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      February 10, 2010  RSS feed

      Church reaches out to Haiti
      Members of Manalapan congregation have family in devastated nation
      BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent

      The Community Refuge Church of Christ in Manalapan, Sobechko Road, Manalapan, has established the Help Haiti Project - Rebuilding Haiti One Brick at a Time to assist Haitians whose lives were devastated by the Jan. 12 earthquake in the Caribbean nation. More...

      Higgins was noted for service to Freehold
      Funeral home director sat on many boards, worked with civic groups
      BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer

      When Jim Higgins died on Jan. 30, Freehold Borough lost a quiet philanthropist, a devoted civic and community volunteer, a consummate storyteller who remembered facts as well as legends, and a dear friend. Higgins, 88, was the founder of the Higgins Memorial Home, Center Street. More...


      Couple recovering after transplant
      Marlboro woman donated a kidney to her husband
      BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer

      MARLBORO — When Ellyn Glazer found out her kidney was the match her husband Roy needed, she never wavered in her resolve to save her husband’s life. “You would do anything for your husband and kids,” she said. More...


      Arrest made in connection with Manalapan robbery

      Acting Special Agent In Charge Kevin Cruise of the FBI’s Newark Field Office has announced the arrest of Scott Mackay Jr., 47, of Toms River, in connection with multiple bank robberies in Ocean and Monmouth counties. Mackay was arrested on Jan. 30. More...


      Pair charged with scamming customers at car dealership

      Two Colts Neck residents who operated used car centers in East Brunswick were arrested last week and charged with stealing $229,000 from a real estate investor and about $500,000 from 32 individuals and companies who gave them vehicles to sell on consignment. More...


      Play will benefit scholarship fund

      Center Players, Freehold’s resident theater company, will present a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” directed by Judy Spiegel and Bernice Garfield–Szita, at 8 p.m. Feb. 19-20 at Applewood Estates’ Performing Arts Center, 1 Applewood Drive, off Gully Road, Freehold Township. More...


      Horse farm enters preservation; town to close on second parcel
      BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer

      MANALAPAN — Township Committeeman Don Holland announced at the Jan. 27 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee that officials have closed on the purchase of the Sherman farm. The property is a 58-acre horse farm on McCaffrey Road. Owner Michael Sherman raises horses and breeds horses on the property. T he Sherman farm will be placed in More...


      In the Service

      Coast Guard seamen Tyler S. Brady and Eliza M. Henry recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • District will assist special needs children
      FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Elementary and Middle School District is conducting an ongoing community-wide effort to find and help children in need of special education programs due to a physical, emotional or learning difficulty. More...
      • Newcomers’ ‘Lucky Name’ benefit Feb. 25
      • Band to perform
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       Letters
      • Corn Refiners Association clarifies information
      The Feb. 3 News Transcript article “Women Hope to Inspire Children To Eat Healthy” may mislead consumers about high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is simply a kind of corn sugar. It has the same number of calories as sugar and is handled the same by the body. More...
      • Teachers’ new deal in Marlboro is shocking
      • Marlboro resident wants answers about students’ performance
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       Editorials
      • Even the playing field in school negotiations
      Guest Column • Dr. Marc Gaswirth
      No major political figure in the state today other than perhaps the new governor, Chris Christie, appears ready to tackle and finally act on a significant public policy question. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Looks like we survived the ‘storm of the decade’
      Coda • GREG BEAN
      By the time this column sees print, the Great Blizzard of 2010, nicknamed “Snowpocalypse” by some creative member of the national press, will just be a memory. You know, before we moved to the East Coast, I used to believe that folks out here were scared of only one thing, and that was escaped convicts. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Chad Michael Horne
      Mr. Horne, 22, of Freehold Township, died Jan. 28, 2010, in Bethlehem, Pa., from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was a graduate of Freehold High School, and had been working toward a degree in political science at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. Mr. Horne had completed an internship at Disney World and was planning to return there to provide excellent guest services. More...
      • John Steven Hancheck Jr.
      • Bernard “Benny” W. McDermott
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       Schools
      • Students get dose of reality at school’s hunger banquet
      COLTS NECK — The eighth-grade class at the Cedar Drive Middle School expected to attend a school assembly on Jan. 14, but instead of watching an assembly the pupils participated in a surprise banquet — a hunger banquet. More...
      • On Campus
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       Sports
      • article has image Rebels play their way into state tournament
      The road to a berth in the upcoming NJSIAA state tournament was not a smooth one for the Howell High School girls basketball team. There were some major potholes along the way, but all that mattered to coach Bill Gallacher is that after a 63-26 win over Middletown North High School on Feb. 5, the Rebels (9-8) have qualified for the state tournament. More...
      • Sport Shorts
      • article has image Father and son have connection in coach
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       Business
      • Business Briefs
      WinAMortgagePayment.com named the winner of its first monthly Win A Mortgage Payment Sweepstakes. Jeff Segan of Manalapan will receive a check in the amount of his mortgage payment up to $4,000. More...
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