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• Faith Tabernacle Church Celebrates 75 Years 

  by Colleen Curry on August 31st, 2010 | Comment

  

  Faith Tabernacle Church, on Avenue A in Freehold Borough, will celebrate its 75th anniversary this weekend with a banquet in East Windsor.

  The Church was founded in 1935 by recent Virginia transplants to Freehold Arthur Goode and Reverend Sallie Goode. It began as a small mission on Throckmorton Street, and moved first to 9 Avenue [...]

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• CentraState Expands MS Center 

  by Colleen Curry on August 25th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Patient examination rooms, clinical research facilities, and additional neurologists are the highlights of CentraState Medical Center's $400,000 expansion of its Multiple Sclerosis Center, set to begin construction in the next two weeks.

  The center will celebrate the beginning of the expansion this Friday, prior to its annual fund raiser at the hospital.

  The [...]

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• Freehold Borough to Update Master Plan 

  by Colleen Curry on August 12th, 2010 | Comment

  

  The Freehold Borough Planning Board has appointed a subcommittee to reexamine the Borough's Master Plan.

  The plan, last amended in 2005, must be updated every 5-6 years, according to Council liaison George Schnurr. If left unchecked for more than that, building applicants that are denied by the planning board can appeal on the grounds that [...]

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• Freehold Idol Judges Offer Expertise, Encouragement 

  by Colleen Curry on August 9th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Each week, dozens of budding performers muster up the courage to go before hundreds of spectators in for Freehold Idol in downtown Freehold and belt their favorite tunes--and their fates lie in the opinion of three local musical experts.

  Community Contributor Lisa Schofield hit the streets to find out exactly how the judging process [...]

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• RU Music on Main Street? 

  by Brian Sullivan on July 2nd, 2010 | Comment

  Visitors and residents of downtown Freehold have certainly become used to the increasing quality of music in town. Between the summer concert series, Freehold Idol, open Mic night at Zebu Forno, the entertainment gazebo and much more, there is plenty of entertainment to be found surrounding the bustling restaurant businesses the town has to offer. [...]

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    Jeff Friedman 12:45 pm on July 2, 2010 Permalink | Reply

    This is another example of the postive things taking place in Downtown Freehold.

• Injured Turtle Takes a Stroll on Kozloski 

  by Colleen Curry on June 4th, 2010 | Comment

  

  You know the joke: why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the Shell station!

  Well Wednesday night, a turtle set out across a major highway just up the road from the Shell station, looking to prove jokesters everywhere right.

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• Freehold Idol Kicks Off: Gallery 

  by Colleen Curry on June 4th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Marissa Busso bravely took the stage Wednesday night, the first of dozens of talented hopefuls seeking this year's Freehold Idol title.

  Busso, 13, an eight grader at Barkalow school, delighted the panel of judges with a powerful rendition of the Grease classic, "There are Worse Things I Could Do."

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• Schundler Hears Boro School Woes 

  by Kim Predham on June 3rd, 2010 | Comment

  

  Borough school officials had a clear message for Bret Schundler Wednesday: Help!

  Schundler, the state’s new education commissioner, visited Freehold Wednesday for a visit with school officials, who discussed the district’s financial situation and state aid issues. He was accompanied by 12th District legislators Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande and Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon Jr.

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• Circle of Excellence awards honor businesses’ community achievements 

  by Loretta Kuhnert on May 25th, 2010 | Comment

  Nine outstanding business organizations will be recognized on June 3, 2010 for outstanding community enrichment through service, leadership and achievement by the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce.

  “Our honorees are reflective of the people in the Monmouth County area,” said Patricia Clyne Lindberg, community liaison at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Toms River and co-chair of [...]

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• Scouts make flower garden at West Freehold School 

  by Colleen Curry on May 25th, 2010 | Comment

  

  - Stacey Ehling -

  With shovels, dirt and flowers in hand, dozens of Scouts and their families worked together to bring a touch of Spring to the entrance of West Freehold School.

  Cub Scout Pack 155 and Boy Scout Troop 155 in Freehold joined forces to create a new flower garden to welcome [...]

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• Strawberry Pickin’ Season in Freehold 

  by Colleen Curry on May 21st, 2010 | Comment

  

  Did you know it's strawberry season right now? And boy, do we mean right now.

  For the next two weeks, strawberries are at their prime here in the Garden State, and you can get yours at two of Freehold's favorite U-Pick orchards-- Wemrock and Battleview.

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• Basket Raffle at Freehold Learning Center 

  by Kevin Tennant on May 20th, 2010 | Comment

  This Saturday 5/22 from 5pm - 8pm, the FLC PTO will be sponsoring a Basket Raffle at the Freehold Learning Center, 30 Dutch Lane Road, Freehold.

  $10 per person at the door (includes pasta dinner, beverage and dessert) Seating is limited! Raffle Tickets available for purchase 50/50 Raffle ADULTS ONLY PLEASE!

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• Photo Contest Finalists Announced 

  by Colleen Curry on May 17th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Freehold InJersey's inaugural reader-decided Spring Photo Contest is getting exciting!

  Last week, FinJ readers determined the TOP 5 Spring Photos submitted to our contest--with some runaway leaders and some tight races. Now, the Final Five are ready for more reader voting to determine who takes home the top prize and who can [...]

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• Molly Pitcher Program 

  by Kathy Mulholland on May 13th, 2010 | Comment

  Title: Molly Pitcher Program Location: Clifton T. Barkalow School, Stillwells Corner Road, Freehold Township Description: The Freehold Area Branch of the AAUW will host a New Jersey Council on the Humanities program at the Barkalow Middle School (Stillwells Corner Road, Freehold Township) on Thursday, May 13, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

  The program, entitled \"Over Here, [...]

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• Election Day! Spring Photo Contest Kick-Off 

  by Colleen Curry on May 7th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Happy Election Day everybody! We love elections here at FinJ, and this is our favorite one yet. This time around, readers of FinJ can vote for their favorite Spring Photos from around Freehold.

  Over the past two months, readers have submitted springtime-themed photos to our website and Facebook event, sending in [...]

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