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Applegate pupil wins club’s annual spelling bee
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Fifth-grader Julian Cruz attempts to spell a word during the Nootime Optimist Club of Freehold’s annual spelling bee held Jan. 30 at the Early Childhood Learning Center, Freehold Township. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – One by one, the fifth-graders stepped up to the podium and took turns spelling words c-o-r-r-e-c-t-l-y. The room…
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Tax rebate will not stem tide of foreclosures
Iam shocked by the naiveté of the American people and government officials. A small tax rebate is a scam on the American people. It will serve absolutely nothing positive in reference to stimulating the economy nor will it stop the mortgage foreclosure debacle. The foreclosure rate has skyrocketed because greedy mortgage lenders dramatically increased mortgage…
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Prayer in home should not be considered a disturbance
Regarding the article on the front page of the News Transcript’s Jan. 30 issue (“Neighbor Makes Case Home Is House of Worship”), I find it disturbing that there is a conflict at all. If Rabbi Avraham Bernstein and his houseguests were dealing drugs, running a prostitution ring or were drunk and disorderly I could understand…
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Special memories made on Grandparents Day
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Destinee Angerame, 7, plays a hand game with her grandfather, Michael Rickey, during a luncheon for pupils and their grandparents during Catholic Schools Week at St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold Borough. FREEHOLD – Grandparents rule and children at the St. Rose of Lima…
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Teachers, board still negotiating
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Board of Education members listened to accolades followed several times by applause and standing ovations as person after person, most of them teachers, beseeched the members of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education to approve a new deal for the Manalapan-Englishtown Education Association (MEEA). The MEEA’s…
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Betty Munley
Mrs. Munley, 82, of Keyport, died Feb. 2, 2008, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She is survived by two daughters, Genny Kudash of Matawan, and Judith Priccaciante of Brielle; two sisters, Nellodene Weist of Graceville, Pa., and Bernadette Hammond of Marlboro; three granddaughters; three great-grandchildren; and one greatgreat grandson. A funeral service was at…
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Council honors school board
MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education was honored by the Township Council at the council’s Jan. 17 meeting in honor of School Board Recognition Month. “You work to improve the lives of our children and there is nothing more noble or important than that,” Mayor Jonathan Hornik told the Board of…
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Kindergarten registration set
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP- Registration packets for the 2008-09 Freehold Township School District’s full-day kindergarten program are now available in the elementary schools during regular school hours. The packets may be picked up at any of the five schools, Applegate, Catena, Donovan, Errickson or West Freehold, or can be downloaded off the district’s Web site at www.freeholdtwp.k12.nj.us.…
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Parents, pupils share activities
MANALAPAN- Kindergarten parents and students shared a day immersed in reading activities at the John I. Dawes Early Learning Center on Dec. 14. Teachers hosted the first Early Literacy Counts event to promote language-based activities that enrich early literacy and reading strategies. According to a press release, the children and parents rotated to different activities…
