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  • These folks are giving New Jersey a bad name

    CODA GREG BEAN No matter where you go, you can’t ever escape New Jersey. Take, for example, a little over a week ago when I was waiting at the swim-up bar in a beautiful tropical resort for the bartender to finish blending my pina colada. The guy standing next to me had a scowl on…

  • Freehold council will review school budget

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Voters in Freehold Borough, as in many other towns around New Jersey last week, spoke their mind with the flick of a wrist, saying no to the 2010-11 school budget in the April 20 school election. Voters were asked to approve an $8.1 million general fund tax…

  • Supt. believed budget was a reasonable plan

    Township Committee to review Freehold Twp.’s defeated school budget BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Committee will review the Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education’s 2010-11 budget following the spending plan’s defeat by voters in the April 20 school election. Freehold Township Superintendent of Schools William Setaro…

  • Marlboro school budget rejected in April 20 vote

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A war of words between New Jersey’s governor and the union that represents teachers in the state’s public schools is the suspected cause of a higher than normal turnout for this year’s school election and the defeat of the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education’s proposed 2010-11…

  • Manalapan-Englishtown school tab to be reviewed

    Superintendent: ‘We are about to enter a very difficult period …’ BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer T he Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District’s proposed budget for the 2010-11 school year will be reviewed by the governing bodies of Manalapan and Englishtown in the coming weeks. Voters in both towns rejected the Board of Education’s request to…

  • Colts Neck school board deals with defeated budget

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — A school budget defeat means that more reductions could be coming to the Colts Neck K-8 School District. In the April 20 school election, voters rejected the Board of Education’s request for a $19.6 million general fund tax levy for the 2010-11 school year. The tax levy…

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    Our online Facebook and Twitter pages are up and running, and we invite our readers to check out this faster way of keeping up with what is going on in their region. Let us assure anyone who is thinking “I don’t text and I don’t tweet” that we’ve made accessing these online sites very simple.…

  • Council may ask auditor to review school budget

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Municipal officials planned to hire a forensic accountant this week to scrutinize the Howell K-8 School District’s defeated 2010-11 budget, Mayor Robert F. Walsh said. “I think it was a mandate from the people over concerns about union contracts,” the mayor said. “The people have spoken loud…

  • John S. Di Leo

    Mr. Di Leo, 74, a resident of Holmdel since 2008, died at his home on March 29, 2010, after a long illness. He was the proprietor of Hylan Electrical Contracting and DiLeo Hardware in Staten Island, N.Y., before retiring. He was predeceased by his wife, Victoria Vincequara Di Leo, in 2008; and a brother, Victor…