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  • Voters elect Sutera as Manalapan’s rep

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The 27-year tenure of Patricia Horvath as Manalapan’s representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education came to an end April 21. Voters elected Jennifer Sutera, 52, a teacher who has been living in Manalapan for 10 years, to represent the township on the regional…

  • Teachers turn out to ask for contract

    Marlboro teachers make offer to be bound by fact-finder’s report BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Almost 500 members of the Marlboro Township Education Association (MTEA) filled the auditorium of the Marlboro Middle School on April 20 to protest the lack of a contract between the union and the Marlboro K-8 School District Board…

  • Removed parade poster will be going back up

    MARLBORO — Resident Bill Waple demanded an apology from Mayor Jonathan Hornik and an unknown individual after posters promoting this year’s Memorial Day Parade were removed from Town Hall. Waple, speaking during the April 20 Township Council meeting, said he and members of the Veterans and Volunteers Committee were upset by the removal of the…

  • DECA students head to U.S. competition

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Nine businessminded students at Colts Neck High School ranked high enough at a recent state DECA competition to qualify for the chance to compete in California. According to its Internet website, DECA is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management and entrepreneurship…

  • Tough times hurting town’s revenue stream

    Public hearing on budget scheduled for May 21 in Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A public hearing on Freehold Borough’s $14 million operating budget for 2009 will be held in Borough Hall at 5:30 p.m. May 21. Members of the Borough Council introduced the budget on April 20. The 2009…

  • Hochberg wins Marlboro seat on Freehold Regional board

    MARLBORO — Barry Hochberg has won a two-year unexpired term to represent Marlboro on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education. Unofficial totals from the April 21 election showed Hochberg with 1,124 votes, David Wolff with 1,120 votes and Gordon Loeb with 1,073 votes. Under the FRHSD’s voting system, residents of Marlboro and…

  • Family wants to get word out about VHL

    Cheeburger, Cheeburger on Route 9, Manalapan, will host event May 4 BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Ariel Reinish, 20, of Manalapan, wants to get the word out to the public about a fundraiser she is spearheading to help fight von Hippel-Landau disease (VHL), a disease that affects two members of her family. When…

  • Marlboro result means drop in school tax rate

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Property owners will see a decrease in the amount of taxes they pay to support the Marlboro K-8 School District after voters approved the tax levy to support the 2009-10 budget. The school election was held on April 21. The 2009-10 budget which totals $84.7 million has a…

  • Bruno wins FRHSD seat

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — After many years spent working as a teacher, coach and administrator in the Freehold Regional High School District, Bill Bruno has a new position: school board member. Bruno won election as a Howell representative to the FRHSD Board of Education in the April 21 school election. He was…