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Marlboro K-9 officer Vaik dies
MARLBORO — The Marlboro Police Department lost one of its own recently with the passing of K-9 officer Vaik. Vaik served the community from 2003- 10 as a member of the police department’s K-9 unit. Vaik worked as a patrol dog and had a specialty in narcotics detection. In April 2010, Vaik began to show…
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Pair charged in gas station robbery
MANALAPAN — Two young adults were charged last week in connection with the July 30 robbery of a Gulf gas station attendant in Manalapan. On Sept. 18, Detective Leonard Maltese signed criminal complaints against the men, according to a police press release. According to police, on July 30, an attendant at the Gulf service station…
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Gordons Corner Fire Company marks milestone
BY REBECCA MORTON Correspondent MANALAPAN — For 50 years, the volunteer firefighters of the Gordons Corner Fire Company have been dousing fires and saving lives in Manalapan. The fire company was established in 1962 in a barn on Gordons Corner Road. There were 10 members at the time the organization was founded, according to Andrew…
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Freehold Borough to pick up brush in October
FREEHOLD — The borough will be providing brush collection services during October. This will be the last opportunity to place brush at the curb until March. The announcement of the brush collection service was made by Mayor Nolan Higgins at the Sept. 17 meeting of the Borough Council. Higgins said if residents generate any brush…
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Reverend recalled as ‘true servant of God’
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Rev. Malcolm Steele The Rev. Malcolm Sheldon Steele is being remembered as a well-respected man who was a fixture in the Freehold Borough community for decades. Steele, 84, of Hightstown, Mercer County, died on Sept. 3 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, after a short illness. Many people…
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Blues and barbecue festival comes to Marlboro Sept. 29
MARLBORO — The second annual Marlboro Blues and BBQ Festival is set for noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center, 1996 Recreation Way, off Wyncrest Road, Marlboro. Bands, barbecue vendors and merchants will entertain and cater to attendees. “I just wanted to build a sense of community, a place where…
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on campus
Taryn Applebaum, daughter of Janet and Gary Applebaum of Manalapan, has earned dean’s list status for the spring semester at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., where she is majoring in sport and entertainment management. Taryn has also been named to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and is a member of the Alpha…
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The extreme sport of gardening
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious talk because of an irresistible urge to get up and pull a weed.” — Lewis Gannit T he sun has barely committed to its…
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The home improvement store is my second home
CODA GREG BEAN I had to force myself to sit down and write my column this week because, as one of the 47 percenters who receives a government handout, Social Security, I would have much preferred sitting in a darkened room bemoaning my victimhood, knowing that I shouldn’t have to do anything that resembles work…
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