Category: News Transcript News

  • Tot follows family footsteps with first haircut in Freehold

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Henry Jackson, 1, keeps up a family tradition as he gets his first haircut from John Ialeggio at the Style Barber Shop, Freehold Township, on Sept. 6. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A first haircut is a big event for a family and can be a…

  • Manalapan organizations support memorial effort

    Goal is to raise $107,000for 9/11 monument attownship arboretum By dave benjaminStaff Writer Manalapan organizations support memorial effort Goal is to raise $107,000 for 9/11 monument at township arboretum By dave benjamin Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN A thermometer sign standing outside the Manalapan municipal complex, Route 522, will gauge the progress of a fund-raising drive…

  • Montessori school to expand

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The zoning board recently approved Montessori Freehold Village Preschool’s application to expand its facility on Elton-Adelphia Road. The school, which has been at that site since January 1999, will expand an existing 1,500-square-foot garage into a third building to be used as a…

  • St. Rose pupils, staff pay tribute to 1975 graduate

    Dennis Moroney wasWTC Cantor Fitzgeraldemployee killed on 9/11 By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer St. Rose pupils, staff pay tribute to 1975 graduate Dennis Moroney was WTC Cantor Fitzgerald employee killed on 9/11 By clare MARie celano Staff Writer The Moroney family gathers at St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, for a prayer service for Dennis…

  • ‘Shortcut’ draws close look

    By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer MARLBORO — Where an untrained eye might see a diagram of three buildings, some members of the Planning Board saw what they described as a dangerous shortcut that could be used to avoid an existing traffic light at the busy intersection of Ryan Road and Route…

  • Enrollment shows signs of slowing in Marlboro

    By karl vilacobaStaff Writer Enrollment shows signs of slowing in Marlboro By karl vilacoba Staff Writer MARLBORO — With first-week attendance figures in, Marlboro’s K-8 school district administrators are reporting a slowed growth rate in the student population. Early figures show a growth of slightly more than 2 percent in the district’s student enrollment, about…

  • Student-designed 9/11 memorial unveiled

    By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer By clare MARie celano Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Michele Prouty, a teacher at the Freehold Intermediate School, speaks about her students’ effort to design a 9/11 monument which was dedicated in Freehold Borough on Sept. 11. FREEHOLD — The tragedy of the past met hope for the future as the…

  • Law guarantees chance for public to speak at meetings

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer Law guarantees chance for public to speak at meetings By dave benjamin Staff Writer A law signed by Democratic Gov. James McGreevey earlier this month guarantees members of the public the right to speak at meetings of their municipal governing body. The new law, sponsored by Republican Assemblyman Kevin J. O’Toole…

  • New rabbi ready to serve congregation

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer By dave benjamin Staff Writer Rabbi David Bateman MANALAPAN — With the goal of building bridges between Israeli and American Jewry comes the new spiritual leader of Congregation Sons of Israel, Gordons Corner Road. "I view my return to the Diaspora as an opportunity to be a bridge between Israeli and…