CHRIS KELLY staff Coast Guard rescue swimmer Brian Tricarico helps Ari Tepper, 5, of Manalapan, ride a body board during the Best Day Foundation's "Best Day at the Beach" event of surfing and body boarding at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch on June 14. The Best Day New Jersey events are free for youngsters with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, blindness, cancer, spinal cord injuries and other physical and developmental challenges.
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Marlboro middle school students have hopes to perform at Disney World
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
Parents and students who are involved in Marlboro's middle school music programs were told to be cautiously optimistic that come next April they could be on their way to perform at Walt Disney World in Florida. The Marlboro Board of Education during its June 16 meeting expressed a consensus to support the trip as long as certain conditions were met. More...
Freehold Borough Council adopts $14M budget
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
The Freehold Borough Council has adopted a $14 million operating budget for 2009. Following a review of the budget by state officials, the council adopted the spending plan at a meeting held in Borough Hall on June 15. The 2009 Freehold Borough municipal budget totals $14,055,135 and will be supported by an $8.1 million local tax levy. The borough will receive $1. More...
Retired police detectives delve into their task
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
Bring two veteran police detectives together, give them a mystery to solve and watch what happens. In this case the officers were retired Freehold Township police Detective Sgt. Jerry Ostrander and retired Freehold Township police Detective Bill Hankins. More...
The Rock'n Music Idol 2009 live finale was held June 7 at the Cliffwood Beach VFW Hall. The finale featured performances by the 27 finalists from throughout New Jersey who advanced to the finals out of more than 600 contestants who auditioned for the competition in February. More...
By Gloria Averbuch
Athletes and coaches have a lot to offer us. I learned this last night as I sat among the crowd at a Sky Blue FC game and listened to Head Coach Kelly Lindsey give what was billed as a coach's "chalk talk." This woman, a former professional player herself, is young enough to be my daughter, but on this evening, she was wise enough to be my sage. More...
Debrah DeFeo preparing to retire from Freehold Twp.
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Debrah DeFeo began her career as a working woman essentially in a man's world. More...
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
Anew agreement between the Freehold Regional High School District and the Freehold Regional High School District Principals Association was approved by the district's Board of Education during its June 15 meeting in Englishtown. More...
Rockin' in Manalapan
