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  • Colts Neck school board expects to adopt budget

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The general fund tax levy is $57,000 less in the Colts Neck K-8 School District’s 2011-12 budget than it was in 2010-11, but a drop in the assessed valuation of the township may result in some property owners paying more in school taxes over the next year. Apublic…

  • Ann M. Robinson

    Mrs. Robinson, 53, of Colts Neck and Long Beach Island, died March 28, 2011, at home. She was employed in the late 1970s at Perkin-Elmer, Eatontown, and was self-employed in the 1980s as a professional wallpaper hanger. She was a volunteer for Holiday Express since its inception in 1994. Mrs. Robinson was predeceased by her…

  • Voters will be asked to OK school budget

    Freehold Borough board adopts $20.1 million plan BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A “good, solid, fiscally responsible budget” is how Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education President Annette Jordan describes the 2011-12 budget. The board adopted a $20.1 million budget for the 2011-12 school year on March 28. Jordan praised…

  • Angelo J. Mercadante

    Mr. Mercadante, 82, of Freehold Township, died March 28, 2011, at CareOne at Jackson. He was employed as a buildings and grounds supervisor for the Caldwell Board of Education. He was also a talented artist and an active member of the residence council at Bartley Healthcare, Jackson. Mr. Mercadante was predeceased by his wife, June;…

  • Walter Victor Boguslawski

    Mr. Boguslawski, 85, of Freehold Township, died March 30, 2011, at Liberty Royal Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Tinton Falls. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Mr. Boguslawski was employed as a school crossing guard for the borough of Freehold. Prior to that, he was employed by Kraft Foods and operated…

  • Track meet? Better bundle up!

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I ’ve learned many things in my days of being a sports parent. For instance, I’ve learned to bring a light jacket to any and all football events, even if the sun is shining and the promise of warm weather looms on the horizon. I’ve also learned the hard…

  • Sale of ‘Sesame Street’ toys could fund PBS

    I loved the (March 16 editorial page) cartoon of Grover before the firing squad. Anyone with children is very familiar with the vast quantity of “Sesame Street” products you can buy for your child — dozens of DVDs, CDs and books; countless toys of every character. Elmo’s face is on diapers, wipes, clothes, shoes, sheets,…

  • John David Murphy

    Mr. Murphy, 73, of Howell, formerly of the Bronx, N.Y., died March 24, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Prior to retiring in 1980, Mr. Murphy was employed as a metal lather for Local 46, New York City, for many years. After retiring, he was employed…

  • N.J. promotes profits, pollution over citizens’ health

    A newspaper recently reported, “The state Department of Environmental Protection last week announced it was proposing a rule that would, in effect, allow the agency to ignore its other rules and regulations when DEP leadership believes it would help make New Jersey more pollution-friendly.” Actually, I fibbed. The DEP used the words ”business-friendly,” but isn’t…