Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Encounter with deer is a difficult experience
Our family was blessed to be able to spend Thanksgiving at our home this year and truly get to celebrate how much we have to be thankful for. Our daughter, who lives in Maryland, left to go home and 10 minutes after departing she called from Tennent Road. A very young deer had obviously been…
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Lack of wealth can put people in harm’s way
Most people have a strong feeling about whether Officer Darren Wilson acted appropriately in shooting and killing Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. While everyone is entitled to their opinion, the grand jury has made their decision and we must live with it. In my opinion, the death of Mr. Brown was a tragedy, but not…
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Programs aim to decrease bullying, substance abuse
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Incidents of violence, vandalism and substance abuse in the Freehold Regional High School District have gone down, according to statistics discussed at a recent Board of Education meeting, and the decrease is being attributed to district programs that promote safety and acceptance among the student body. At a Nov. 17…
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Santa will visit historic school on Dec. 14
COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Historic Preservation Committee has invited a very special guest to the “Old Fashioned Colts Neck Christmas” open house, scheduled for 1-4:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the historic Montrose School at the corner of Cedar Drive and Montrose Road. Santa Claus will take time from his holiday preparations to meet…
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The phone book is, like, so yesterday!
ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Phone books. Back in the day, I never used them. Why, I would simply dial 411, state a name and city and wait patiently for the nice person on the other end of the line to look the phone number up for me. The small fee they began to…
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Drop in birth rate hits Colts Neck K-8 schools
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer COLTS NECK — A decline in the birth rate in the township is responsible for the shrinking enrollment in the Colts Neck K-8 School District, according to a demographic study presented to Board of Education members. As part of an ongoing conversation regarding the potential closing of the Conover Road…
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High school event will put Marlboro’s diversity on display
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — Nearly a dozen countries will be represented as the township celebrates its diversity at Marlboro High School. On the seventh annual Marlboro Multi- Cultural Day, guests are invited to travel around the globe and explore the culture of countries that include Italy, China, India, Spain, Guatemala, Vietnam, Israel,…
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Referendum redo slated in Freehold
FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education will hold a public information session at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 in the cafeteria of the Park Avenue Elementary School to review a school construction referendum that is set for Dec. 9. Polls will be open from 2-9 p.m., and polling locations are as…
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Parents detail concerns about too much testing
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — Some parents are concerned about what they say is too much testing in the Marlboro K-8 School District that is “sucking the joy out of learning” and leaving their children with “extreme anxiety.” At a recent Board of Education meeting, a group of parents stated their concerns about…
