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Abbott announces decision to step down in Marlboro
Superintendent has guided K-8 district for 15 years; board to seek new leader BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer David Abbott MARLBORO — As the leader of an orchestra, Marlboro K-8 School District Superintendent of Schools David Abbott said, he has led a band of administrators and teachers in an intricate song, composed to instruct and…
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Marlboro farm has life popping with peppers
New Peppadew Goldew fruit is making a mark with chefs & businesses BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A field of Peppadew Goldew peppers will be harvested this fall at Pierre Crawley’s Peppadew Fresh Farms in the Morganville section of Marlboro. PHOTOS BY JACK MURTHA MARLBORO — Amid grapevines, azaleas and greenhouses, Pierre Crawley, 55, toiled…
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Freehold Borough digs out from devastating storm
Wind and rain level trees, bring down power lines throughout community BY MARK ROSMAN & CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writers Photos show damage done by a wind and rain storm that hit Freehold Borough at 10 p.m. July 28. Above, a tree split a home on Oak Street; at right, a car on Glendale Road…
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One count dropped from tenure case against Manalapan H.S. principal
By Jack Murtha The Freehold Regional High School District’s special legal counsel has withdrawn a count from the tenure charges that were filed against Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon. The count that was withdrawn related to Simon’s alleged mishandling of a pep rally at the high school. Simon remains suspended from his position at…
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Prosecutor mum on Marlboro home break-in
By Jack Murtha MARLBORO — Officials from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office cannot yet provide comment as to why a home in the Morganville section of Marlboro was the target of a July 25 burglary. Officers from the Marlboro Police Department responded to a home on Opatut Court, off Crine Road, during the early afternoon…
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Patrick Simonson competes in the backstroke portion of the 200-yard individual medley for the Metuchen Golf and Country Club at the New Jersey Swimming and Diving Conference’s C League Championships that were held at North Brunswick Township High School on July 28. Simonson finished second in the boys 13-18 division. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Falcons’ Ziemba attracting attention in baseball and basketball
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent James Ziemba was always the biggest kid on the block growing up. So he pretty much dominated when it came to sports, including baseball, basketball and football. Then the Somerville-native enrolled in St. Joseph High School in Metuchen. And did things ever change. “Coach [Dave] Turbo put me on the varsity…
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Sarah Donofrio of the North Brunswick Rapids competes in the New Jersey Swimming and Diving Conference C League Championships that were held July 28 at North Brunswick Township High School. The Rapids won the team championship. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Women’s flat-track roller derby to make appearance at Kendall Park
Middlesex County will be treated to a sport that is growing in popularity, women’s flat-track roller derby. The New Jersey Hellrazors women’s flat-track roller derby team will host the Salisbury Roller Girls of Maryland on Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Kendall Park Roller Rink. The game is a rematch from the Hellrazors’ May…
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