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1,800 seniors will take leave of Freehold District
By dave benjamin Staff WriterCaps, gowns and diplomas are in store for about 1,850 Freehold Regional High School District seniors who will march down the aisle on June 19 and then head out into the world. Graduation ceremonies will be held at 6 p.m. at Marlboro and Manalapan high schools, and at 6:30 p.m. at…
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Parent must take responsibility for actions
To respond to Ellen Na-thanson’s letter in the June 7 News Transcript, where was Mrs. Nathanson at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting? Probably at that same place the day she should have been meeting her son getting off the school bus. If Mrs. Nathanson was so worried about her child, she shouldn’t have been out.…
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Freehold Learning Center teacher receives award
Staff Writer By dick metzgar Sharon Berenson, a first-grade teacher at the Freehold Learning Center elementary school, Freehold Borough, was named the winner of the Wal-Mart – Sam’s Club Teacher of the Year award. FREEHOLD — Teaching has been a labor of love for Sharon Berenson, a familiar face at the Freehold Learning Center elementary…
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Old homes tell their own stories of Marlboro’s history
As a newly appointed member of the Marlboro Historic Commission, I had the wonderful experience of riding through the township early in May on the historic sites bus tour. Being a part of Marlboro’s mayoral-appointed historic commission, I was proud to hear the comments of the people on the tour. They were delighted to see…
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Student achievement is district’s hallmark
The 1999-2000 academic year may well rank as the strangest in the five-decade history of the Freehold Regional High School District. The district was in the news on many occasions these past 10 months, though not always in a light that would make residents of the regional district’s eight communities proud. Without going into all…
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Marlboro Township needs a shade tree commission
While I was driving down Tennent Road in Marlboro, my eyes were, once again, assaulted by clear cutting. The latest development will surround the post office and the developer has been al-lowed to demolish acres of trees. Not only do I find it unappealing to look at, I wonder what the environmental impact will be.…
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1 a.m. vote contradicts Dems’ previous stand
I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Norman Graham, a private citizen of Marlboro, for his diligence in monitoring the actions of the Marlboro Township Council. Mr. Graham has been known to frequent numerous public meetings of the council and is not afraid to speak up when the need arises. As evidenced…
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GOP partisan failed to tell the entire story
Norman Graham, I commend you for being one of two members of the public who stayed at the May 25 Marlboro Township Council meeting until 1 a.m. to hear the first reading of the 2000 budget. However, since your letter was completely inaccurate, perhaps you should have listened to the audio tape of the meeting.…
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Firm shows a lack of concern for commuters I have written to the Academy Bus Co. again to voice my displeasure with its service on its Wall Street – Route 9 bus line. It seems that, as in past years, once the nice weather starts the available buses and drivers stop. For the last couple…
