. Two of the most common ingredients are…

  • Students pitch plans for possible business venture

    SCORE members listen to ideas from teens at Marlboro High School BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Pitching a proposal for a new business to potential investors is not an easy task, but watching the students in Lee Travisano’s Entrepreneurship Senior Seminar do just that would make one think they were witnessing professionals at work. ERIC…

  • Former mayor’s speeches don’t deal with current issues

    Over the years Manalapan has seen many volunteers and elected officials come and go. Some were voted into office, some were voted out. Some have stayed involved with the town and politically, even after being removed. Some have not been seen or heard from in 20 years. Until recently. Over the last year or so,…

  • Kindergarten registration to be held in Colts Neck

    COLTS NECK – Registration of kindergarten children for the 2008-09 school year will be held March 11 for children with last names beginning with A-F; March 12 for children with last names beginning with G-N; and March 13 for children with last names beginning with O-Z. In the event of inclement weather, kindergarten regis tration…

  • Service on local school board is an honorable pursuit

    On April 15 voters in 90 percent of the state’s school districts will select more than 1,500 men and women to serve on their local boards of education. For citizens with a sincere interest in the education of their community’s children it is not too late to consider school board candidacy. To appear on this…

  • Foundation continues support for schools

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough School District has been given a gift that will help scores of future students. Jean Holtz, a member of the Freehold Borough Educational Foundation, recently announced the awarding of $10,000 worth ofmini-grants to school district staffmembers. Since 2001, the foundation has presented awards totaling…

  • Sports Shorts

    ActionGymnasticsAcademy,Howell, has had considerable success in recent competitions. At the Parkette Invitational, the Level 4 team finished in first place with a score of 113.2. Seven of the 7-year-olds at the competition finished among the top 10, led by the All Around champion Alexandra Cucich with a score of 38.05. She was also first on…

  • Mary K. Valenta

    Mrs. Valenta, of Howell Township, died Feb. 12, 2008, at the Manor Care Center, Freehold Township. She was 89. Mrs. Valenta was born in New York City and resided there before moving to the Freehold area in 1977. She was a bookkeeper for the Downtown Association in the City of New York for 14 years…

  • William “Bill” Cannon

    Mr. Cannon, 68, ofMonroe, Ga., and formerly of Freehold Township and Carlsbad, Calif., died Thanksgiving morning 2007 after a long battle with prostate cancer. A former U.S. Air Force pilot, Mr. Cannon had been retired from Trans World Airlines since 1988. He was a graduate of St. John’sUniversity,Queens,N.Y.Hewas a communicant of St.Anna’s Catholic Church,Monroe, Ga.,…