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  • 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…

  • Jean Beck Malone

    Mrs. Malone, of Whiting, formerly of Freehold, died April 20, 2011, at home. She graduated from Brookdale Community College with an associate degree in humanities. She was employed by the Plainfield Courier-News, Toremus & Co., N.Y., Johns Manville Co., and the Union County Mental Hygiene Society in Plainfield. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert…

  • Mortimer M. Presby

    Mr. Presby, 85, of Brick, died April 19, 2011, at Shorrock Gardens Care Center, Brick. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Presby owned and operated the Art Craft Cutting Corp. in Union City and worked for the New Jersey Sports and ExpositionAuthority at the Meadowlands before retiring. He was predeceased by a…

  • Catherine E. Koch

    Mrs. Koch, 77, of Freehold Township, formerly of Howell, died April 22, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was a waitress at Van’s in Freehold and Olde Silver Tavern in Manalapan for over 27 years. Mrs. Koch was predeceased by her husband, Bernard F. Koch, in 1984. Surviving are three daughters and…