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Atty: Board within rights to set attendance areas
FRHSD files answersto two petitions inredistricting struggle By dave benjaminStaff Writer Atty: Board within rights to set attendance areas FRHSD files answers to two petitions in redistricting struggle By dave benjamin Staff Writer In response to a petition filed by the township of Marlboro with the state commissioner of education, the attorney who represents the…
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Howell council rep questions
AP course offerings at school By dave benjaminStaff Writer By dave benjamin Staff Writer A municipal liaison from Howell has asked Freehold Regional High School District administrators to determine if students at Howell High School are being offered an equal number of advanced placement (AP) courses as students at the district’s other five high schools.…
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Supt. search under way
Director of search hopingto come up with fieldof 25 to 30 candidates By clare marie celanoStaff Writer Director of search hoping to come up with field of 25 to 30 candidates By clare marie celano Staff Writer Although residents will not have an opportunity to vote for a new Freehold Borough K-8 superintendent of schools,…
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Police, DOT reviewing problematic bypass exit ramp
By kathy barattaStaff Writer By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Traffic safety concerns about the Route 33 bypass exit ramp at Howell Road could ultimately result in that ramp remaining closed to motorists. Instead, the ramp would be used only as an access route for emergency vehicles, according to Jim Snyder, deputy commissioner of…
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FARRAH MAFFAI Marlboro High School junior Chakhia Cole shoots over Carren Gay of Christ the King High School, New York, during the Mustangs’ 59-53 upset of the nation’s top team at the Battle of the Boardwalk in Asbury Park on Sunday. For story, see sports.
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Discipline reports will be placed in permanent files
Discipline reports will be placed in permanent files MARLBORO — In accordance with changes in state law, the Board of Education is now required to keep a student’s complete discipline record in the child’s permanent file along with medical, academic and registration records. Although parents will be told that write-ups of disciplinary incidents will be…
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Creativity is hallmark of young artists’ work
By clare marie celanoStaff Writer By clare marie celano Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI A color pencil drawing, “Man on the Moon,” created by Alec Greenberg, a student of artist Elaine Smith, was recently on display in the Freehold Public Library, Freehold Borough. FREEHOLD — Elaine Smith teaches art to children and to adults. She’s been…
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$360K contract awarded for road project
By dave benjaminStaff Writer $360K contract awarded for road project By dave benjamin Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Monmouth County engineers are moving forward with plans to improve two intersections in the township — the intersection of Tennent and Taylors Mills roads, and the intersection of Freehold-Englishtown and Tennent roads. Freehold-Englishtown Road is county Route 522…
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Bomb threat at courthouse has officers in search mode
By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer Bomb threat at courthouse has officers in search mode By clare MARie celano Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Yes, it even happens in Freehold — bomb threats. Since the tragic events of Sept. 11, what once made the general public duly concerned can now make people frantic. An incident that may…
