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      January 16, 2008  RSS feed

      Bethel A.M.E. volunteers make weekends better for children, seniors
      The season of giving is not over in Freehold just because the holidays are behind us. In an effort to keep the giving going, volunteers at the Bethel A.M.E. Church, Waterworks Road, are packaging and delivering meals to hungry children on a weekend basis through their weekend meal program. More...
      Michael Wilson sworn in for new term in hometown

      FREEHOLD- Mayor MichaelWilson told a standing-room-only crowd in Borough Hall that words could not do justice to the profound sense of gratitude he had for the people of Freehold who honored him with the job of leading them for another four years. More...

      MANALAPAN - Mayor Michelle Roth announced that Manalapan has been awarded a $160,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation to be used for the realignment of Symmes Drive at the bend in the road near Craig Road and CaitlinWay. More...


      MARLBORO - A resolution will soon appear before the Marlboro K-8 Board of Education that will address special budget questions that are placed on the ballot in the annual school election. More...


      Police chief reports results from last year's motor vehicle program

      MANALAPAN - Police officers will again be participating in a program of enhanced enforcement of motor vehicle laws on selected roads in Manalapan. A resolution providing for the stepped-up enforcement was adopted by the Township Committee on Jan. 9. More...


      FREEHOLD - Three members of the Borough Council were sworn into office when the governing body of Freehold Borough held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 6. All six members of the council and Mayor MichaelWilson are Democrats. More...


      TheMake-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey has broken ground on a castle like building that will be one of a kind on the East Coast. The 20,000-square-foot structure, to be called the Samuel and Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place, will be on Perrineville Road, off Route 33 west in Monroe Township. More...


      Aridership study released on Dec. 13 by NJ Transit says that the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) line that would run from Lakehurst to theMonmouth Junction section of South Brunswick to the Northeast Corridor line and then to New York City would have the highest daily ridership out of the three current options at 27,450. More...


      A Defensive Driving Course sponsored by the Manalapan High School Marching Band will be conducted by certified instructors from the National Safety Council (NSC) from 9 a.m. to about 4 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Manalapan municipal building, Route 522 and Taylors Mills Road. The cost of $30 per person includes lunch, certifications and materials. More...
      The Dec. 26 column by Blue- State Greg Bean and Red- State Dave Simpson, "If You Like the Post Office, You'll Love Universal Health Care," is almost funny: "funny" for their inanity claiming to be humor, "almost" for the tragedy that some readers might take either diatribe seriously and reject all universal health-care proposals out of hand. More...
      Ihate January. Although we're bound to see commercials with an adorable snow bunny that's blushing at the prospect of the new fallen snow, I'm here to contend that January is not cute, not trendy and is the worst month of the year. More...
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      Mrs. Wojczak, 75, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 31, 2007, at CentraStateMedical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Glen Ridge, she had lived in Belleville beforemoving to Freehold Township in the late 1980s. Mrs. Wojczak worked in the customer service department at Conair, EastWindsor, for 20 years. More...
      The New Jersey Center for Character Education (NJCCE) at Rutgers University has announced that Marlboro High School will participate in a statewide Partnership for Advancing Character Education through Service- Learning (PACES). More...
      The numbers speak for themselves. In its third year of existence, the Freehold Independent Raiders ice hockey team has seen its numbers grow from 20 in its first year to 60 in 2007-08. More...
      Have you everwalked up to a baseball player, dying to get him to autograph your baseball, only to realize you forgot your pen? What about trying to get a player to sign a muddy, scuffed-up ball? Well, a South Brunswick business, League Design Partners, has invented a new kit it says will make all of your baseball signing nightmares go away. More...