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Sing-along will raise funds for MS center
Join the CentraState Associated Auxiliaries in a Broadway sing-along with the keyboard skills of Barry Rosenzweig on June 26 from 1-3 p.m. in the Conference Center of the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main St. Freehold Township. Rosenzweig has been a musician since the age of 8, when he started playing the…
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Scout attains Eagle rank
MARLBORO — Boy Scout Troop 86 recently awarded Max Spano the rank of Eagle Scout, which is scouting’s highest award. Spano’s Eagle Scout project took place at the Kateri Environmental Center in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro. Many at-risk and handicapped children use one section of the environmental center, the Kateri Gardens, during the summer.…
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Verizon to plant native trees, grasses at Freehold Twp. site
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Over the past decade, hundreds of native trees have replaced the ornamental shrubs and invasive vegetation at Verizon’s corporate headquarters in Basking Ridge. Chemically treated and meticulously manicured lawns have given way to native grasses and vibrant wildflowers. Now, Verizon is gearing up to do it again – this time in Freehold…
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Deadline snafu ends plan to be a district of choice
BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — While state education officials had accepted the Marlboro K-8 School District into New Jersey’s public school choice program for 2011-12, a tight deadline has caused the district to end its plan to participate in that program in the upcoming school year. Under the public school choice program, children who…
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Sheriff appoints new warden at Monmouth County jail
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden has announced the appointment of Brian Elwood to warden of the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Freehold Township. Elwood, formerly the deputy warden of the jail, officially began his duties on May 2. This appointment comes after the retirement of William Fraser, who served in the position since 2005. According to…
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Pedals for Progress is collecting bicycles
In a continuing effort to recycle bicycles properly, Pedals for Progress is having a used bike collection at the Colts Neck Reformed Church, 72 Route 537 west, Colts Neck. Bicycles in reparable condition can be dropped off at the church from 9 a.m. to noon on June 11, rain or shine. Disassembled bikes or bikes…
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The nest gets a little bit emptier
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Although it’s everything that you raise them to do, it’s tough to “graduate” a child. Especially after going through a senior year that is riddled with the last of everything. The last first day of school, the last football game, and as the graduate so blatantly pointed out —…
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Senior artists pleased to exhibit 3-D works
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Joseph Taliercio Marlboro resident Joseph Taliercio has taken his years of creative design experience in the landscaping business and brought it into a new field — art. With the help of his art teacher, Yunchu Ku, Taliercio is creating art on canvas the way he once created designs to…
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LADACIN Network plans casino night
LADACIN Network will hold its Casino Night and Gift Auction at Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club, Farmingdale, on June 10. The event will support LADACIN’s educational, therapeutic, social, residential and support services that benefit more than 2,600 infants, children and adults with cerebral palsy and other multiple physical and developmental disabilities living in Monmouth…
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