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Improvements will include traffic light
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Plans are in the works for a long-awaited traffic light to be installed at a busy intersection in Freehold Borough. “The county is designing improvements to the intersection of Route 537 and Jackson Terrace and Jackson Street,” Monmouth County spokeswoman Laura Kirkpatrick said. The county is proposing a…
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The Center for Jewish Life will host a Hanukkah carnival on Dec. 6 from noon to 2 p.m. at 176 Route 79 North, Marlboro. There will be sports, arts and crafts, face painting, game booths, tattoos, moon bounces, donut decorating, a menorah lighting and a special performance by Hebrew school pupils. Admission: $15 for…
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Applegate School moving toward greater sustainability
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Come January, students at the C. Richard Applegate Elementary School will be getting their hands dirty. “Three or four students per grade will be trying to determine how many recyclable items are going in the trash,” said Debbie Wilson, a kindergarten teacher and chairwoman of the Applegate…
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Distinguished service
PHOTO COURTESY OF EMS COUNCIL OF NEW JERSEY Bill Madden of Freehold, right, a volunteer for more than six decades with the Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad, accepts the EMS Council of New Jersey’s Lifetime Achievement Award from EMSCNJ President Howard Meyer. Madden has been a squad member since 1952 and currently serves as…
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Board rejects resolution for Jan. 26 referendum
By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education will not place a construction referendum before voters on Jan. 26. At a meeting on Nov. 24, a resolution that proposed placing a $26.3 million capital improvements referendum on the ballot on Jan. 26 was defeated in a 6-3 vote.…
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New facility addresses care for adults over 55
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Beacon Health and Social Services, a not-for-profit corporation, has established the Beacon of LIFE center in Oceanport to deliver Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) services. With the opening of a new healthcare facility, care for older adults is now a little easier to come by in Monmouth…
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Board, union still working toward pact
By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer A mediation session has been scheduled for Dec. 8 as representatives of the Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education and the Colts Neck Township Education Association (CNTEA) attempt to hammer out a new contract. According to Business Administrator Vincent Marasco, the board’s previous contract with the CNTEA was…
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Couple opens hearts, home to foster children
By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer Kathy and Vince Cata, who have been foster parents to more than 20 children, pose for a Christmas photo with several of their adopted and current foster children. Going back 30 years, Kathy and Vince Cata wanted to have several children. While that did not happen the way they hoped…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Colts Neck High School soccer players celebrate after defeating Northern Highlands Regional High School, 1-0, to capture the NJSIAA Group III state championship at Kean University, Union. See story and more photos on pages 51 and 52.
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