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  • Pomp and Circumstance

    Dr. Carol McKee, principal, and John Tague, assistant principal, lead the Freehold Borough High School class of 2000 in the processional as the school band plays "Pomp and Circumstance" at the start of June 19 graduation ceremonies.

  • School board must take a stand for children’s safety

    Enough is enough. I cannot stand idly bye when the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education disregards the safety of our children. They have for over five years ignored the dangers of their policy making decisions regarding buses and where they travel; or when to drop off our children. That’s the key word —…

  • Local art students earn honors in contest

    Students from Art Gallery 537, Freehold, fared well in the Freehold Family Fun Day Art Contest, with four entries earning awards. Emily Freedman received a third-place ribbon for her entry, and Samantha Banjay, Morgan Stanislaus and Danielle Hallacker all received second-place ribbons for their entries in the day’s festivities. ‘Teen Summer Nights’ to be held…

  • Obituaries

    MADELINE AMPLO, 88, of Howell, died June 9 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Manhattan, she had resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., for 58 years before moving to Howell two years ago. Mrs. Amplo had been a seamstress in Brooklyn before her retirement. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, and a son, Joseph.…

  • Regional district graduates 18 from adult high school

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin FREEHOLD — With determination and a lot of effort, 18 students have met the requirements for graduation from the Freehold Regional Adult High School and received their diplomas at a ceremony held at Freehold Borough High School. "I think it’s a wonderful program," said Dennis Flynn, program director. "I’ve been…

  • Project results in beautiful garden for Marlboro H.S.

    Project results in beautiful garden for Marlboro H.S. Often a PTA relies on fund raising to get a project completed. The Marlboro High School PTA tried something a bit different. While we accepted financial donations toward our project, what we came to count on was "people power." The Marlboro High School PTA put in a…

  • Patriotism at its best

    Chantel Richardson (l) and Patrick Lin, both second-graders at the Park Avenue Elementary School, Freehold Borough, perform a song about the state of Vermont during the school’s "Hooray for the Red, White and Blue" program June 7.

  • Recreation lease is burdensome to Covered Bridge

    I am going to start this article with two well-known Bibli-cal passages from Moses and Jesus, who were two of the most caring, compassionate, considerate, kind and benevolent people to walk upon the face of the Earth. I quote as follows: "Let my people [homeowners of Covered Bridge I] go … release them from bondage"…

  • MEMS to graduate 640 pupils in ceremonies at high school

    MANALAPAN — Eighth-graders at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School will reach a milestone in their lives when they graduate from the school at 3 p.m. June 22. The class of 640 pupils — the eighth and largest in MEMS history — will complete their grammar school years during graduation ceremonies to be held on the…