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Musicians to rally for friend
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer When Freehold-area musicians know that someone needs a hand, they get together and show up to do whatever they can to help. Such is the case with Dan Barkalow, 52, of Freehold Borough, who recently suffered a heart attack and is now on a waiting list for a heart…
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Economy, Sandy create superstorm of need
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The combination of a severe recession and two costly hurricanes has left thousands of families throughout Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties unable to afford the most basic necessities. Applications for food stamps are rising higher in these three counties than anywhere else in the state, according to Marion Lynch of…
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Rules set for storage units
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Residents who choose to place a portable storage container on their property are being advised that there are now rules in place that regulate the use, size, location and duration of those containers in Freehold Township. Residents who do not abide by the regulations will be…
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Macedonia Freehold Church welcomes all to special event
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Officials at the Macedonia Freehold Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ invite the community to join in the celebration of the church’s 92 years of ministering to congregants. A social dinner will be held Oct. 20, and the church will open its doors to visitors at the…
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Fall Family Fun Day scheduled for Oct. 19
The Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, will hold a Fall Family Fun Day on Oct. 19. Festivities will start at 11 a.m. and run until 4 p.m. The activities are free and require no registration. The event schedule is as follows: Puppets at 11 a.m. The Crabgrass Puppet Theatre will present…
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Mazzola honored by Kiwanis
MARLBORO — The state District of Kiwanis International recently celebrated 96 years of service at its annual district convention held at the Hotel Somerset-Bridgewater in Somerset. Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. The three-day convention gave Kiwanis members from throughout…
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Injured teen released from medical center
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A 17-yearold Freehold Township male who sustained head injuries when he fell from a moving motor vehicle has been released from Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Charles Webster, public information officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, confirmed that the teenager had been released from…
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Planners may be ready to vote on Northpointe
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The public hearing on the proposed Northpointe housing development could soon come to its long-awaited conclusion. The Marlboro Planning Board is expected to vote on the application at its meeting tonight, Oct. 16, at Town Hall. Ohad Associates, the applicant, is proposing to build 299 housing units priced…
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‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ to open at Center Playhouse
Downtown Freehold’s intimate theater venue Center Playhouse is being transformed into a lush Victorian mansion to kick off Center Players’ 13th season with the deliciously dark comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring. Authentic Victorian furnishings, costumes and props will bring audience members right into the parlor of this unusual family home for one…
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