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  • Board confirms Angelozzi as Manalapan principal

    FRHSD superintendent says tenure case against Simon cost about $350,000 BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The dust is beginning to settle after more than a year of uncertainty in the administrative ranks of Manalapan High School. At its April 8 meeting, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education voted to change the status…

  • Student lands leading role

    Kelsey Seaman of Howell is playing Hope Harcourt in Phoenix Productions’ presentation of “Anything Goes,” which concludes this weekend at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank. Kelsey is a student at the Fine and Performing Arts Academy at Howell High School. She has been a member of the All- Shore Chorus from 2010 to 2012…

  • Katherine A. Weeden

    Mrs. Weeden, 94, of Port Orange, Fla., died on March 24, 2013. She was born in Englishtown and lived there until moving to Port Orange 30 years ago. Mrs. Weeden was employed as a school bus driver for the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Surviving are two daughters, Lorraine Natalie and Vera Zavada; a daughter-in-law, Roseann…

  • How do we feel about taxes? I think we’re over the moon

    CODA GREG BEAN If you were walking around on Thursday, April 18, you might have noticed that a little weight was off the yoke around your shoulders, and there was an extra spring in your step. You might not have known why you suddenly felt less burdened, but I’ve got a possible explanation. April 18…

  • Rose Zappulla

    Mrs. Zappulla, 88, of Hazlet, died April 1, 2013, at the Willows in Holmdel. She was born Rose Albi on May 16, 1924, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was predeceased by her husband of 69 years, Paul Zappulla; a son, Clayton A. Zappulla; and six brothers and sisters. She is survived by two sons, Vincent Zappulla…

  • Now is the time for public to speak about senior services

    As a member of the Monmouth County Office on Aging Advisory Council and as founder of the Sandwich Generation concept, I see the increasing needs of seniors and elders in our communities and shrinking funds to meet these needs. Monmouth County has one of the highest ratios of seniors in the state. Once a year…

  • Shirley Jayne Banka

    Mrs. Banka, 78, of Manalapan, died April 4, 2013. Prior to retiring, she was employed as a salesperson for Avon for more than 30 years. She was predeceased by a son, Scott Banka; and a sister, Terry Walters. Surviving are her husband, Ted; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jeffrey Banka, and Steven and Beata Banka;…

  • Bring national anthem to public’s attention for all events

    Why do we only get to see the national anthem after a tragedy? I am not taking the issue of what happened in Boston without the seriousness it truly deserves, and my thoughts are with those who were hurt and killed. My problem is why it always takes a tragedy such as this to remind…