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Reductions in spending trim projected increase
Marlboro school board must balance programs with cost to taxpayers BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Reductions in spending trim projected increase BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — Superintendent of Schools David Abbott has presented the Board of Education with proposed reductions in the K-8 school district’s original budget for the 2004-05 school year. If implemented…
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Law bans vehicles from stopping on Broad Street
BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A new law will aim to make the borough a bit safer. Borough Council members have adopted an ordinance which will prohibit vehicles from stopping on Broad Street between Throckmorton Street and Manalapan Avenue. The law was adopted in a unanimous vote…
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Delays cancel enrollment
of biotech h.s. first class BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer of biotech h.s. first class BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Mon-mouth County’s new biotechnology high school will not welcome a freshman class this fall as planned. The freshmen were expected to be housed at Brookdale Community College’s Western Monmouth Higher Education Center, Route…
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Freehold Township rep to leave FRHSD board
BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Freehold Township rep to leave FRHSD board BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Marlene Caruso A familiar face is saying goodbye to the Freehold Regional High School District. Marlene Caruso, who is Freehold Township’s representative on the district’s Board of Education, announced at a Feb. 9 meeting that she will resign from…
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Cecilian Music Club hosts 7th annual Monster Concert
The Cecilian Music Club held its seventh annual Monster Concert Jan. 25 at Wilmington Piano Company in West Conshohocken, Pa. A monster concert is a multiple-piano event, led by conductor and event organizer Beth Chen. Teachers and students from all over Monmouth County participated. The students who performed in this concert are: Karen Abruscato, Sile…
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Ambulance purchase OK’d
Ambulance purchase OK’d MANALAPAN — Several items of business came before the Township Committee during its Feb. 11 meeting. Committee members voted 5-0 to award a contract for the purchase of one 2004 Navistar International 4300 class I ambulance or the equivalent at a cost of $184,987. The ambulance is for the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid…
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Sports code of conduct eyed
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Mem-bers of the Township Committee have discussed plans to draft a code of conduct for athletic teams in the municipality, but first they will seek input from the various teams that play on local fields. The township’s code of conduct will be based on an athletic code of conduct recently authorized by…
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Counseling service offers classes for parents, youths
BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Counseling service offers classes for parents, youths BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Learning to deal with your children as they pass through the many stages of adolescence can be difficult, but there is guidance through the township’s community counseling service and community alliance. George Long, alliance coordinator, said…
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JWV post to honor fallen soldier
The Jewish War Veterans Manal-apan-Marlboro Post 972 will honor a New Jersey native who was killed in action in Iraq. The post announced this week that it has received written permission, and the honor, of changing its name to the Lieutenant Seth Dvorin Post 972 from Kelly Harris Dvorin of Iselin, the widow of 1st…
