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  • Summer camp: the ultimate 21st century skills-learning environment

    By Andy Pritikin It used to be so easy. Mom was home, and kids wanted to play outside, as we only had seven channels on the television (and no central air). Boy, how times have changed.Technological advances have profoundly affected life, as we know it, including how we raise our children. Most families rely on…

  • Marlboro board considers policy on gender identity

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education may adopt a policy that would address the needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming students. The board approved a first reading of the policy during a meeting in December. According to the policy, the board will accept a student’s assertion of…

  • Student joins lawmakers at conference

    Shaye DiPasquale, a senior at Freehold Township High School, was invited to attend the National Foundation of Women Legislators Conference in Philadelphia. The four-day conference was held in November. Shaye’s invitation to attend followed the news that she had been awarded a scholarship from the Alice Paul Institute after being recommended by state Assemblywoman Caroline…

  • Sporting a new ‘do

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Mary Hulse, 9, of Freehold, wears a unique hairstyle as she takes in the boys basketball game pitting Freehold Township High School against Freehold High School on Jan. 15 in Freehold Borough. The visiting Patriots won, 57-43.

  • Lawrence “Larry” Mancini

    Lawrence “Larry” Mancini of Davison, Mich., formerly of Freehold and Lakewood, age 83, passed away Jan. 8, 2015, at McLaren Lapeer. A funeral service with military honors will be held 6 p.m. Jan. 17 at Allen Funeral Home, 9136 Davison Road, Davison, Mich. Deacon Dan Zudel will officiate. Cremation will follow the service. Visitation will…

  • Students polish skills in computer code program

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Russ Donofrio, a Freehold Township K-8 School District network specialist and educational technology coordinator, prepares to participate in a computer coding program at the Barkalow Middle School. At right, Freehold High School computer science teacher Jim Gill works with a Barkalow student during a program that stresses the importance…

  • Regional high school board welcomes two new members

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Colts Neck representative Vincent Accettola and Freehold Township representative Samuel Carollo participated in their first meeting as members of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has welcomed two new members — one with a background of…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A man passes shops in downtown Red Bank on Jan. 7 during winter’s coldest week yet.

  • Criticism of interfaith families hypocritical

    Your recent article “Interfaith Families Embrace Holidays” (News Transcript, Dec. 17) included criticisms by rabbis Pont and Kline of the Conservative and Reform movements. Rabbi Pont stated, “If you’re celebrating both, then you’re not really embracing either.” Rabbi Kline said, “You can’t have two different religious traditions that contradict each other and call them both…