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      April 3, 2008  RSS feed

      President salutes effort of credit-counseling agencies
      Visit to Freehold Twp. highlights Hope Now national program
      FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP- President George W. Bush came to Freehold Township on March 28 to visit Novadebt, a credit-counseling agency that is working with consumers who have run into mortgage payments that they no longer can afford. More...
      Protesters urge Bush to end war, invest in America
      Hundreds rally in opposition to president's Freehold visit
      BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

      Hundreds of protesters chanted, "Bring the troops home, end the war now" as President George W. Bush touched down in Freehold aboard Marine One last week. Local individuals and families joined New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA), Democracy for America, the Coalition for Peace Action, the Solidarity Singers and Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) from 1-3 p.m. More...

      12-cent tax increase proposed in Roosevelt
      BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

      ROOSEVELT - Municipal employees do not get raises under the proposed borough budget for 2008-09. The Borough Council introduced the budget on March 21 and will hold a public hearing on the spending plan on May 27. Jeff Ellentuck and Peggy Malkin, who serve on the borough's finance committee, said that cuts were made across the board in most areas of the proposed budget. More...


      Allentown faces 24-cent tax increase
      Town may also see 13-cent tax hike for school budget
      BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

      ALLENTOWN - Mayor Stu Fierstein has called the proposed 23.9-cent rise in taxes as a result of the 2008-09 municipal budget disgraceful. The Borough Council introduced the proposed $2million budget onMarch 24 andwill hold a public hearing on the spending plan on April 29. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Roosevelt's architecture explored in documentary
      The Roosevelt Arts Project will present "Jersey Homesteads: In the Architectural Vanguard" at 8 p.m. April 12 at borough hall. The event will include a showing of a documentary video by Roosevelt resident Ben Johnson that explores the architectural history of the original Roosevelt houses. There will also be a question/comment session. More...
      • Roosevelt to continue yoga program at RPS
      • Turkey Trot returns to Horse Park Nov. 9
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       Letters
      • Trash is clogging Millstone Township's precious waterways
      Greetings. Winter has left us. Spring has arrived. And it sure is a fine time to get outside. While you're out frolicking in the sun, you might take a gander at the streams around Millstone Township. See how trash is clogging our precious waterways and cluttering on stream banks, poised to enter the water during the next rainstorm. More...
      • Baseball games offer an affordable, family-friendly day out
      • Democrats want Monmouth County spending cut
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       Editorials
      • Cutting NJDA would sow seeds of destruction
      Agriculture is not causing the state's budget deficit problem, so Gov. Jon Corzine's proposal to eliminate the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) as a costcutting measure is both ludicrous and wrong. More...
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      • Red State/Blue State
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       Obituaries
      • Sebastiano P. "Benny" Graceffo
      Mr. Graceffo, 88, a resident of Freehold for 48 years, died March 27, 2008, at home after a long illness. He was employed by Howell Trucking, Secaucus, for 30 years, and the U.S. Post Office in Freehold for 10 years. More...
      • Irene S. Blatchley
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       Sports
      • article has image Another hot hockey season comes to an end
      Roosevelt finishes fourth year of successful youth program
      ROOSEVELT - Monday nights in the Roosevelt Public School gym just won't be the same. The group of local youths whose gusto has been going to the goals from 7:30-9:30 p.m. will have to wait until November to get more shots off as another year of Roosevelt's successful youth hockey program comes to a close. More...
      • article has image Judgment day for Rutgers NFLhopefuls at Pro Day
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