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  • Elizabeth Patten Megill

    Mrs. Megill, 82, of Howell, died May 5, 2011, atMeridian Subacute Rehabilitation, Wall. She was a graduate of St. Vincent’s School of Nursing, Montclair. Mrs. Megill was a volunteer and chairman of the Coffee Shop at CentraState Medical Center (formerly Freehold Area Hospital) Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles Megill, in 1989;…

  • FRHSD budget gains approval from voters

    Accettola, Messinger win seats on school board representing Colts Neck and Marlboro BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District’s $177.6 million spending plan for the 2011-12 school year was approved by a vote of 9,989 yes to 6,966 no in the April 27 school election. At the same time, two incumbent members…

  • They could probably list it as a ‘handyman special’

    CODA GREG BEAN File this one under: Better Late Than Never. For years, I’ve thought that if I lost my home and needed a place to live for a very long time, I’d just break into the McGinnis School building on the intersection of Dunhams Corner Road and Hardenburg Lane in East Brunswick, and squat.…

  • State investigates county college compensation

    Handlin’s call for inquiry prompted by Brookdale audit report findings BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Fiscal improprieties at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, and other county colleges in New Jersey have prompted the Office of the State Comptroller to launch an investigation into compensation packages of college officials. Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (RMonmouth and Middlesex) said she…

  • Voters OK K-8 school tax levy in Colts Neck

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The 2011-12 budget for the Colts Neck K-8 School District was approved by voters in the April 27 election. Voters also elected three newcomers and two incumbents to fill seats on the Board of Education. The 2011-12 budget totals $22.9 million and includes a general fund tax levy…

  • FTHS team gains state final

    Freehold Township High School’s Consumer Bowl team recently won the right to represent all of central New Jersey in the final Consumer Bowl championship. The Consumer Bowl is designed to help students become smart consumers by challenging their awareness of how to protect themselves against rip-offs and scams, and helping them learn how to make…

  • School community rallies to help Japan

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Marlboro High School community has come together to help the people of Japan. The school’s effort has raised $7,050 for relief efforts. Immediately following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency that wrecked parts of Japan in early March, Marlboro High School Principal Shaun Boylan reached out to his…

  • Victor “Doctor Vic” Otterbine, D.O.

    Dr. Otterbine, 43, of Freehold, died April 3, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, after a 14-year battle with sarcoma. He was a communicant of St. Joseph Parish, Keyport. Dr. Otterbine graduated with high honors from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey as an osteopathic physician with an emphasis on…

  • Viola Coscia

    Mrs. Coscia, 85, of Howell, died April 26, 2011, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was born in NewYork City and lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, before moving to Howell in 1991. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph A. Coscia; and a grandson, Steven Nikitopoulos. Surviving are three sons, Dom Coscia, and his…