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Bill would increase qualifications for nursing home assistants
We all need to be concerned about the quality of nursing home care. Just about everyone has a loved one who eventually will need nursing home care or will need it themselves. And the record indicates that care in New Jersey nursing homes can benefit from greater oversight. For example, an AARP survey shows that…
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Cougars run off with sectional indoor track title
By Tim Morris Jim Schlentz is usually pretty good at calculating how a race or meet is going to unfold. The Colts Neck High School indoor track and field coach figured his Cougars would lose the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III championship by about 24 points. But, while expecting the worst, he also planned for…
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Howell wrestlers win Central Jersey Group V
By Tim Morris John Gagliano has one more week to enjoy the company of his full Howell High School wrestling team that includes a senior class that elevated the program to unprecedented heights. “We’ve had a good run with this group,” he said. “I’m going to hate to see them go.” When the senior class…
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Cougars wrap up B North basketball title outright
By Tim Morris Colts Neck High School’s boys basketball team had plenty to be motivated about when the Cougars traveled to Wall High School Feb. 11. With a road win, Colts Neck could clinch the Shore Conference B North Division outright. There was also the memory of a triple-overtime loss to the Crimson Knights the…
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Central Jersey winner Roche headed to Millrose Games
By Tim Morris Winning championships isn’t all that the indoor track and field season has been about for Freehold Township High School’s Ciara Roche. Yes, it’s nice to have won the county, conference and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV gold medals in the 1,600-meter run and to have run fast (4:51.86 for 1,600 meters and…
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Datebook, Feb. 17
• A free presentation by the United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration / New Jersey Division will present “What’s Smoking in the Community” for parents, educators and students 6:30 p.m. March 9 at Barkalow Middle School, 498 Stillwells Corner Road, Freehold. Registration begins at 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. For reservations,…
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Expo opens students’ eyes to emergency services careers
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer High school students from across Monmouth County recently learned what a career in emergency medical services would have in store for them. The Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad held its first Disaster Response Expo on Jan. 10. The expo was geared toward high school students who are part of…
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And try not to look like a noob!
Watching our four sons play sports has been one of the biggest thrills of my life, even if I don’t know what’s going on most of the time. I stand when I’m supposed to, whoop it up at the appropriate times, and occasionally even know who fouled whom and why. Yet, the hardest part about…
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Residents should speak out on Verizon plan
Verizon is threatening to put up a 120-foot-tall cell tower within a few hundred feet of the YMCA of Western Monmouth County’s Camp Topanemus on Route 537 in Freehold Township. Verizon is going to try and convince the Freehold Township Planning Board on Feb. 18 that the cell tower is necessary even though over 90…
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