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      October 22, 2008  RSS feed

      JEFF GRANIT staff Nadia Abdalla, 12, a seventh-grader at Freehold Intermediate School, Freehold Borough, gets an autograph from Anthony, a New Jersey state prison inmate who gave a heartfelt talk to students about the 17 years he has spent behind bars. For more, see page 3. More...
      Weaverville Road residents asking for township help

      Anew day care center for children and an office building may be coming to Freehold Township in the near future, but a final vote to approve those facilities has not been taken by the Planning Board. Following several hearings, members of the Planning Board voted on Oct. More...

      Document questions legitimacy of town's case against Moskovitz

      Two Manalapan Township Committee members claim they have been left in the dark on a case involving a former township attorney. One document questions whether the litigation is legitimate or a "politically motivated vendetta at taxpayers' expense. More...


      Freehold youngsters are told to make correct decisions for themselves

      FREEHOLD — Anthony is the kind of guy you would love to swap stories, shoot the breeze and hang out with. That wasn't always the case, however. Anthony's life has taken him through dangerous twists and turns, and the person he is today hardly resembles the person he was years ago. More...


      MANALAPAN — An affordable housing development for people over the age of 55 that has been years in the making will hold its grand opening on Oct. 24. The rental apartments at Heritage Village will help Manalapan meet its second round obligation under regulations put forth by the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). More...


      Homeowners lobby council to hold bonds belonging to developer

      MARLBORO — Residents who live in the area of the Crine Woods development off Crine Road flooded the Citizens Voice portion of the Oct. 16 Township Council meeting in hopes of preventing the release of a performance guarantee and restoration bond for the development. More...


      FREEHOLD — Students at the Freehold Intermediate School were given a taste of what life in prison may be like for them if they choose to make the wrong decisions in life. Reginald Easley, senior investigator of the Special Investigations Division of the Gang Intelligence Unit for the New Jersey Department of Corrections, spoke to the students during an Oct. More...


      MARLBORO — Alternative energy projects could soon be looked at by the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education. Ed Liberty of the Dome-Tech Group, Edison, provided board members with an overview of solar energy options at their Oct. 14 workshop meeting. More...


      The PNC Bank, located at 32 Route 34 Colts Neck, will host "A Holiday Fair …..because you care" 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 25. The event will benefit The Ashley Lauren Foundation which provides direct family assistance to children in New Jersey suffering from cancer. More...
      Are you an Army veteran? Do you know one? Would you like to help formally recognize them for their service to our country? Freedom Team Salute is an official Secretary of the Army recognition program with two missions: To honor all Army veterans for their service and dedication to the Army, and to help soldiers formally thank those who support them in their service. More...
      Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH
      I've hit some rough spots in my parenting years. I've doctored skinned knees, jammed thumbs and stubbed toes. I lived through Barney, Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and sacrificed my bath towels for Batman capes as I watched the children launch off the chairs and swing through the kitchen on a makeshift rope. More...
      Coda • GREG BEAN
      Last May, I wrote a column bemoaning that my white whale of a Ford 150 pickup had all the resale value of the ubiquitous exercise equipment you see at yard sales. Drive by a yard sale at the end of the day, and chances are the used dishes and pots and pans and tools, and even the portraits of Elvis on velvet have been snapped up. More...
      Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN
      Dear Greg: There's no joy in Mudville for Red Staters these days, old friend, as even ardent supporters of John McCain predict big trouble come Election Day. I heard James Carville say of McCain the other day, "Stick a fawk in 'im. He's done. More...
      Mr. Thompson, 92, of Englishtown, died Oct. 17, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was born in Freehold Township and had resided in Englishtown since 1941. Mr. Thompson was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and worked for over 60 years as a selfemployed gravedigger in many local cemeteries. His wife, Adelette Blair Thompson, died in 2006. More...
      Beat Long Branch in second half; CN, FT also win
      There is something uniquely Americana about Freehold Borough football and its continuity. Fathers come out to see their sons play. Former players return to check out the latest Colonial edition. It's true community. Saturday, there was Walt Freeman chatting with Jack Mayes prior to the game. They were on Freehold Borough's championship teams of the early 1950's. More...