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Retired educator feels blessed to serve St. Rose
You can call her Sister Oliveria Joseph, Sister Kate or Sister Kathleen. But the diminutive sister from Ireland’s County Tipperary is a fixture around St. Rose of Lima School on South Street. She is beloved by students and faculty alike. “Children have always been dear to me,” she states simply. Sister Kathleen Tobin, 89, still…
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Library events
Monmouth County Library Head-quarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manal-apan, will host the following programs. All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Details: (732) 431-7222. + “Ivan Denisovich” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn will be discussed June 15 at 10 a.m. Pat Whitehead will moderate. + Edward Hopper, artist, will be discussed by art historian Maurice Mahler, June 15…
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Parochial school marks 130 years of education
As enrollment in the St. Rose of Lima School grew, church officials constructed a new building on Lincoln Place, Freehold Borough, which opened in 1957 (photo at left). The school’s present enrollment stands at 490 K-8 pupils and 76 pre-kindergarten children. The photo above shows a graduating class from the mid-1950s in front of the…
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Police Explorers honored
The Monmouth County Law Enforcement Explorers Academy, where young people interested in a career in law enforcement begin their training, graduated 14 young men and women from its 12th class recently. “These young men and women have demonstrated a willingness to work hard and dedicate themselves to completing this program,” said Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick,…
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Board grants preliminary approval to Village plan
New retail center will bring stores to town’s south side BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer After months of sometimes contentious wrangling, The Village at Manalapan retail development has received preliminary site plan approval. On May 25, the Manalapan Planning Board voted 7-2 in favor of preliminary approval following an evening of…
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Play will take a trip to Oz
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – The land of Oz isn’t quite the way you would remember it. “The Wiz of Oz,” which is a fusion of “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Wiz,” will be presented at Howell Middle School North, 501 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road, at 7 p.m.…
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Class size may drive construction decision
Marlboro panel reports 369 more pupils expected BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer According to calculations made by the Marlboro Board of Education’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), a new school may be needed in the near future. The CAC, which is made up of residents, teachers and board members, was created earlier…
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O’Connell named to lead Freehold Borough schools
Board president: Candidate’s experience in district was important BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Liz O’Connell FREEHOLD – What a difference 14 years makes. Liz O’Connell said that when she was hired in 1992 to bring computer technology into the Freehold Borough School District, she had no idea that someday she would…
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Ordinances will help town meet housing regulations
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – The Township Council has introduced two ordinances that deal with the municipality’s state mandated third round obligation for affordable housing. The growth share ordinance that was introduced on May 18 would, if adopted, implement the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) third round requirement…
