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Help available for teenagers who are in a tough situation
On Jan. 28 the U.S. Senate passed a resolution designating February as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. This is an important acknowledgment of a situation that deserves the community’s full attention. It has never been more difficult to be a teenager on the dating scene. The very means of communication that help…
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New Jersey racetracks need slots right now
However you look at it, the state of New Jersey must allow the installation of slot machines at our horse racing tracks. We must catch up with surrounding state competition and install these slot machines at once or face doing nothing and losing our state’s horsemen’s futures, open space, farmland and other agriculture jobs, revenue…
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Mary McMorrow
Mrs. McMorrow, 92, of Monroe, died Jan. 30, 2010, in The Manor, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, John Reilly McMorrow; a daughter, Margaret Gribben; a son, John Reilly McMorrow Jr.; four brothers; and three sisters. Surviving are a son and daughter in-law, William and Rosanny; two daughters and sons-in-law, Elizabeth and Thomas…
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Adelaide Pockriss
Mrs. Pockriss, of Cape Coral, Fla., formerly of Manalapan, died Feb. 7, 2010, at home. She was a New York City schoolteacher for more than 35 years. Surviving are two daughters and a son-in-law, Laurie Bates, and Linda and Jim Rosenblum; four grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. A funeral service was held at the Clayton &…
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Selma Nachbar
Mrs. Nachbar, 96, of Somerset, died Feb. 10, 2010, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was born in Poland and lived in Brooklyn before moving to Delray Beach, Fla. For the past 10 years, she resided in the Regency Jewish Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center, Somerset. Mrs. Nachbar was predeceased by her…
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Candace Widner
Candace Widner, 5, of Howell, died Feb. 5, 2010, at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Candace was predeceased by her paternal grandparents, Kenneth and Patricia, and a maternal grandfather, William Vineyard. Surviving are her parents, Andrew and Margaret Widner; a brother, Matthew; her paternal grandmother, Katherine and her husband, Benjamin Suchcicki; five uncles;…
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Jean Marie Louro
Miss Louro, 52, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 3, 2010, at her parent’s home in Wall Township. She worked in the building industry as a project manager for more than 20 years and was most recently employed as a regional project manager for Kara Homes, East Brunswick. Miss Louro was predeceased by her brother, John,…
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School rallies with help for Haiti victims
On Jan. 12 an earthquake that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale devastated Haiti, striking the Caribbean nation just west of Port-au-Prince. Officials have said that 300,000 lives have already been affected, with about 200,000 people confirmed dead from different circumstances (the earthquake itself, injuries sustained in the earthquake, etc.). Thousands of homes were lost…
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Scholarship honors late Freehold H.S. graduate
Senior boys and girls eligible to apply for $5,000 award BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent FREEHOLD — A major change has occurred in the annual $5,000 Lisa Hoebee Hickson Memorial Scholarship, which was awarded at Freehold High School for the first time during the school’s senior awards ceremonies on June 4, 2009. Last year the scholarship…
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