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Pupils enjoy hands-on learning
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — After their unit of study in genetics, eighth-graders at the Eisenhower Middle School, Burlington Road, had the opportunity to meet with an educator from the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) to discuss dog genetics with the assistance of a certified therapy dog and handler. Bonnie Hohenshilt,…
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Council honors teen
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A high school senior has been recognized for her dedication to help prevent Marlboro’s youths from starting to smoke. Marissa Cohen, a senior at Howell High School, received the Marlboro Township Alliance Community Service Award during the Township Council’s June 4 meeting. Mayor Jonathan Hornik and Marlboro’s Alliance…
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Morganville man tried, convicted in absentia
After a six-week trial and less than one day of deliberations, a man from the Morganville section of Marlboro who was the president of a money remitting business was convicted by a federal jury on all three counts charged in a superseding indictment. According to a press release from the Internal Revenue Service, Syed Azhar,…
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Plea deal calls for 5-year prison term
On June 11, Adam Grillon, 28, of Freehold, appeared in state Superior Court, Freehold, and pleaded guilty to the second degree crime of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. Grillon also pleaded guilty to the motor vehicle offense of leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident. According to a press…
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Parade is in good hands with McCobb
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — It has been said that Freehold Borough resident Alice McCobb, essentially, is the town’s Memorial Day parade. In recognition of McCobb’s years of effort and dedication to the very special annual event, she was recently presented with the John G. McGackin Freehold Renaissance Award. The award is…
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Blacknall saluted for public service
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO State and local officials present Sidney Blacknall and Alice McCobb, both of Freehold Borough, with the John G. McGackin Freehold Renaissance Award in recognition of their volunteer efforts on behalf of Freehold Borough. FREEHOLD — Sidney Blacknall has been volunteering in the Freehold Borough community for…
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Grant to fund bus cameras
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A grant in the amount of $22,751 will provide for the purchase and installation of two cameras each on seven buses operated by the Marlboro K-8 School District. The Marlboro Board of Education is the recipient of a 2009 Safety Grant Award from the New Jersey School Boards…
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Scholarship winner expresses gratitude
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent FREEHOLD — Surprise and gratitude are what Divisha Dixit said she felt when her name was announced as the first recipient of the newly established $5,000 Lisa Hoebee HicksonMemorial Scholarship during the Freehold High School (FHS) awards evening on June 4. “I was speechless,” said Dixit, 17, of Marlboro. “I was…
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Seeing is believing: The awful toll of war
Boots signify lives lost at war BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The financial cost of war is often spelled out for the public, tallied in the billions of dollars spent on weapons and technology, but how is the human cost of war illustrated? PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff A display of 78 pairs of…
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