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Shooting leaves resident dead
MARLBORO — Township police and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office responded to a shooting that left one person dead and another individual injured. At 7:58 a.m. March 2, Marlboro police officers answered a 911 call regarding an incident at a home on Wilson Avenue, off Route 79. Officials did not say who called for help.…
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Students perform ‘All Shook Up’
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, the Patriot Players of Freehold Township High School, Elton-Adelphia Road, will present the musical “All Shook Up.” It is 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing roustabout who changes everything and everyone he meets in…
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ON CAMPUS
The University of Delaware has named the following students to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester: From Freehold: Alexis Aguilos, Julie Andreasen, Alyssa Bagnato, Alyson Basso, Julianne Brophy, Sarah Chalnick, Brooke Ciolek, Kristen Cortez, Kyle Costa, Kyle Dettman, Dana DiSanti, Christina Droppa, Dana Friedrich, Jara Gruber, Michael Harvey. Also, Kimberly Iervoline, Nicolette Ioele,…
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Area student addresses ag convention
Rutgers University student Kristianne Dowd speaks at the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention on Feb. 4. Kristianne Dowd of Freehold, the New Jersey State FFA president, told delegates to the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention on Feb. 4 in Atlantic City that they need to be proactive and tell their story. Dowd, the 2015 FFA…
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Teens tell of post-Sandy journey in photo exhibit
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Jack A new exhibit focuses on the journeys of 10 teens from Monmouth and Middlesex counties as they discover hope and healing in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. “I think one thing that helps a lot with the healing process is doing something creative, and this exhibit is letting…
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Crossing guard enjoys daily interaction with children
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A job that began as a part-time occupation to help defray expenses for a school trip when one of her daughters was in the seventh grade has ended up being an 18-year stint for Debbie Kane, who is a school crossing guard in Freehold Borough. Kane’s daughter…
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Former school may face wrecking ball
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A vintage postcard shows the original Freehold High School at the corner of Hudson and Bennett streets, Freehold Borough. The building, which was constructed in 1908, later served as an intermediate school and as the headquarters of the town’s Police Department. It could have been a performing arts center…
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Board acts to relieve crowding
By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer With enrollment increasing at the Wemrock Brook School, administrators in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District have announced a plan to split the Battleground housing development in half and assign some of the development’s students to the Taylor Mills School beginning in September. The Battleground development and the Wemrock Brook School…
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Savings expected from energy aggregation
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Colts Neck residents are expected to see a savings of about $15 a month from the township’s new energy aggregation service. Months after the members of the Township Committee awarded an energy contract to a third-party supplier, they received an update from Robert Chilton, executive vice president of Gabel Associates,…
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