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  • Full-day preschool planned

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – School administrators in Freehold Borough are hoping to provide 3- and 4-year-old preschool pupils with a full-day program beginning in September. The switch from the present halfday preschool program to a full-day program is contingent upon the receipt of certain funding from the state. At present, the…

  • Teens support teacher at Walk MS

    A group of about 200 Freehold High School students took to the pavement April 13 to walk to help create a world free of multiple sclerosis (MS). The students were part of the Freehold High School MS Walkers team during the 20th anniversary of Walk MS. Freehold High School Spanish teacher Rennie Rankin is the…

  • Walsh will make a run at Howell mayor’s post

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Independent Township Councilman Robert Walsh has thrown his hat in the ring and will seek to become Howell’s mayor in the November general election. A four-year term as mayor will be up for grabs, along with one four-year term on the Township Council. Under Howell’s form of government,…

  • Officials plan to introduce budget at May 28 meeting

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN- Township officials have scheduled May 28 as the date they will introduce the 2008 municipal budget. The Township Committee will hold a regular meeting that night. According to Township Administrator Tara Lovrich, “The new state-imposed cap of 4 percent gives us limits” as far as the operating budget of…

  • $34.1M spending plan introduced in Marlboro

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – A 2008 municipal budget totaling $34,159,547was unveiled at the May 15 meeting of the Township Council. The budget proposes a 1.5-cent increase in the municipal tax rate. If the budget is eventually adopted as presented last week, themunicipal tax rate will rise from54.3 to 55.8 cents per $100…

  • Special ed. pupils shine at big event

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Under a clear blue sky on the open fields of Shark River Park in Wall Township, a group of about 225 pupils from the Howell K-8 School District displayed their athleticism in the 22nd year of Howell Mania, the district’s version of the Special Olympics. In the spirit of inclusion,…

  • Resident files lawsuit against Planning Board

    Claims recent decision on Ambten application was unreasonable BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO- The Planning Board is facing litigation that stems from its recent approval of the Ambten Road Associates warehouse-office project at Tennent and Amboy roads. Resident Alexander Ingham filed a civil action in state Superior Court following the board’s approval of theAmbten…

  • Officer assigned to school

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – An officer from the Monmouth County Sheriff ‘s Office will not be placed on duty at Manalapan High School while the regular School Resource Officer (SRO) is on active military duty in Afghanistan. However, the Manalapan Police Department has taken one of its two Drug Abuse Resistance Education…

  • Owners of dog-training facility make case to continue business

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Testimony is expected to resume on June 9 before the Zoning Board of Adjustment in the case of the Kindred Souls Canine Center, Brown Road. Representatives of the business made their latest appearance before the board on April 14. As they seek a use variance, the principals of…