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SRF online auction now open for bidding
HAMILTON — The Standardbred Retirement Foundation’s online auction is now open for bidding as part of its annual golf fundraising event. Many items have been generously donated, such as a Spyder race bike, veterinary services, Broadway and sporting event tickets, Brodeur race bike, Pennsbury jog cart, Taylor Made irons, Bow River Jewelry, equine home décor,…
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MTFEE golf outing, dinner auction slated
The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) will host its eighth “Fore the Kids” golf outing and dinner auction May 31 at the Knob Hill Country Club, Manalapan. The golf package — which includes a barbecue lunch, practice facilities, greens fees, cart, bag attendants, on-course refreshments, locker room, full-event open bar, cocktail hour, dinner,…
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Millstone eighth-graders impress at Author’s Tea
Event showcases students’ writing skills with books for ‘buddies’ in Panama BY SARAWALLACH Correspondent Millstone eighth-graders Gabby Recalde (l) and Grace Giffen present the books they wrote as part of a distance-learning project with Panamanian children during an Author’s Tea event May 24 at Millstone Township Middle School. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Eighth-graders from…
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AHS student council ranks top in state for charity fundraising
Group raises more than $9,000 for Good Grief BY SARAWALLACH Correspondent The student council at Allentown High School (AHS) rated top in the state, raising and donating $9,001 this year to an organization called Good Grief. The extra dollar was included “just in case another school donated $9,000,” said student council President Michael Oliu of…
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Assoc. director made county’s history a priority for 20 years
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Lee Ellen Griffith Lee Ellen Griffith, who helped to preserve the history of Monmouth County and to protect its resources through her work as the director of the Monmouth County Historical Association since 1992, has stepped down from her post. Griffith formally retired in December 2011, but stayed on…
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U.F. Planning Board OKs applications
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Three straightforward, routine applications were unanimously approved at the May 22 Planning Board meeting. The first application concerned a lotline change for an agriculturally exempt property owned by William S. Flemer and Sons on Province Line Road. Donna Jennings, the attorney representing the applicant, said they were seeking…
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Rare white colt a true long shot
Local Cream Ridge celebrity is one in 200 million BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The rare white colt runs with his dam, Coochie Mama, at Fair Winds Farm in Cream Ridge. VICKI WRIGHT UPPER FREEHOLD — The biggest celebrity in town only entered the world on May 6, but he’s been a media sensation since the…
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Comic artist, writer garners serious acclaim
Graphic novel reaches international audiences BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Brendan Leach (left), a native of Freehold Township, is receiving a lot of attention for his illustrations. His graphic novel, “The Pterodactyl Hunters,” published by a French press, has also attracted the interest of publishers in Spain and Italy. Brendan Leach’s career took flight like…
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DARE gets approval for former school site
Planning Board insists group pave 4-acre lot, however BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The former Imlaystown School on Davis Station Road in Upper Freehold is the future site of the executive offices and training facility of Drug Awareness Resistance and Education (DARE) New Jersey. At the May 22 Planning Board meeting, DARE received site plan approval…
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