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  • Handlin to host public forum on PNC issues

    Assemblywoman will renew effort to pass underage drinking bill BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – In preparation for this year’s concert series at the PNC Bank Arts Center, Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth and Middlesex) is taking matters into her own hands. “Looking ahead to the 2008 concert season, the community, and parents in…

  • Cultural celebration

    ERIC SUCAR staff Children of all ages watch a performance by the New York Hung Sing Kwoon Lion Dance Team during the 2008 Marlboro Chinese New Year celebration held at Marlboro High School on March 8. The popular community event included cultural exhibits, vendors and performances of music and dance. For another photograph, see page…

  • Students put knowledge of technology on display

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Members of the Marlboro Board of Education were recently given a lesson on how technology is enhancing the learning process for students. Ten students from a fourth-grade class at the Frank Defino Central School were on hand with their teachers and principal at the board’s Feb. 19 meeting…

  • Marlboro hires company to conduct reval

    Council appropriates maximum of $900K to cover assessment of every property BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The Marlboro Township Council has hired Realty Appraisal Company, West New York, to perform a revaluation of every piece of property in Marlboro. A contract to hire the firm was approved at the council’s March 6 meeting. The cost…

  • Peavy recalled as ‘treasure’

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL – Centenarians are rare people, and their ranks diminished by one last week with the passing of former longtime Howell resident Ira Peavy. Peavy’s was a life well lived, and his epitaph can be summed up in the words of his daughter Nancy Shapiro, who spoke on behalf of…

  • St. Mary’s will be home of state youth orchestra

    Outstanding students from Monmouth & Ocean counties combine talents BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The New Jersey State Youth Orchestra (NJSYO) has a new home. The approximately 170- member orchestra will rehearse at St. Mary’s Church, Route 34, Colts Neck, starting with its 2008-09 season. Christa Dalmazio, 14, of Middletown, plays viola with the New Jersey…

  • $67.9M budget will have public hearing March 25

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP- Residents will have a chance to offer their comments on the Freehold Township K-8 School District’s budget for the 2008-09 school year when the Board of Education holds a public hearing on the proposed spending plan at 8 p.m. March 25 at the district offices on Stillwells Corner…

  • Suspect arrested, charged in shooting near rug mill

    Freehold resident, 18, in custody on assault and weapons charges BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD- The early evening hours ofMarch 5 saw a group of children running for cover when they heard gunshots being fired outside the front entrance to the Rug Mill Towers apartment complex on Jackson Street. The incident which sent…

  • Crisis team sprang into action after fatal accident

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Children, for the most part, do not spend much time thinking about death, but when one of their peers dies, it presents a side of reality that takes patience, compassion and support to help them deal with it all. Dealing with the pain of grief at…