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FRHSD board should take action on asst. supt.
Just when we thought the Breyer State affair with the Freehold Regional High School District was behind us with the retirement of H. James Wasser as superintendent, it reared its ugly head again at the Aug. 30 FRHSD Board of Education meeting with the reappointment of Donna Evangelista as assistant superintendent of curriculum. She is…
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Enrollment down slightly in Marlboro’s K-8 schools
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — As school opened in the Marlboro K-8 School District last week, approximately 5,800 pupils arrived for the start of the 2010-11 academic year. District spokeswoman Sharon Witchel said that as of Aug. 30 parents were still enrolling children. Administrators are estimating that between 5,788 and 5,813 students will…
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More needs to be done by local officials to rein in Marlboro taxes
The Marlboro mayor and Township Council president have approved next year’s municipal budget with yet another significant increase in spending and taxes over last year, and that’s on top of the already skyrocketing increases, some almost as high at 40 percent, from the recent property tax revaluation just conducted in Marlboro. While it is true…
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3 on board vote no on asst. supt.’s pay
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Three members of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education took a symbolic stand when they cast their votes on the 2010-11 school year salary of an assistant superintendent. During the board’s Aug. 30 meeting at the district’s headquarters in Englishtown, board members voted on the salaries of…
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Dorothy “Dot” Sheehy
Mrs. Sheehy, 87, of Charlottesville, Va., formerly of Freehold, died Sept. 2, 2010, at the Hospice of the Piedmont, Charlottesville. She graduated from Freehold High School in 1940 and attended Rider College, Lawrenceville. Mrs. Sheehy was employed at the State Hospital of Marlboro, and later for her family’s real estate and insurance business, Merritt R.…
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Rutgers U. enrolls largest first-year class in its history
Total university enrollment expected to set record at more than 56,400 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, expects a record enrollment of more than 56,400 undergraduate and graduate students on its three main campuses this fall. Rutgers will welcome the largest firstyear class in its history, with an estimated 7,300 first-year students expected universitywide. Preliminary figures show…
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Edna M. Gomolka Weinman
Mrs. Weinman, 87, of Sayreville, died Aug. 20, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement in 2005, she was employed as a waitress at the Reo Diner, Woodbridge, where she worked for 30 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Weinman; three brothers, Conrad, Albert and Marion Gomolka; and a sister, Frances Dzielak. Surviving…
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PAL to run Howell school sports, clubs
Opening day of school meant fewer teachers, administrators and staff BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Students and faculty in the Howell K-8 School District who went back to school last week found that things have changed quite a bit since they left in June. “The staff is going to try and make…
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Lawrence M. Farrell
Mr. Farrell, 71, of Freehold Township, previously of Linden, died Aug. 26, 2010, at KimballMedical Center, Lakewood. Prior to retiring, he was a forklift operator at 3-M, Freehold Township, for 22 years. He was a sergeant in the U.S. Army National Guard for 23 years. Surviving are his wife, Katherine, of Freehold Township; a daughter,…
