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Municipal website update expected
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Upper Freehold Township municipal website is expected to have a new look in the near future. According to Township Administrator Dianne Kelly, officials will be moving forward with Avenet LLC, which is a branch of GovOffice Web Solutions, to begin work on a new website for…
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Girl Scouts learn how to operate a business
Janet Byrne MILLSTONE — Janet Byrne, the owner of Millstone Preserves, Millstone Township, hosted Girl Scout Troop 941 on March 28 to teach the girls about her local business and to demonstrate the art of jam-making. Byrne makes jam from local berries and fruit. She picks blueberries and raspberries at the Earth Friendly Organic Farm…
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Kruisers to open season May 1
Members of the Freehold Kruisers car club are gearing up for the start of their third annual Kruise Night season to be held at VFW Post 4374, 50 Waterworks Road, Freehold Township, beginning May 1. At each Kruise Night, classic cars, specialty cars, antique cars, pickup trucks and motorcycles will be on display. The event…
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Upper Freehold adopts budget
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee has adopted a $5.08 million municipal budget for 2014. The budget was introduced on March 6 and adopted in a unanimous vote of the committee members on April 3. Township Clerk Dana Tyler said no member of the public commented on the budget. Mayor…
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Egg-cellent adventure
Top: A helicopter makes a second pass to drop off more Easter eggs at the Bethel Church Easter Egg Drop held at the Monmouth Executive Airport in Wall Township on April 12. Above: A helicopter passes behind the Easter Bunny at the egg drop. Right: Children scramble to get as many eggs as their baskets…
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Teacher earns ticket to space camp
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Michelle Falanga is over the moon about going to space camp in June. Falanga is a teacher of gifted and talented pupils in the Millstone Township K-8 School District. She went through an intense application process in October and said she will never forget receiving her acceptance letter to space camp…
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Little League celebrates milestone
By TIM MORRIS Samantha Barth, 6, runs to first base during an Opening Day game with the Holbrook Little League in Jackson on April 12. Little League baseball is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2014. SCOTT FRIEDMAN For 75 years, wherever there has been a boy with a bat, a glove, a ball and a…
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Residents need to start conserving water early
PETER A. ESCHBACH Spring is finally underway. And for many in New Jersey, this means the start of new gardening, lawn and landscaping plans. The spring planting season also coincides with the time most people begin having their lawn and landscaping irrigation systems turned on. Normally, before the sprinklers get turned on, our Monmouth County…
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MANVILLE: Paramount girl gymnasts compete in state meet
Hillsborough Paramount athletes enjoyed a busy couple of weeks of USA Gymnastics competition. The girls competed at the Twilight Knight Meet on March 8-9 at Rutgers. In Level 7, Emma Thompson, competing in the 12-year-old age group, captured second place on bars (9.1), 5th on beam (8.925) and 4th place all around with a score…
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