Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Heritage House Sotheby’s International Realty steps into the future

    Heritage House Sotheby’s International Realty steps into the future

    There was no time-traveling DeLorean waiting to whisk Mary Burke to the future when she first opened Heritage House Realtors in 1990 with one office and 15 sales associates.  But had there been a DeLorean, she may have been surprised to see just how successful she’d be 26 years later. Today, Heritage House Sotheby’s International…

  • Grant will fund improvements to Matawan park

    Grant will fund improvements to Matawan park

    By Kayla J. Marsh Staff Writer MATAWAN – Gravelly Brook Park, a more than two-acre site that is located just off Main Street and Route 79, will see some much-needed upgrades and repairs thanks to a $250,000 Monmouth County Municipal Open Space grant. “We had applied for the grant sometime ago and what had happened…

  • Gamble guiding Mater Dei to best boys hoops season

    Gamble guiding Mater Dei to best boys hoops season

    By Wayne Witkowski Ben Gamble was concerned about chemistry when he took over Mater Dei Prep’s boys basketball program this season. Now the Seraphs are enjoying their greatest season ever. After all, the roster included seven players who previously were at three other high schools, and Gamble knew he had to pull it together. But…

  • Classrooms could be converted for full-day kindergarten

    Classrooms could be converted for full-day kindergarten

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The earliest date that full-day kindergarten could be implemented in the Marlboro K-8 School District is September 2017. Board of Education members are discussing a plan that would see renovations made to the Asher Holmes Elementary School, the Frank Defino Central Elementary School, the Frank J. Dugan Elementary…

  • Charter school nixed in Red Bank

    Charter school nixed in Red Bank

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK — New Jersey Commissioner of Education David Hespe denied the expansion request of the Red Bank Charter School, according to a member of the  borough board of education. The Red Bank Charter School is disappointed in the Department of Education’s decision to deny expansion to the charter school.…

  • Guidelines to testing are revised

    Guidelines to testing are revised

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – In response to parents who have expressed concern about the amount of testing their children undergo in school, administrators in the Marlboro K-8 School District have announced changes for the remainder of the 2015-16 school year and said they will examine long-term changes for testing in the district.…

  • Matawan-Aberdeen introduces school budget for 2016-17

    Matawan-Aberdeen introduces school budget for 2016-17

    By Kayla J. Marsh Staff Writer ABERDEEN – A $68.4 million budget for the 2016-17 school year that highlights an increase in state aid was introduced by the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education. During the board meeting that was held on Feb. 22, the interim Business Administrator, Thomas M. Venanzi, introduced the proposed…

  • Teenager’s trek from Edison to Sayreville honors all facets of military service

    Teenager’s trek from Edison to Sayreville honors all facets of military service

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer With chants of “Go, Brendan, Go!” by his fellow classmates at Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, Brendan O’Brien embarked on a solo 15-mile trek in the steady rain last week to raise awareness and money for the plight of military veterans. The run on Feb. 23 included a police entourage from…

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