Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Failed school tab will now be reviewed

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer Failed school tab will now be reviewed By linda denicola Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — For the second year in a row, voters turned down the tax levy that Board of Education members said was necessary to support the operation of the town’s K-8 school district in the coming year. By…

  • Our View

    A spirit of help, volunteerism Our View A spirit of help, volunteerism You have to hand it to a special group of residents in Manalapan’s Covered Bridge II adult community. Experiences learned over a lifetime have taught them they are in a prime position to help themselves and those around them. Now, not only has…

  • Rejected high school budget will be reviewed in 8 towns

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer By dave benjamin Staff Writer For the second year in a row, residents of the Freehold Regional High School District gave the Board of Education’s proposed budget for the coming school year a thumbs down. Voters did that in April 2002 when they rejected the 2002-03 school year budget and they…

  • For the record

    For the record Marlboro Township Councilman Barry Denkensohn’s seat on the Township Council is not up for election this year. Denkensohn, who is serving his second term, remains a sitting member of the council. The two council seats that are up for election this year are held by Mary Singer and Paul Kovalski. The information…

  • H.S. students practice lockdowns

    By dave benjaminStaff Writer By dave benjamin Staff Writer Students and staff members in the Freehold Regional High School District routinely practice "lockdown" drills. One such drill was conducted on April 8 at Manalapan High School. "If there is ever the need in a real situation where a lockdown would be necessitated, [the staff and…

  • Board plans to update school tests

    By jeanette M. engStaff Writer Board plans to update school tests By jeanette M. eng Staff Writer MARLBORO — Board of Education members have passed a resolution to update the K-8 school district’s testing program beginning in the coming school year. The update will consist of a new standardized test for grades one through seven…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries CPL. MICHAEL EDWARD CURTIN, 23, of Howell died March 29 in Najaf, Iraq. Cpl. Curtin was born in Plainfield and lived in Garwood before moving to Howell in 1984. He was a graduate of Howell High School class of 1998. He was a communicant of St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church. Upon graduation from high…

  • Marlboro councilman to continue service

    Last week’s News Tran-script inaccurately stated in two places, on the front page and in the editorial, that my term as councilman had been completed and I was not running for re-election. Nothing could be further from the truth. I was re-elected to the Town-ship Council for a second term in 2001 and my second…

  • Raceway Park has complied with all court orders, state laws

    It’s a shame the Manalapan Township Committee unfortunately has to view the world as Mr. [Arnold] Feldman and his small group sees it. Raceway Park has tried to work with Manalapan. The settlement of the 2002 lawsuit that Manal-apan brought against Raceway Park was to the town’s advantage. It allowed new areas of regulation where…