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School district offers special services
FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough K-8 School District’s Department of Special Programs seeks resident children who may be experiencing difficulty with speech and/or language, vision, hearing, mobility, manipulating objects, sensory integration, social skills, emotional problems and/or learning. If a child is between the ages of 3 and 21, or is approaching the age of 3,…
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Hometown Pint takes flight for entrepreneur
By ANDREW MARTINS Tom Cook has fond memories of his childhood. The Freehold Township native has a love for the Garden State that includes summers in Belmar, hanging out with friends in Manasquan and participating in sports as a high school student. Cook, 27, now lives in West Chester, Pa., and the young professional has…
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Theme park to host anti-bullying rally
JACKSON — Six Flags Great Adventure will team up with Teen Truth to help raise awareness about bullying. The park’s first Teen Truth: An Anti-Bullying Rally will be held 10:30-11:30 a.m. May 23 in the Showcase Theater. Teen Truth focuses on educating teens about bullying and gives them a voice while challenging them to think…
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Colts Neck honors veteran attorney
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — One of the township’s oldest residents boasts one of the community’s more impressive backgrounds, as well. At the May 14 meeting of the Colts Neck Township Committee, officials and residents honored Elena Canepa Sanfilippo, who celebrated her 100th birthday on March 11. Sanfilippo had a long career…
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ARE WE THERE YET
She’s on the ‘little bit of everything’ diet Lori Clinch With the season of summer attire quickly approaching, I think it’s time we weigh in on diets. I realized this just the other day as I stood in a dressing room at a local clothing store and caught sight of my knees. Granted, they have…
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LoPreto-Petruccio
Joseph Petruccio and Gabrielle LoPreto Vincent and Rosaria LoPreto of Manalapan announce the engagement of their daughter, Gabrielle LoPreto, to Joseph Petruccio, the son of Joseph and Rosanna Petruccio of Manalapan. The future bride is a graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School, Red Bank, and Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pa., where she earned a…
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IN THE NEWS
One man’s campaign is done, but fight vs. cancer continues Mark Rosman Even as I was wrapping up my participation in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Man/Woman of the Year fundraising campaign, Greater Media Newspapers was continuing to receive and publish news about many people who are battling cancer and the efforts that friends and…
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Resources available for mental health issues
May is Mental Health Awareness month. At some point in each of our lives, we will have to cope with a mental health issue. An overwhelming number of people in the Tourette syndrome (TS) community — 79 percent — are also diagnosed with an associated mental health condition like ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), depression…
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Marlboro must do better on inspections
I n recent years, many municipalities have cut back on staffing to their construction code enforcement offices and have diverted the money received from permit fees to the general fund. Such tactics are in direct conflict with state statutes. Mandates from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) require that all towns in New…
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