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  • Education committee begins to determine scope of work

    Education committee begins to determine scope of work MARLBORO — The Marlboro Advisory Committee on Education (ACE), co-chaired by Mayor Matthew V. Scan-napieco and Township Councilman Barry D. Denkensohn, met for the second time to address the redistricting issues facing Marlboro with regard to the Freehold Regional High School District. The agenda for the meeting…

  • FRHSD a recipe for alphabet soup

    It’s getting tougher every day to keep things straight without a scorecard in the Free-hold Regional High School Dis-trict. Talk of redistricting and the construction of a new school has sparked the creation of citizens groups and municipal panels that all want to have their say. Marlboro has an Advisory Committee on Education which is…

  • District marks school’s opening with ceremony Pupils, administrators admire Wemrock Brook

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin District marks school’s opening with ceremony Pupils, administrators admire Wemrock Brook DAVE BENJAMIN Pupils at the Wemrock Brook School, Manalapan, celebrate the opening of their school during recent dedication ceremonies. More than 500 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders make up the student body at the new building on Millhurst Road. MANALAPAN…

  • Freehold Regional High School District provides a great education

    Regional: adj. of, in, or having to do with a particular region. Freehold Regional High School District; of, in, or having to do with particular areas around Freehold. Yet again, as I sit down to read the News Transcript I find the annoying articles and scheduled meetings over the regional redistricting. This would not be…

  • Nursery school friends rally for child battling brain tumor Sons of Israel hosts ‘Olivia’s Olympics’ for Manalapan child

    Staff Writer By clare m. masi Nursery school friends rally for child battling brain tumor Sons of Israel hosts ‘Olivia’s Olympics’ for Manalapan child JERRY WOLKOWITZ Olivia Zonis, 6, waves a flag during the opening ceremonies at “Olivia’s Olympics,” a special event held at the Congregation Sons of Israel nursery school, Manalapan. MANALAPAN — Olivia…

  • Freehold Kruisers are getting ready for another big year

    Freehold Kruise Nite is approaching. The first Kruise Nite will be May 30, filled with fabulous classic cars from the 20th century. How did Kruise Nite start? It started back on Sept. 27, 1990. Kruise Nite was established by the Freehold Kruisers Classic Car Club back in 1989. Just what have we, the members of…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. MILDRED MEYER LELIAERT, 90, of Freehold died Feb. 13 at The Manor, Freehold Township, after a lengthy illness. Born in Paterson, she had lived with her sister,…

  • Residents must understand concept of regional district

    This letter is in response to Rita Horowitz’s letter of Feb. 27, 2002. She says that "we do not want to buy homes … and have our children yanked out of our community school system to be placed in a different school system." The children are not being placed in a different school system. Our…

  • Law will merit close look

    The Howell Township Council was expected to introduce an ordinance Monday that will reflect where American society has come over the last several decades. An ordinance requiring fingerprinting and background checks of coaches or any volunteers working in township-sponsored youth activities and organizations is being developed. The actual background check and final determination would come…