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Agreement could end push for fire district
Freehold Borough offers to fund capital needs from 2011-16 BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A six-year $1,435,000 capital needs spending plan may be the deciding factor in the Freehold Fire Department’s decision to halt its pursuit of the establishment of a fire district. The capital needs spending plan met with unanimous approval…
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Scholarships offered to FRHSD seniors
The orthopedic surgeons at Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute of Freehold, Monroe and Wall townships will award two $1,000 scholarships — one to a male senior and one to a female senior who attend high school in the Freehold Regional School District. Seniors attending Colts Neck High School, Freehold High School, Freehold Township High…
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Audubon Society offers scholarships
The Monmouth County Audubon Society has announced that the organization will sponsor up to $3,000 in scholarships for the fall 2011 semester. “Thanks to the generosity of one former member, our organization will be sponsoring this annual scholarship for the foreseeable future. We are very excited to be able to subsidize the education of future…
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Workshops can help with life’s challenges
Manalapan residents dealing with issues relating to frustration, fatigue, pain or isolation may benefit from an upcoming series of workshops being offered by the Manalapan Township Board of Health. Trained leaders from the Manalapan MRC-CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) will facilitate the Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, a six-week series that will meet on…
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Manalapan committee introduces 2011 budget
Officials say spending plan has no hike in municipal tax rate BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — As the Township Committee prepared to introduce the 2011 municipal budget, Mayor Andrew Lucas gave residents the bottom line: municipal taxes will not be going up this year. Lucas said the municipal tax rate will re- main stable…
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Defensive driving course will be offered
MANALAPAN — The Community Refuge Church, 4 Sobecko Road, off Pension Road, Manalapan, in asking for assistance as it helps the people of Haiti continue to recover from an earthquake that struck the Caribbean island nation in January 2010. The church is offering a fundraiser program which combines a defensive driving class. The class is…
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Police officer appointed in Colts Neck
COLTS NECK — A new officer was welcomed into the ranks of the Colts Neck Police Department during the Township Committee’s March 9 meeting. Officer Daniel J. Mazzucola, a resident of Middletown, was sworn in as a member of the department with his parents at his side and friends and family members watching from the…
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$1,000 scholarships will be awarded
The Colts Neck Education Foundation is offering two $1,000 scholarships to any high school senior who is a resident of Colts Neck. A student with community involvement is a must. Additional criteria and an application may be obtained in some of the students’ high schools or downloaded from www.coltsneckkids.org. The deadline is May 8. Call…
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Broadway show tunes performed at St. Rose
On March 18, more than 50 St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, third- through eighth-graders showed off their singing, dancing and acting skills during a performance of “Return to Broadway.” The students worked for five months under the direction of Ellen Jensen and Peg Lewis to prepare a medley of songs from “Oliver,” “My Fair…
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