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Center for Jewish Life to honor mayor
MARLBORO — Center for Jewish Life (CJL) has recently acquired an 18,000- square-foot facility on 3.5 acres at 176 Route 79, Marlboro. After being in contract for more than a year, the purchase of the building was a monumental event, benefiting the 2,000 families that call CJL home, according to a press release. The building…
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Higgins begins term as Freehold’s mayor
Calls on residents to volunteer their time to serve community BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Mayor Nolan Higgins FREEHOLD — For the first time in almost three decades, Freehold Borough has a new mayor. With a group of former mayors looking on, Nolan Higgins, 55, took the oath of office and became the town’s…
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The heartbreak of family time texting (FTT)
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I f there is one thing I’ve noticed lately, it’s the way that our family is plugged in. Not with extension cords protruding from our bodies as they reach into the nearest outlet, mind you, but heaven forbid that we don’t have the latest technological advancements within easy reach…
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Community invited to pancake breakfast
COLTS NECK — A breakfast to recognize and honor the community’s first aid squad members and firefighters will be held at the Colts Neck Community Church, 25 Merchants Way, Colts Neck, from 8 a.m. to noon Jan. 21. Everyone is welcome to attend the pancake breakfast. There is no charge for the breakfast, but donations…
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Fun evening will have fans talking baseball
SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt and Jack Curry of YES Network will visit Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Two popular sportscasters are coming to Freehold Borough for a “Hot Stove Night” of baseball talk. The Freehold Borough Little League will host the event from 7-9 p.m. Jan. 18 at American Legion Post…
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Freehold mural painted over
Property owner prepares to reopen gas station at East Main & Spring streets BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Shortly after Freehold Borough Land Use Board members indicated they would vote to deny an application for the construction of a convenience store at the corner of East Main and Spring streets, the owner of the…
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Agencies on guard for issues at bog
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A s more time passes following the completion of a cleanup at Marlboro’s Burnt Fly Bog federal Superfund site, municipal officials are required to enact measures that aim to protect human health and wildlife. Burnt Fly Bog is off Tyler Lane and Spring Valley Road in the Morganville section of…
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Cohen elected Manalapan’s mayor
Township Committee returns to 5-0 GOP majority BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Mayor Susan Cohen A t 7:25 p.m. Jan. 2, Susan Cohen became mayor of the town she has called home for 25 years. In a 5-0 vote of the all-Republican Manalapan Township Committee, Cohen was elected to serve as mayor for 2012. Under Manalapan’s…
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Elijah Marquez, 7, of Manalapan, prepares to take to the ice during a public skating session at the Old Bridge Arena in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, on Dec. 30. ERIC SUCAR staff
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