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  • Mayor’s post, council seat at stake in Howell

    Walsh, Bohlin, Clark, Wynalek are making bids for office BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Robert Walsh HOWELL — There will be at least one, and possibly two new faces in Howell government in January. The only incumbent on the Nov. 4 general election ballot is Township Councilman Robert Walsh, who is running for mayor. Walsh’s…

  • Investigator paints grim picture of life in prison

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Students at the Freehold Intermediate School were given a taste of what life in prison may be like for them if they choose to make the wrong decisions in life. Reginald Easley, senior investigator of the Special Investigations Division of the Gang Intelligence Unit for the New…

  • Caps for Yaps founder to speak at fundraiser

    Kayla Martell, Miss Georgetown 2008 and founder of “Caps for Yaps – Caps for Youth Alopecia Patients,” will be one of the featured speakers at the third annual “Let Your Hair Down” charity event to be hosted on Oct. 24 by Donna Gambacorta-Hakim and Matthew Hakim. The Hakims are hosting the event to raise funds…

  • Board takes first look at use of solar energy

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Alternative energy projects could soon be looked at by the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education. Ed Liberty of the Dome-Tech Group, Edison, provided board members with an overview of solar energy options at their Oct. 14 workshop meeting. District administrators are considering whether they should research…

  • Conservation group nears fundraising goal

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Despite heavy downpours the day before and more predictions of inclement weather, 350 loyal supporters of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF) made it out to Monmouth County’s Huber Woods Equestrian Center, Middletown, on Sept. 27 for the 31st annual dinner dance and fundraiser. This year’s theme was “The Home Stretch,”…

  • Contract gets formal approval

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN – The members of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education voted on Oct. 7 to ratify a new contract with the Manalapan Englishtown Education Association (MEEA). The MEEA represents 450 faculty members in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. The district serves children in kindergarten through eighth grade…

  • Pupils celebrate peace

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Schools in the Freehold Township School District held various events on Sept. 22 in recognition of the International Day of Peace established by the United Nations in 1982. Teachers organized school-wide activities to raise community awareness about what peace means in daily lives, with an emphasis on tolerance, cooperation and unity. At…

  • Board revises tuition reimbursement code

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Arevised policy adding extra criteria for employees of the Freehold Regional High School District in order to receive tuition reimbursement was approved by the Board of Education at its Oct. 6 meeting at Howell High School. Board members Patricia Horvath, Ronald Lawson, Bunny Hammer, Tom Caiazza and Kathie Lavin voted…

  • Caps for Yaps founder to speak at fundraiser

    Kayla Martell, Miss Georgetown 2008 and founder of “Caps for Yaps – Caps for Youth Alopecia Patients” will be one of the featured speakers at the third annual “Let Your Hair Down” charity event to be hosted on Oct. 24 by Donna Gambacorta-Hakim and Matthew Hakim. The Hakims are hosting the event to raise funds…