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  • ALLENTOWN: State OKs new ‘school choice’ programs at AHS

    Stone Bridge Middle School approved for advanced math By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional School District has won state approval to offer four new interdistrict school choice programs — three at the high school and one at the middle school — that in 2013-14 can collectively accept up to 78…

  • ALLENTOWN: Teen sharpshooter takes best shot at championship

    ALLENTOWN: Teen sharpshooter takes best shot at championship

       CAMP PERRY, OHIO — Allentown High School senior Danny Jonas scored big at the National Rifle Association’s National Smallbore 3-Position Rifle Championship last month, winning first in the Junior Sharpshooter Class.    Danny also finished 16th overall out of more than 275 of the top target shooters in the country — minus the Olympic team members…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Shennard chosen as interim councilman

    ROBBINSVILLE: Shennard chosen as interim councilman

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — The four remaining members of the Township Council have selected former zoning board chief Dennis Shennard to temporarily fill a vacancy on the council caused by the recent resignation of Rich Levesque.    Mr. Shennard, 42, of Voelbel Road, was nominated by Councilwoman Chris Ciaccio and approved 4-0 by…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Some things to expect in new school year

       Here are some things you should know about back to school and the new year.    First day of school for students is Thursday, Sept. 6. Teachers have in-service days for teachers on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 4 and 5.       School lunches will cost more. Meals will also be healthier.    A new federal law will mean…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of Aug. 20-26

        A Middletown, N.Y., man came to headquarters at 8:50 a.m. Aug. 20 to report that his 2004 Ford Explorer had been taken from the Adesa Auto Auction parking lot on North Main Street. The vehicle had been there since June 28, and police said neither Adesa nor a towing agency had moved the car.…

  • LAWRENCE: Man does a cross-country ride for MS

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    When Phil Cooper set out on a cross-country bicycle ride to raise money to combat multiple sclerosis, he knew the money would help make a difference for those who suffer from the life-altering disease.    What Mr. Cooper did not know is that the 62-day trip would alter his life —…

  • Kelly Rafalski Recognized as CMA’s First Intern Elite

    Kelly Rafalski Recognized as CMA’s First Intern Elite

    From left to right: Ian Singer, Marketing Director; Kelly Rafalski, Marketing Intern and Jeffrey Barnhart; President and CEO.

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Two local farmers join state agriculture board

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Two local farmers join state agriculture board

    Upper Freehold Township farmer Martin Bullock, of Bullock Farms, recently was sworn into a four-year term on the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Technology to aid teaching

    Staffers embrace computers given to them By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough High School teacher Dawn Roslon will change the way she works this fall.    She’ll set up a class website and use it to share homework assignments and keep parents informed, among other things. Last year, she created something similar — but paid for…