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BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Two teachers in the region served by Greater Media Newspapers have received grants from the New Jersey Education Association Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education to continue special projects they started last year. Rita Williams, a teacher at the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School, Plumsted, received $10,000…

MEMS eighth-gradershear the message in By dave benjaminStaff Writer MEMS eighth-graders hear the message in ‘Halfway There’ By dave benjamin Staff Writer PHOTOS BY DAVE BENJAMIN Holding a hypodermic needle, a mime (Eric Carroll) tries to point Nick (Matthew Cade) in the wrong direction as the cast of the Periwinkle National Theatre performs Halfway There…

The scholarship advisory committee of the Barbara “Foof” Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund announced that it has awarded nursing scholarships totaling $3,000 to six members of the Ocean Medical Center staff. Samantha Bernard (Brick Township), Juana Maria Buergo (Freehold), Andrea Clauser (Point Pleasant), Jodi Imperato (Howell), Sharon Lubeck (Brick Township) and Nicole Marie Ortiz (Toms River)…

Superintendent acceptscuts that will take somemoney from several areas By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer Freehold council expected to reduce school budget Superintendent accepts cuts that will take some money from several areas By clare MARie celano Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Borough Council members were expected to recommend cuts to the Board of Education’s 2003-04 budget…

By dave benjaminStaff Writer Friends organization moves into former Owl Haven home By dave benjamin Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN A new home and office for the Friends of Monmouth Battlefield on Route 522, Manalapan, will house the Frank Hendershot Archives, historical records, maps and materials related to the Battle of Monmouth and the 1778 Monmouth…

BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — While some residents are busy drinking apple cider and carving pumpkins, municipal officials have turned their attention to the approaching winter and its potential to unleash powerful snowstorms. The Colts Neck Township Committee passed a resolution at its Sept. 27 meeting that confirmed a second-year option for…

By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer Summer courses will seek to help at-risk youngsters By clare MARie celano Staff Writer Joan Hermelee FREEHOLD — The borough school district’s newly hired language arts literacy specialist, Joan Hermelee, is not wasting any time getting started. Hermelee presented her proposal for a summer literacy academy for at-risk students and…

By dave benjaminStaff Writer Town business will continue in absence of administrator By dave benjamin Staff Writer MANALAPAN — In the absence of a township administrator, Phil Del Turco, Manalapan’s chief financial officer, has been appointed the certifying agent for the township. At the same time they appointed Del Turco to that position, Township Committee…

By dave benjaminStaff Writer By dave benjamin Staff Writer MANALAPAN — An amended 2003 municipal budget has been approved in a split vote of the Township Committee. Mayor Drew Shapiro and committeewomen Rebecca Aaronson and Beth Ward voted yes on a resolution that calls for a change in the total budget from $25,473,078 to $25,509,078.…