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  • Brookdale facilities, not tuition, at issue

    College tuition for 2012-13 decreases by $3 per credit BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College’s rundown facilities, not a marginal tuition decrease, should be a priority of the college Board of Trustees, according to students and faculty members. At the board’s Feb. 9 meeting, held on Brookdale’s Hazlet campus, a $95.7 million operating budget…

  • Comedy night will benefit school band

    A Comedy Night hosted by the Manalapan High School Marching Band will be held at 7 p.m. March 3 at the reception center at St. Clement’s Banquet Hall, 172 Freneau Ave., Matawan. All proceeds will benefit the band. Ticket price of $50 includes buffet dinner, soft drinks, dessert bar, a comedy show featuring two comedians…

  • Services may be offered to youths with special needs

    COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck K-8 School District’s Department of Special Services is seeking resident children who may be experiencing difficulty with speech, language, vision, hearing, mobility, manipulating objects, sensory integration, social skills, emotional problems and/or learning. If a child is between the ages of 3 and 21, or is approaching the age of…

  • LaRocca seeks to lead Monmouth Democrats

    Frank LaRocca MARLBORO— Township Councilman Frank LaRocca, who chairs the Marlboro Democratic Party, is seeking the chairmanship of the Monmouth County Democratic Party. The decision comes following the recent announcement by Monmouth County Democratic Chairman Victor V. Scudiery that he plans to retire from the position after 23 years of leadership, according to a press…

  • ‘Rock Shabbat’ will return to synagogue

    MARLBORO —On Feb. 24, Temple Rodeph Torah (TRT) will again hold its “Rock Shabbat” service, but this time TRT will kick it off with a free Shabbat wine and cheese hour beginning at 7 p.m. The musical Shabbat service will begin at 8 p.m. According to press release, for each of the last five months,…

  • South Dakota firm wins bid to build ladder truck

    FREEHOLD — Borough officials have awarded a contract to Crimson Fire Inc., of Brandon, S.D., for $1,023,067 to build a midmount tower ladder fire apparatus for the GoodWill Hook and Ladder Company of the Freehold Fire Department. The new ladder truck will replace a 25- year-old tower ladder truck. The new truck is expected to…

  • Freehold Twp. supt. has eyes on future

    Public invited to forum scheduled for Feb. 29 at Eisenhower Middle School BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Ross Kasun, superintendent of schools in the Freehold Township K-8 School District, will bring a program to residents to discuss what education will look like for Freehold Township pupils in the year 2020. Parents…

  • Manalapan planners’ decision pleases residents

    Homeowners had objected to establishment of auto dealer near their homes By Mark Rosman MANALAPAN — A group of residents who waged a fight to keep an automobile dealership from being established at Route 9 north and Taylors Mills Road celebrated a victory on the evening of Feb. 23. Residents of Greenfield Drive and other…

  • Board approves yogurt bar at Throckmorton St. site

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — An application for a yogurt bar and café on Throckmorton Street has met with favor from the Freehold Borough Land Use Board. The panel approved the business on Jan. 25. Attorney Todd A. Cohen represented the applicant, Nydia Pena, of Jackson. Engineer and planner Michael Geller offered…