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Marlboro union members file unfair labor practice charges against MTEA, school board
Matter concerns recent agreement to cut pay and benefits for certain employees By Rebecca Morton MARLBORO — Twenty-eight bus drivers, bus attendants and instructional assistants employed by the Marlboro K-8 School District have filed unfair labor practice charges against the Marlboro Township Education Association (MTEA) and the district’s Board of Education. Attorney Michele A. Daitz,…
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Employment initiative set to begin for veterans
Veterans seeking jobs are getting help from more than 200 members of the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, according to an announcement made by the chamber’s veterans employment program director, Richard Pezzullo. At a breakfast meeting focusing on economic development and attended by New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno as the keynote speaker, Pezzullo gave…
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Library event will aid Japan
MARLBORO — Help for the victims of the recent natural disasters in Japan will be under way at the Marlboro branch of the Monmouth County Library System on April 12. A program that will start at 6:30 p.m. at the library, Library Court at Wyncrest Road, will have participants folding paper cranes to help raise…
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Walk MS will raise funds for research
Every hour someone is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease of the central nervous system for which there is no cure. It is estimated that more than 13,000 New Jersey residents and more than 400,000 people nationwide live with this disease. MS interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body…
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Freehold Reg. H.S. District honored by College Board
The Freehold Regional High School District announced on March 17 that it has been honored by the College Board with a place on its AP Achievement List for opening advanced placement classroom doors to a significantly broader pool of students, while maintaining or improving the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher. FRHSD…
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New logo reaffirms mission of The Arc of Monmouth
Focus remains on support for people with disabilities and their families BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The Arc of Monmouth has a new logo, as seen at its headquarters in Tinton Falls. More than 100 people were on hand recently as The Arc of Monmouth unveiled its new logo and exterior sign, symbolically reaffirming the…
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FRHSD board adopts $177 million budget
Staff Writer BY REBECCAMORTON While the general fund tax levy remains flat, changes in the way taxes are assessed for the Freehold Regional High School District will lead to property owners in some of the district’s sending municipalities seeing an increase and others seeing a decrease in their high school taxes for 2011-12. During a…
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Hoop tournament will boost World Changers
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Participants in the recent “March Madness” event helped to raise money in support of the World Changers who will be coming to Freehold Borough this summer to help repair a number of residences. Teams representing the YMCA Community Center (red) and Borough Hall (green) squared off in one game,…
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Words of comfort sent to U.S. troops
BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Across the globe, far from their family members and friends, men and women are serving in the United States armed forces and missing home. With that in mind, pupils at the Marlboro Elementary School are helping to deliver some comforts of home to three local young men who are…
