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Parents warned of new synthetic marijuana use
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The danger of a new synthetic form of marijuana known as Spice or K2, among other things, was the focus of a program recently presented by the Manalapan Englishtown Community Alliance to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Led by Lisa Harmon Mollicone, the coordinator of the alliance, the program was…
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Halloween greetings
Freehold Intermediate School eighth-grader Shannon McNulty paints a Halloweenthemed scene on the window of a store at the Borough Plaza shopping center on Broad Street, Freehold Borough, Oct. 13. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Library will honor chef Dennis Foy
The Monmouth County Library will honor one of the nation’s foremost chefs, New Jersey’s own Dennis Foy, in a special program on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. According to a press release, Foy is aptly known as a founding father of American Cuisine, and has…
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Freehold Borough expects all of its state aid in 2010
FREEHOLD — Municipal officials expect Freehold Borough to receive 100 percent of its state aid this year based on answers they provided on the Local Government Best Practices checklist. The borough expects to receive $1.3 million in state aid in 2010. Municipalities throughout New Jersey were provided with the checklist and were required to fill…
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NJSBA wants talks on tenure reform
The New Jersey School Boards Association has called on the state Legislature and the administration of Gov. Chris Christie to begin serious discussion of changes in the state’s century old tenure laws that govern employment of public school teachers and other school district employees. According to a press release from the NJSBA, to promote public…
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Apple and pumpkin festival aids children
COLTS NECK — The Ashley Lauren Foundation will host the second annual Apple and Pumpkin Festival on Nov. 6 at the Bucks Mill Recreation Area, Bucks Mill Road, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will feature a Scottish- American highland games competition, a Civil War encampment, cider press demonstrations, blacksmithing and woodworking. There…
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District likely to hold funds until 2011-12
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough K-8 School District will receive $305,687 from the U.S. Education Jobs Fund, according to Patrick De George, the district’s business administrator and board secretary. DeGeorge said the Freehold Borough Board of Education has received a recommendation from Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth O’Connell to hold…
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Foundation’s fundraising efforts off to good start
New organization was founded to provide opportunities in Manalapan-Englishtown K-8 BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer With reductions to school funding resulting in cutbacks to many school programs, the Foundation for Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Schools (MERS), in its inaugural year, has been working diligently to raise funds to offer students much-needed support. Foundation officials said about $50,000…
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Community invited to see ‘Laramie Project’
MANALAPAN — For the past few months, Manalapan High School student Gabrielle Cook has been participating in a Young Women’s Leadership Institute project sponsored by state Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (RMonmouth and Mercer). As part of Gabrielle’s project, Manalapan High School, Church Lane, will present “The Laramie Project” on Oct. 23 and Oct. 27 at 7:30…
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