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  • Howell students to have choice of school

    A resolution permitting a group of 199 eighth-graders from Howell to appeal their school assignment to Howell High School and instead attend Freehold Township High School was expected to be voted upon by members of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education on Feb. 25. In a vote taken on Aug. 27, the…

  • Students thank notable black Americans for achievements School program was held on occasion of Black History Month

    Staff Writer By clare m. masi Students thank notable black Americans for achievements School program was held on occasion of Black History Month FARRAH MAFFAI Daniel Ware, 11, and his classmates at the Park Avenue Elementary School, Freehold Borough, honored black Americans during Black History Month by writing thank-you letters to inventors, politicians, sports heroes…

  • 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. WINIFRED LEAV, 81, of Howell, died Feb. 14 in The Manor Care Center, Freehold Township. Mrs. Leav was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved from New York…

  • Area students experience taste of Chinese culture Fidelity Chinese School presents performances in Manalapan, Howell

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin Area students experience taste of Chinese culture Fidelity Chinese School presents performances in Manalapan, Howell PHOTOS BY DAVE BENJAMIN Students from the Fidelity Chinese School, Marlboro, demonstrate a fan dance during a celebration of the Chinese New Year, Feb. 12 at the Taylor Mills School, Manalapan. Students from the Fidelity…

  • Parents decry possible change in school set-up

    Staff Writer By clare M. masi Parents decry possible change in school set-up FREEHOLD — Board of Education members are expected to begin discussing the possible reconfiguration of borough schools at their next workshop meeting. At a meeting on Feb. 4, board members were presented with information by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Janet Kalafat which…

  • 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. ROBERT F. FLANAGAN, 71, of the New Monmouth section of Middletown died Feb. 4 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Newark, he resided in New…

  • Preservation may mean some compromise needed

    Preservation may mean some compromise needed A plan has been placed on the table in Freehold Borough that calls for the municipality to examine the possibility of appointing some type of local historic preservation commission. Such a committee did exist in the past but disbanded, perhaps caught in the battle between staunch support for preservation…

  • Guest Column Peter McIntyre

    Guest Column Peter McIntyre Regional approach needed in N.J. planning The recent stories about the proposed developments in Aberdeen, Marlboro and Old Bridge are a clear example of what is wrong with the home rule type of planning we have in New Jersey. We have town pitted against town. Instead of working together, we have…

  • Good work of rec. commission will fall by the wayside

    Good work of rec. commission will fall by the wayside On Feb. 27 the Manalapan Township Committee will vote to dissolve its own recreation commission, replacing it with a properly subservient "advisory" committee. This new advisory committee will have no authority to make any decisions regarding recreation in Manalapan. Manalapan’s recreation program is one of…