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The right moves
REBECCA NOWALSKI Victoria Minucci, 16, practices with the Marlboro High School drill team. The drill team and the Mustangs’ marching band will open the 2015 performance season on Sept. 11 before a football game at Manalapan High School.
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Project will come with costs
YOUR TURN STEPHEN H. PINE GUEST COLUMN The 135-acre Manalapan Crossing project at the corner of Route 33 and Millhurst Road in Manalapan, as described by the Township Committee on June 29, has way too many faults to be a benefit to the township. Let us examine the effect it would have on the entire…
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Officials should reject Manalapan Crossing
Just what are our Manalapan officials thinking? After earlier declaring that the Manalapan Crossing project was not suitable for the Millhurst Road and Route 33 tract because of its size and scope, they have now resurrected it. The majority of the Township Committee supports the committeeman who is pushing hard to include 600 apartments in…
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Photo
JESSICA D’AMICO/STAFF The sun sets over Sandy Hook Bay in northern Monmouth County and illuminates the Twin Lights lighthouse in Highlands on its journey below the horizon.
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New superintendent excited about 2015-16 school year
COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District has a sense of change as the 2015-16 school year begins. The first major change took place in June with the promotion of MaryJane Garibay from her position as the district’s director of curriculum to her new post as superintendent of schools. Garibay had served as…
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Freehold man taking steps to support YMCA
Peanut Holloway FREEHOLD — When Robert “Peanut” Holloway takes a walk, he means business. Holloway, of Freehold Borough, has walked from his hometown to Asbury Park, Lakewood, New Brunswick and Red Bank to raise money for the YMCA of Western Monmouth County Community Center, 41 Center St. This year, Holloway will walk from Freehold Borough…
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Ribbons put focus on ovarian cancer in Freehold Twp.
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Michele Thompson wants residents to notice teal ribbons all around the community in September and ask why they are there. In an effort to raise awareness about ovarian cancer, Thompson is asking residents to tie a teal ribbon around tree trunks and mailboxes. Turn The Towns Teal,…
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Band gears up for season
By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer Members of the Marlboro High School Marching Mustangs spent time under the hot August sun rehearsing the music and moves that will be used in their upcoming performances of “50 Years of The Who,” a tribute to the legendary British band. The Marlboro High School Marching Mustangs prepared for the…
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Start of school is exciting for superintendent
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Correspondent The Freehold Borough K-8 School District opened the 2015-16 school year on Sept. 8 with more students than a year ago, flat funding in state aid and additional rented classrooms in the neighboring Freehold Township K-8 School District, Superintendent of Schools Rocco Tomazic said. The superintendent said the issues of…
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