Talk:Freehold Township, New Jersey

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[edit] Removed from article

I removed the following two sections from the article. They'd probably be good for wikinews, but they're not notable events that belong in an encyclopedia article on the town. -- NORTH talk 00:33, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meteorite crash

See also: Meteorite falls

On January 3, 2007, a 13-ounce, kidney-shaped iron meteorite crashed through the roof of a suburban Freehold Township home located near CR-537. The Freehold Township Police Department called in the Federal Aviation Administration who determined that the object was not part of an airplane or blue ice. Experts soon claimed that a meteor shower had occurred within the area one day prior and subsequently entitled the derelict meteorite, 'Freehold Township' in honor of the town. [1][2]

[edit] Kozloski Road Tragedy

On Wednesday, January 10, 2007, four people were killed and one person was left in critical condition when three high school students driving in a Cadillac CTS collided head-on with a Dodge Caravan which was being used as a school transportation vehicle in a major accident on a new extension of Kozloski Road between Dutch Lane Rd and CR 537. The accident gained major regional attention and made the front pages of state newspapers. It was the top headline of major New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia news outlets. The high school students who were pronounced dead at the scene, were identified as 17-year-old Michael Dragonetti, 17-year-old James Warnock, and 16-year-old Andrew Lundy. The students were well known throughout the town and attended nearby Freehold Borough High School. They had been dismissed from school just ten minutes earlier. In the Dodge Caravan, driver Ruth A. MacArthur, 68, of Old Bridge, New Jersey was killed and an unidentified 13-year-old boy was seriously injured. Since speed was said to have been a factor, the accident placed pressure on state police departments to enforce New Jersey's provisional drivers license laws and increased awareness on the importance of driver education programs in state high schools. It also left many state residents demanding that the state implement more restrictions on young drivers and raise the eligible driving age which is currently 17 for those born prior to 1992 and 18 for those born after. This tragedy, which took place one week after the meteorite crash, once again put Freehold Township in the headlines and brought more media attention to the suburban community.[3]


[edit] Exposure of embedded references

  1. ^ Meteorite Crashes Into Bathroom, Discovery Channel, January 11, 2007
  2. ^ Newmarker, Chris. "Mystery object that fell on N.J. home is identified", Delaware News-Journal (reprinting from Associated Press), 11 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-11. 
  3. ^ Freehold students light candles for friends killed in crash, Asbury Park Press, January 11, 2007

[edit] Discussion

Meteorite falls are both newsworthy and encyclopedic owing to the rarity with which they are documented and the nature of the artifact subsequently available for scientific study. However, I think if I were to restore the section to the article without some other statements of support, the addition would be quickly removed. I've edited the section slightly. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 01:11, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

If you want to go ahead and restore the section on the meteorite, feel free; I definitely see your point. I'm not entirely sure that it's appropriate for inclusion on an article about the town, though. Perhaps one option would be to create a new article on the meteorite itself, even if it would just be a stub.
The only reason I removed it was because I was working on the CR 55 article, came here because of the car accident link, and lumped them together -- the car accident definitely isn't notable enough for inclusion here. -- NORTH talk 07:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
I won't object to removal of the car crash, which was horrific but not clearly encyclopedic. The meteorite was national news and an extremely rare event. The removal of both made the combination seem fishy after a series of vandalism. Let's put the meteorite stuff back and I think we have agreement. Alansohn 22:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Not a problem as I said above, but I still prefer treating the meteorite as a separate article, even if it would be a hopeless stub. -- NORTH talk 22:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Moreover, considering the meteorite was bestowed with the appellation, 'Freehold Township', it seems to thus render the incident noteworthy---a brief sentence or two would suffice.Nalco 15:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Postscriptum: I almost neglected to contrast the matter, although, I can cordially state that a meteroite crash is, incontrovertibly, more noteworthy than the already extant article regarding the 'Senior League World Series Champions'? I would suggest to replace such a trifle with the meteorite infromation---that would properly rectify the article.Nalco 15:39, 7 March 2007 (UTC)