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      April 2, 2009  RSS feed

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      SCOTT FRIEDMAN Fifth-graders Sean Curry (l), 10, and Max Vuolle, 11, check themselves out on the computers in the Roosevelt Public School library, which will now operate after school hours as a community library, thanks to volunteer efforts coordinated by the PTA. More...
      U.F. budget, jobs cut for $1M savings
      BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

      The governing body had reduced this year's budget by more than a million dollars. The 2009 budget introduced at the March 26 Upper Freehold Township Committee meeting was slashed by 18.2 percent from the previous year. This year's budget totals $5,378,000, reduced from last year's budget of $6,576,699. More...

       Bulletin Board
      • Garden club to host rose expert April 9
      The Allentown Garden Club will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. April 9 at the Allentown Methodist Church, 23 Church St. Noted rose expert Joseph D'Orio will share his considerable knowledge of roses and will also answer questions and provide timely tips for healthy, robust roses. More...
      • Millstone MOMS Club to meet April 9
      • Egg hunt, breakfast to be held in Millstone
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       Letters
      • Where's the help for N.J. small businesses?
      The financial crisis that began on Wall Street and spread to Detroit and corporate America has officially found its way to Main Street. The tsunami battering our economy has now breached the largest and most important segment of our economy — America's entrepreneurs. More...
      • Bring history back into Monmouth County's schools
      • Racetrack slots would provide much-needed revenue
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       Editorials
      • article has image Novel addresses problems in pharmaceutical industry
      Dr. Michael Rushnak was visited by a drug company representative in 1979. The marketing salesperson, who did not have a clinical medical background, was trying to market the new drug Selacryn, which at the time was advertised to be the best blood pressure pill ever. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image They say life is sweeter for Twitterers who Tweet
      The email message was enough to make little beads of sweat break out on my forehead and set my heart to thumping with dread. It said one of my brothers had invited me to join Twitter so he and I could Tweet. It's not easy keeping true to my Luddite philosophies in today's society, but I do my best. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Elizabeth Searby McLaughlin
      Mrs. McLaughlin, 85, of Freehold Township, died March 20, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Mrs. McLaughlin had resided in Freehold from 1960 until 1985 when she moved back to the home where she was born in Millstone, moving to Applewood Estates six months ago. More...
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       Schools
      • article has image Face to face
      MATT DENTON Russell Gutter, 7, studies a taxidermic fox during the seventh annual Science Night Live at the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary/Middle School on March 20. More...
      • Schools raise $21K for research hospital
      • article has image AHS Student Council serves up smiles
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       Sports
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      Student Amanda Turowski signs a letter of intent to play basketball at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pa., at Allentown High School in the company of her father Steven (l-r), her mother Hope, coach Linda Weise and Athletic Director Brian Irwin. More...
      • U.F. driver makes harness history
      • BlueClaws opening practice free to public
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