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Plant’s operation to be assessed
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Municipal officials are addressing the upkeep of Freehold Borough’s water treatment plant and the community’s roads. At the Aug. 3 meeting of the Borough Council, a resolution awarding a contract in the amount of $23,850 to Hatch Mott Mac- Donald, Freehold, to assess the inefficiencies of the water…
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Eastern regional action
PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Freehold Township Little League all-star Andrew Nicolosi (left) swings at a pitch during the Junior League Eastern Regional game against Great Valley while Matthew Nitti (right) tries to turn two before Great Valley’s sliding Jake Lauber can break the play up. Great Valley won the Aug. 12 game defeating…
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Howell planning board approves new Wendy’s
HOWELL — The Planning Board has unanimously approved an application to build a Wendy’s fast food restaurant on Route 9 north that will replicate the Wendy’s contemporary design in Friendship Plaza on Route 9 south. The applicant, Wen Claire, LLC, was granted preliminary and final major site plan approval at the board’s July 17 meeting.…
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Englishtown Midas dealer Carl De- Biase has been recognized as a 2014 president’s award winner by Midas, one of the world’s largest providers of automotive services. Englishtown Midas is at 194 Route 9 north, Marlboro. The president’s award is a customer-focused, yearlong recognition program that identifies Midas franchisees and store managers who exceed customer expectations.…
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Lynn Marie Skalaban
Lynn Marie Skalaban, 68, a resident of Weathersfield, Vermont, passed away Aug. 12 at her home in Weathersfield surrounded by her husband of 49 years, Peter, and their daughter, Alexis. Lynn was born on June 29, 1947, in New Brunswick, the daughter of Walter and Gladys (Hoover) Korsak. She lived in East Brunswick, where she…
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Fair will celebrate 25 years
COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Country Fair will celebrate its 25th anniversary this week. The fair will be held at the Bucks Mill Recreation Area, 125 Bucks Mill Road, from Aug. 20-23. The hours for the fair will be 4-11 p.m. Aug. 20-22 and 2-8 p.m. Aug. 23. Admission is $5 per person. Children…
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Childhood poverty on the rise, according to national report
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer A report detailing levels of childhood poverty nationally and statewide found more children are growing up impoverished than were following the 2008 financial crisis. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the private charitable organization that released the annual Kids Count Data Book on July 21, concludes that while childhood poverty…
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Veteran’s words recount restoration of Huey
By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Carl Burns Vietnam War veteran Carl Burns’ essay “Hangar Crew” tells the story of restoring a long-forgotten helicopter that has since found a home at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and Museum in Holmdel. Burns, of Manalapan, and a group of veterans restored a Bell UH-1D helicopter, which is…
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Flipping the calendar pages
GIRL TALK Clare Marie Celano No matter how you slice it folks, eventually, we do turn into our parents — like it or not. This welcome or dreaded transformation, however we see this phenomenon, does happen — at least, according to my oldest daughter who recently looked at me and said, “Oh my God. It’s…
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