Program available for disabled preschoolers
     The Freehold Township School system is conducting a community-wide effort to find and help 3- and 4-year-old preschool children in need of special education programs.
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Event honors cancer survivors
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Park system sponsoring trip to Shea Stadium
     The Monmouth County Park System will sponsor a bus trip to the Mets vs. Kansas City Royals game at Shea Stadium on June 23. The bus will leave at 10 a.m. from Thompson Park, Lincroft. The cost is $50 per person and includes game ticket and round-trip transportation. Preregistration is required.
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Middle school graduation Friday
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Students appreciate second chance in FRHSD adult school
     Members of the Freehold Regional High School District Adult High School Class of 2002 received their diplomas during a commencement exercise held at Colts Neck High School on June 10.
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     FARRAH MAFFAI Marissa Levito reads her essay about why she loves school during the Flag Day celebration and 9/11 memorial garden dedication at Asher Holmes School, Marlboro, on June 12.
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Board ponders proper time to retain tapes of meetings
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Battle will be re-enacted at park
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MARLBORO — The sixth-grade pupils at the AsherGarden honors 9/11 victims Holmes Elementary School capped off a day of patriotic displays by dedicating a garden in memory of the victims of Sept. 11.
     Prior to the dedication of the garden at the June 12 event, throngs of red-, white- and blue-clad youngsters assembled in their gymnasium, channeling their talents several ways to say "God Bless America." Some sang, others read patriotic essays. One group of pupils even wrote a rap song that summarized every president from George Washington to George W. Bush.
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Officials honor heritage committee
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Teen escapee caught after fleeing New Hope
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Fireworks and more in Freehold on July Fourth
     The borough of Freehold will hold its annual Independence Day celebration from 5-10 p.m. July 4 at Freehold Raceway. Rain date is July 5. The event will feature food, live music, entertainment, rides and games for children, and a fireworks finale. Admission is free. Entertainment will be provided by Dick Young, who will entertain on stilts with his juggling and magic acts; Frank Watson and the Highlanders will play patriotic favorites on the bagpipes; and the Karwin Patrix Orchestra will provide accompaniment to the fireworks display planned by Serpico Fireworks.
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‘A Touch of India’ fest comes to Freehold Twp.
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Jewish Center Men’s Club slates golf outing
     The Marlboro Jewish Center will sponsor its third annual Men
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Libraries and BlueClaws team up for reading
     The Monmouth County Library System is launching the 2002 Vacation Reading Club and Read-to-Me Club at its 24 branch and member libraries in June. This year
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MANALAPAN — From Colonial days to the 21st century, the students at the Taylor Mills School, Gordons Corner Road, sang and danced their way through the years in a historical tribute to American freedom, "Let FreedomStudents celebrate American history
     "Wow," said Principal Ruth Jacobson. "I
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Cecilian Music Club awards scholarships
     The Cecilian Music Club awarded its annual $1,500 college scholarship to Jessica Cooper of Freehold Borough High School and Gloria Vasconcellos of Freehold Township High School. Cooper, a singer, plans to attend the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Vasconcellos is a harpist and will attend Peabody/Johns Hopkins in Maryland. The Cecilian Music Club is an organization of teachers, performers and music lovers that seeks to promote the study and performance of classical music.
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