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Warshaw nominated for prosecutor’s post
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Aveteran member of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is in line to become the county’s next prosecutor. Gov. Chris Christie has nominated Peter E. Warshaw Jr., the current first assistant prosecutor, to serve a five-year term as the county’s top law enforcement official. The nomination was made on Nov. 22…
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Parking space an issue in Mellon Farms plan
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD —Avote on the move of a supermarket into the building that formerly housed Silvert’s Furniture could come at the Dec. 8 meeting of the Freehold Borough Land Use Board. Byron Kim, the owner of Mellon Farms, wants to move his supermarket from its present location on South Street,…
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Two-term councilman was in on ‘renaissance’
FREEHOLD — Eric Foster Jr., who served on the Borough Council from 1983- 88 when the redevelopment of Freehold Borough, dubbed the town’s “renaissance,” was beginning to take shape, died on Nov. 19. Foster, 67, was living in Freehold Township at the time of his death. Foster was a graduate of Freehold Regional High School,…
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Meals will be offered on Saturdays
FREEHOLD — The Sanctuary Program, which provides breakfast and lunch for the working poor, families, and immigrant laborers on Saturdays during the winter months, will begin its seventh year on Dec. 4 serving breakfast and lunch at the Reformed Church, 67 W. Main St., Freehold. According to the organizers of the program, there is great…
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Little Soldiers program serves military children
State Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (all RMonmouth and Mercer) are once again assisting in the Little Soldiers program which provides gifts for children of military personnel who are posted overseas. Once more, several 12th District municipalities are participating. “This is our third year participating in the program,” said Casagrande,…
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Museum celebrates water as art world inspiration
Water is the subject and title of a far-reaching exhibition at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, this fall. Among the works included in the Zimmerli exhibition are Vija Celmins’ three-color lithograph “Ocean” from 1975 (above), Lynn Davis’ selenium toned print “Iceberg II, Disko Bay, Greenland” from 2004 (top), and…
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Solar field in Village gains OK
Retail and commercial space at Manalapan location will be built in subsequent phases BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The first step in the development of the Village at Manalapan will be the construction of a solar energy field. The Village at Manalapan will eventually be a retail and commercial development on 135 acres at the…
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Directors want to revive alliance
Substance abuse prevention is goal of community group BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Some changes in the structure of the Freehold Municipal Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse may soon be on the horizon. John McGeehan, who has been involved with the alliance for eight years and currently serves as chairman, was joined by Margaret…
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Michael Ettore (c), principal of the Asher Holmes Elementary School, Marlboro, kicked off the school’s first turkey trot on Nov. 24. The event marked the start of the school’s December fundraiser. Gifts will be collected for children who are hospitalized. JEFF GRANIT staff
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