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  • District schedules back-to-school night

    District schedules back-to-school night ENGLISHTOWN — Beginning at 7 p.m. Sept. 20, parents of Freehold Regional High School District students are invited to attend a back-to-school night. Parents or other adult family members will have the opportunity to visit their students’ classrooms and meet with the teachers, guidance counselors and other school staff directly involved…

  • Obituaries  

    Obituaries   LORETTA T. BARTRAM, 90, of Freehold Township died Sept. 6 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Mrs. Bartram was born in Danbury, Conn., and resided in Staten Island, N.Y., and Holiday City West, Toms River, before moving to Monmouth Crossing, Freehold Township, in July. She was a sales clerk at Young Set, Staten…

  • Teachers, students ready to hit the books Sept. 7

    Teachers, students ready to hit the books Sept. 7 By dave benjamin Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — It will be back-to-school time for 4,050 youngsters on Sept. 7 as doors to elementary and middle schools swing open in Freehold Township and teachers greet their students. Looking ahead to the new school year in the Freehold…

  • Howell welcomes 7,300 pupils

    HOWELL — School district administrators are expecting an exciting, innovative year with help from an $8 million technology referendum which was passed two years ago. Administrators believe the 1998 referendum will enable them to make significant changes that will dramatically improve educational opportunities available to students in the district. "We’re excited about the technology initiative,"…

  • Residents seek response on road’s condition

    II sympathize with the Marl-boro residents who have experienced a lack of responsiveness from elected officials regarding complaints. From September 1998 to October 1999, I and three other residents of Jackson Way wrote letters, sent faxes and left telephone messages for the mayor and road department regarding the unsafe and poor condition of our street.…

  • District approaching 1,500 pupils

    COLTS NECK — A revised language arts program will be one of the highlights of the township school district’s 2000-01 school year which began today, according to Superintendent of Schools Gregg R. Hauser. "We operate our language arts program on a five-year cycle," Hauser said. "This will be the first year of a new cycle."…

  • Pieces are now in place for work to begin on Bergerville Road

    TThis letter is in response to the letter to the editor in the Aug. 30 News Tran-script submitted by Kathleen Brooks of Howell concerning the closure of Bergerville Road. First, I must emphasize that the sole reason the township closed this portion of Bergerville Road was to ensure the safety of the traveling public. The…

  • American peacekeepers are doing a wonderful job in Kosovo

    II am a high school history teacher and I just returned from Kosovo. I was in Pristina, Urovesac, Klokot, Vitina and Letnica. I am establishing a program whereby American and Kosovar schools can work to-gether and learn about each other. These cities and villages were largely peaceful by most standards. People there were friendly and…

  • Condemnation not appropriate way to preserve farms

    IIn November 1999, Howell Township voted on preserving open space and farmland by passing the open space referendum. Those of us on the Farmers Advisory Committee were very pleased that this referendum had passed, indicating to us that the people of Howell were concerned with saving what little farmland and open space we have left.…