Category: News Transcript News
-

H.S. teens to stage ‘Laramie Project’
Play focuses on events surrounding murder of young gay man BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — On Oct. 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, was tied to a split rail fence, beaten and left to die in a remote area of Laramie, Wyoming, because he was homosexual. It has been…
-

Feasibility study looks at solar panel options
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has authorized a study to be conducted at both middle schools in order to investigate the feasibility of installing solar panels at the two buildings. The resolution to move forward with the study passed in a 6-0 vote at the…
-

Recreation panel open to ideas for new events
Freehold Borough group looks to serve residents BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Borough Recreation Commission members are redefining their mission to provide and support in a cost-effective manner the leisure time activities and facilities that reflect the needs of the community. JEFF GRANIT staff An open gymnasium at Freehold High School is one…
-

Holiday drive to help children in Uganda
The American Red Cross-Jersey Coast Chapter and Sylvia’s Children, a Holmdel-based nonprofit charity organization that seeks to help African orphans, have teamed up to raise money this upcoming holiday season for the Mbiriizi Advanced Primary School in Masaka, Uganda, which consists of 1,000 children between the ages of 4 and 14, of which 267 youngsters…
-

BREAKING NEWS! Police confirm recent house, car burglaries
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Police confirm recent house, car burglaries MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Police Department has confirmed that there have been a series of burglaries to homes and vehicles in the township over the past few weeks. The incidents are being investigated by the Manalapan Detective Bureau. Anyone with information about any of…
-

Council considers revised rec fees
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Residents may soon see an increase in the cost to participate in some of the Marlboro Recreation Department’s programs after a proposed fee list was introduced at the Township Council’s Nov. 13 meeting. The Marlboro Recreation Commission establishes fees to defray a portion of the costs of operating…
-

Disney World is still out as school-trip destination
Marlboro students will visit Hershey, Pa., and Williamsburg, Va., music events during 2009 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Marlboro Board of Education members recently discussed whether it was in the best interest of students to include a trip to Florida among the possible locales for middle school music students to visit. Although the board members…
-

Fort Monmouth clinic expected to stay open
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the VeteransAdministration (VA) clinic at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, will remain open after the fort closes and will continue providing medical services to the 10,000 veterans and retirees who use it. Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry, the county’s representative on the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority,…
-

Pupils show support for U.S. troops
BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent PHOTO COURTESY OF FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT Pupils from the Eisenhower Middle School, Freehold Township, presented care packages bound for American troops serving overseas to representatives from Fort Monmouth, Eatontown. The students’ donation was made Nov. 12, the day after Veterans Day. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — To commemorate Veterans Day and to…
