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  • Foundation grant boosts pupils’ digital storytelling

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Students in Wendy Buchanan’s fourth-grade class at the Park Avenue Elementary School, Freehold Borough, work on their video autobiographies. Buchanan received a $1,500 grant from the Freehold Borough Educational Foundation, which allowed her to purchase equipment for a digital mastery program. FREEHOLD – Storytelling has always played a vital…

  • Marlboro may gain from new school funding plan

    Impact of state law as it relates to special education still an issue BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO- During a special meeting with theMarlboro Board of Education, state Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) said there is a lot going on in education in New Jersey. Representatives of the school board and the municipality…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • High school stores expected to comply with regulations

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Freehold Regional High School District administrators expected to have a situation involving school stores resolved this week. And by the start of the next school year a complete review of the operation of the school stores is expected to take place, according to Superintendent of Schools James Wasser. He said…

  • Inaction a direct threat to horse industry, more

    The horse-racing industry in New Jersey is in jeopardy and cannot continue to be among the leaders in the nation or in fact survive without significant funding for race track purses and breeding programs. Gov. Jon Corzine had promised as early as last summer and throughout the fall to help the horse industry with its…

  • School board hopefuls may pick up nominating petition

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Nominating petitions for residents who want to run for a seat on the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education may be picked up in the office of the district’s business administrator. Business Administrator and Board Secretary Cindy Barr-Rague said petitions may be picked up in her office…

  • Coda

    It’s time for lawmakers to ignore casinos’ lobbyists GREG BEAN Back in 2002, Mark Rosman, who is the managing editor of Greater Media’s publication the News Transcript, wrote a column about Monmouth County developer Anthony Spalliero headlined, “Whatever Tony Wants, Tony Gets in Marlboro.” It was Rosman’s point that nearly any new development proposal put…