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  • Parents, board discuss review of bus policies

    Attention focuses on incident in which a boy was left alone on vehicle BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Parents in the Marlboro K-8 school district questioned the district’s policies in light of an incident in which a child was left alone on a school bus for about four hours.…

  • Officials cautious on law

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Talks have begun on a new law that would restrict where sex offenders can live in the township. Ward 4 Councilman G. Kevin Calogera introduced the idea at the Old Bridge Township Council’s Aug. 22 meeting, noting that he went to the town’s…

  • Monmouth offers tick testing for Lyme disease

    FREEHOLD — Monmouth County residents who find a tick on themselves or on their children soon will be able to have it tested to see if it is carrying Lyme disease, under a program being launched by the Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission. The Tick Identification and Tick Testing Service, which will be offered beginning…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Fred Fisch, of North Brunswick, offers a prayer during the third annual tent revival held on the grounds of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Freehold Borough, Aug. 15-19. Guests from throughout central New Jersey joined members of the St. Peter’s congregation at the event.

  • Police, schools issue warning about youths using Web site

    JACKSON — The Jackson Police Department and the Jackson School District want to alert parents that some students have been posting personal information about themselves online. “During the summer, more students use computers to amuse themselves and keep in touch with friends,” said police Capt. David Newman. “Evidently a large number of Jackson students are…

  • 2 women charged with leaving student on bus

    Administrator says training procedures will be reinforced BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer A Marlboro school bus driver and a bus attendant were arrested last week following an incident in which a 5-year-old boy was left alone on a school bus for about four hours. On Aug. 11, Geraldine Kauffman put her…

  • Sandy Hook tour shines a light on the past

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer PHOTOSBY KAREN BOWES Clockwise from top left: The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, built in the late 18th century, is one of only five lighthouses in the U.S. that dates from pre-Revolutionary War times. The bayside view from the lighthouse shows a row of officers’ houses…

  • Property owners decry proposed zoning change

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — An ordinance that if adopted by the Township Council would upzone certain lots to 5 acres has raised concerns with some property owners in Marlboro. The ordinance, which was initially introduced on June 16, would rezone the rear of a property on the west…

  • 4 more ordinances revise master plan

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has adopted four more ordinances that implement the municipality’s revised master plan. The two principles of the master plan, which was adopted by the Planning Board in February, were to curb residential growth by upzoning available properties and never to rezone…