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  • Township Committee will review school tab

    Freehold Twp. voters reject $53.9M tax levy in April 15 election BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – For the first time since April 2003, voters in Freehold Township have rejected a proposed school budget tax levy. The tax levy makes up the majority of the revenues that support the operation of most school…

  • Beck proposals address commuter bus service

    State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12) announced that she has introduced a package of three bills designed to improve commuter bus service in New Jersey, and said she has written a letter to Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Sen. Nicholas Sacco, requesting that the bills, along with three others she had previously introduced, be posted at the…

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Day set for May 18

    LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Blue- Claws have teamed up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure Central and South Jersey to host Breast Cancer Awareness Day, presented by Molly Maid, May 18, at FirstEnergy Park, 2 Stadium Way. The event will not only benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, but it will also provide…

  • PTO running online seed sale

    FREEHOLD – In recognition of Earth Day, a worldwide event that was celebrated on April 22, the Freehold Learning Center PTO is offering its first e-commerce totally Web-based fundraising program with an Earth Day Seed Sale. In an effort to save a tree with a paperless fundraiser, the environmentally friendly Freehold Learning Center PTO is…

  • Budget approval pleases Marlboro superintendent

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Residents voted to approve a $61 million tax levy to support an $82.9 million budget for the 2008-09 school year and returned three incumbents to the Marlboro Board of Education in the April 15 school election. According to unofficial totals provided by the school district, the tax levy…

  • Collier Services names new executive director

    Sister Deborah M. Drago MARLBORO – Sister Deborah M. Drago has been named the new executive director of Collier Services, a nonprofit social service agency that operates educational, recreational and residential programs for at-risk youth. Drago succeeds Sister Ellen Kelly, who will step down on May 31 after 12 years as the director to become…

  • Soil cleanup at rec site completed under budget

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Soil cleanup at rec site completed under budget BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — A soil remediation project at the Manalapan Recreation Center has been completed for less than the Township Committee budgeted for the job. At its meeting on April 23, the Township Committee approved a change order…

  • Parents learn dangers of prescription-drug abuse

    Teenagers reported to be attending ‘pharming’ parties BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MATT DENTON Marlboro police Lt. Douglas Van Note (l) responds to a question, as Pam Flynn, Barbara Sprechman and Sam Nunes look on during a presentation about the growing problem of teenagers’ abuse of prescription drugs. The event took place April 8 atMarlboro…

  • Breaking News: Change in school structure proposed

    Manalapan-Englishtown superintendent seeks feedback from public BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Breaking News: Change in school structure proposed Manalapan-Englishtown superintendent seeks feedback from public ENGLISHTOWN — A change in the structure of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District is being proposed and input from the public is being sought. In an April 24 letter to parents…