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Seating at Freehold Borough deli to be approved
FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Land Use Board has directed its attorney to prepare a positive resolution that will allow a delicatessen on Mechanic Street to add indoor eating. The approval for the plan took place at the board’s Feb. 27 meeting. The resolution is expected to be memorialized on March 27. Applicant Luis Alatriste,…
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Samaritan Center joins effort to end hunger
MANALAPAN — The Samaritan Center is again participating in the Feinstein Foundation Challenge to end hunger in 2013. This year’s effort is dedicated to Regina Finn, the center’s director who recently passed away. The Feinstein Challenge was one of Finn’s favorite projects. Founded in 1991 by Alan Shawn Feinstein, the Feinstein Foundation is dedicated to…
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So much for a bonding experience
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH There’s nothing like sunny days and singing birds to make a gal realize that bikini season is fast approaching. Not that I’d even remotely consider wearing a bikini, mind you. But I might consider exposing an ankle now and then, and if the weather calls for it, perhaps a…
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Commissioner orders principal removed from job
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The New Jersey commissioner of education has ordered Jeff Simon to be removed from his tenured position as principal of Manalapan High School due to unbecoming conduct and an inability to execute the responsibilities of the job. The Freehold Regional High School District filed tenure charges against Simon in February…
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Residents: Work has houses doing a whole lot of shakin’
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Residents of the Kingsley Square development in Freehold Borough want to know why a construction project near their neighborhood has their homes “rattling” and “vibrating.” The residents brought their concerns to a meeting of the Kingsley Square Townhouse Association on March 11 at the American Hotel. Kingsley…
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Wine tasting benefit May 3
The fourth annual wine tasting fundraiser to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will be held May 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Laurita Winery, 45 Archertown Road, New Egypt. Attendees will have a choice of five free tastings or a glass of one of Laurita’s awardwinning wines, along with free-flowing appetizers and…
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Manalapan committee taps McNaboe to fill open seat
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — John “Jack” McNaboe has been selected by the members of the Township Committee to join the governing body and fill the seat left open by the resignation of Don Holland. Holland resigned from the committee and the other municipal boards on which he was serving in the first…
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Freehold Borough K-8 sets public hearing on budget
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a tentative budget of $22.46 million for the 2013-14 school year. A public hearing on the budget will be held in the Park Avenue Elementary School cafetorium at 7 p.m. March 25. At that time residents…
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Freehold Area Open Door seeks donations
FREEHOLD — Freehold Area Open Door is joining other nonprofit anti-hunger organizations in competition for a share of $1 million offered by Rhode Island philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein. For the 16th consecutive year, Feinstein will divide $1 million among all those agencies using his offer to raise funds from March 1 through April 30, according…
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