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Master board member status earned by Marlboro resident
Master board member status earned by Marlboro resident MARLBORO — The New Jersey School Boards Association has announced that Murray Hoffman, a Marlboro K-8 Board of Education member who has just entered his 11th year of service, recently earned master board member status. Hoffman was presented with a plaque commemorating his achievement, an NJSBA tote…
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Wemrock Brook pupils selected for honors band
BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Wemrock Brook pupils selected for honors band BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Tiffany Agalaba of the Wemrock Brook School, Manalapan, one of the pupils who was selected to perform in an elementary school honors band, practices her skills. MANALAPAN — Eleven Wemrock Brook School band members are tooting their…
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D-Day invasion signaled start of victory in Europe
BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer D-Day invasion signaled start of victory in Europe Barney Hoffner BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer A sky blackened by planes and the paratroopers they were dropping is how one D-Day Army veteran remembered the landings at Omaha beach during the invasion of Normandy, France, by Allied forces on July 6, 1944. That is…
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Sixth-grader ends up as Barkalow’s ‘idol’
BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Sixth-grader ends up as Barkalow’s ‘idol’ BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — He’s only in the sixth grade, but he already has a title, "Barkalow Idol." Kevin Iavaroni won the Barkalow Middle School talent contest on May 20. "Kevin was the only boy in our competition, and he won…
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Howell library will offer summer reading programs
HOWELL — The Howell library, 318 Old Tavern Road, offers programs for children preschool age through young adult. The "Read to Me Sky Trails Club" for those who cannot read on their own will feature the Wright brothers. Children participating will make their own paper airplanes recreating the Wright brothers’ successes and failures. The summer…
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AAUW book sale set for June 9-12
FREEHOLD — The annual used book sale sponsored by the American Association of University Women Free-hold Area Branch will be held June 9-12 at the Freehold Reformed Church, 67 W. Main St. Members of the branch have been collecting and sorting books since last fall to prepare for the popular annual fund-raiser. June 9 from…
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Intermediate school principal steps down
BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Intermediate school principal steps down BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Darrell Jackson, who has been the principal of the Freehold Intermediate School, Park Avenue, for four years, has resigned from his position to become principal of the Fisher Middle School in Ewing, Mercer County. The Board of…
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Officer’s effort yields results in e-mail threat
Marlboro patrolmanwent to the Internetand found right phrase BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Officer’s effort yields results in e-mail threat Marlboro patrolman went to the Internet and found right phrase BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — An Internet search on Google appears to have allowed authorities to identify the alleged author of the bomb threat…
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Memorial teaching plaza dedicated at middle school
BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Memorial teaching plaza dedicated at middle school BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — A memorial teaching plaza at the Marlboro Memorial Middle School, Nolan Road, was dedicated on May 28. The teaching plaza contains symbolic reminders of the terrorist attack on the United States that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001,…
