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  • Municipal official asks voters to re-elect three Democrats in Marlboro

    I have always done my best to serve my community with the utmost honesty and integrity. I believe it is more important to do what is right for the people rather than doing what is right for a particular political party. That is why in 2009 I switched my party affiliation from Republican to Democrat…

  • Board will hold off on after-school bus

    MARLBORO — Parents will have to continue their current method of getting their children home from after-school activities in the Marlboro K-8 School District, as members of the Board of Education have put off talks about reinstating the 4:15 p.m. late bus until a discussion regarding the 2012-13 school budget begins. The topic of the…

  • Alta B. Konowalow

    Mrs. Konowalow, 91, a lifelong resident of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died Oct. 22, 2011, at Bayshore Hospital, Holmdel. She was employed as a nurse for Dr. Weiner in his Matawan office. Mrs. Konowalow was an exempt member of the Morganville First Aid & Rescue Squad and was the first female first aider in…

  • Not everyone’s poor in ‘poorer’ school districts

    CODA GREG BEAN I f you want one more bit of proof that the Abbott district funding scheme is a colossally expensive failure, just look at what happened when Joseph Ferraina, the longtime superintendent of the Long Branch schools, retired recently with a $154,741- per-year pension. Ferraina ran the schools in his Abbott district like…

  • Nancy M. Miraglia

    Mrs. Miraglia, 92, of Howell, formerly of Manalapan, died Oct. 11, 2011, at home. She was a secretary for Miraglia Associates, Manalapan, and was also a speaker for the Federation of Catholic Schools and had traveled extensively around the world. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles Miraglia, in 1988; two sons-in-law, George Marszal and…

  • Time for fall family fun!

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN Starting with this issue, Lizz Dinnigan will be writing a new column every other week for Greater Media Newspapers called “Dinnigan’s Diversions,” based on her Facebook travel blog of the same name. Who I am In my former life (pre-kids), I was a staff writer and copy editor for a travel-trade…

  • Higgins, Schnurr, DiBenedetto will serve town

    A s lawn signs began sprouting in Freehold Borough this election season, some residents were caught in an unfamiliar bind: Whose should they put up this year? The four candidates for the Borough Council are all widely known and respected in our community, with many overlapping ties of family and friendship. (Nolan Higgins is running…

  • Nancy M. Miraglia

    Mrs. Miraglia, 92, of Howell, formerly of Manalapan, died Oct. 11, 2011, at home. She was a secretary for Miraglia Associates, Manalapan, and was also a speaker for the Federation of Catholic Schools and had traveled extensively around the world. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles Miraglia, in 1988; two sons-in-law, George Marszal and…