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Efforts of many people filled pantry’s shelves
On behalf of the volunteers and clients of Freehold Area Open Door Food Pantry, I would like to thank the letter carriers of the Freehold post office and all those who contributed to their food drive on May 10. The residents of our community were very generous, and the postal workers were kept very busy…
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EMS volunteers have served the state well
I n response to the growing need for trained emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, Charles R. Measure — a former ambulance driver in France during World War I and a volunteer fireman in Belmar — started the Belmar First Aid and Safety Squad in 1928. It was the first volunteer first aid squad in the…
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Options exist to keep the elderly at home
Most people do not wake up one day and decide they want to move into a nursing home. Traditionally, they live there because they have medical and personal needs that cannot be met at home. As a former nursing home administrator and current New Jersey long-term care ombudsman, I think I can state with some…
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SPORT SHORTS
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine) junior infielder Aaron Rosen (Marlboro) was recognized by the New England Small College Athletic Conference as a First Team All- Conference choice. Rosen earns a promotion to First Team after earning Second Team honors last year as a sophomore. He led the conference with 15 doubles and ranked seventh in the…
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IN THE NEWS
One man’s campaign is done, but fight vs. cancer continues Mark Rosman Even as I was wrapping up my participation in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Man/Woman of the Year fundraising campaign, Greater Media Newspapers was continuing to receive and publish news about many people who are battling cancer and the efforts that friends and…
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ARE WE THERE YET
She’s on the ‘little bit of everything’ diet Lori Clinch With the season of summer attire quickly approaching, I think it’s time we weigh in on diets. I realized this just the other day as I stood in a dressing room at a local clothing store and caught sight of my knees. Granted, they have…
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Jones collects fourth tournament win of the scholastic golf season
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Dawson Jones has been busy collecting all the championships that had been eluding the Howell High School golf standout in the past. In April, he became the first golfer in Shore Conference history to win the Wall Invitational, Monmouth County Tournament and Shore Conference Tournament in the same year. On…
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Diane “Danie” Marie Bothem
Diane Marie Bothem Danie Bothem, 74, formerly of East Brunswick, passed away peacefully in St. Petersburg, Fla., on May 5, 2014, after a two-year battle with colon and liver cancer. Born in Bloomfield on Dec. 19, 1939, she left New Jersey in 1969 and lived eight years in Atlanta, Ga., before moving to St. Pete…
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SPORT SHORTS
The Freehold Area Running Club begins its 32nd year of its Summer 5K Race Series on June 25 at Battlefield State Park, Route 33, Manalapan. The series will be held on Wednesday evenings from July 2-30. In addition to the 5K race inside the park, there are the Half-Mile and Mile Run for children ages…
