Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Edna Smith
Mrs. Smith, 96, of Jackson, died Dec. 25, 2007, at Bartley Healthcare Nursing & Rehabilitation, Jackson. Born in Freehold, she was a lifelong resident of Jackson. Mrs. Smith was a seamstress with Nappa Smith Co., Farmingdale. She was predeceased in 1959 by her first husband, Russell Smith; in 2004 by her second husband, George Smith;…
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Special education services require more staff, space
Marlboro administrators begin to calculate needs for 2008-09 school year BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – The need for additional staff and classrooms to support special education services is expected to manifest itself for the 2008-09 school year in the Marlboro K-8 School District, according to a presentation given by Robert Klein, the director…
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Josephine Barbara Mack Gibney
Mrs. Gibney, 85, of River Edge, died Dec. 30, 2007. Born in Philadelphia, she was the sister of Mary, Helen, Laura, Alice, Theodore and Arthur.Mrs.Mack graduated from St.Monica’s Catholic High School in Philadelphia and in 1944 enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), the women’s branch of the U.S. Army. She met her husband while…
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Perfect together: New Jersey and who?
For many Garden State residents, it looks as though “New Jersey and You” are no longer perfect together. A recent report by Rutgers University uncovers an alarming exodus of residents from this state we’re in. Titled “Where Have All the Dollars Gone? An Analysis of New Jersey Migration Patterns,” the report was published earlier this…
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John Thomas Illmensee
Mr. Illmensee, 72, of Red Bank, died Jan. 18, 2008. He was born in Colts Neck. He owned his own real estate business in Colts Neck, retiring two years ago. Mr. Illmensee served in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He was a communicant of St. James Roman Catholic Church, Red Bank. He was a Red Bank…
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Supervisor: ESL program instructing more students
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education heard a review of the district’s English as a Second Language (ESL) needs assessment during its Jan. 8 workshop meeting. Victoria Andalucia, the supervisor of curriculum and instruction including ESL, said there are some severe needs in the district’s two…
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Lawmakers pass new school-funding formula
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Lawmakers in the state Senate and General Assembly narrowly passed a bill that would radically alter the way that state aid is apportioned to local school districts, after a tooth-and-nail struggle that, as one assemblyman observed, fell mostly along geographic lines. The bills, S-4000 andA-500, are the result of weeks…
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Raising tolls is not the answer to New Jersey’s financial problems
Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to dramatically raise tolls to help repay New Jersey’s debt is just very poor public policy. Raising tolls on the more efficient toll roads will only encourage people to use less efficient back roads and alternate roads. Adriver can reach almost any point in the state using free roads. From Manalapan…
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Resident doesn’t buy ‘structural problems’ explanation
It is horrific to hear of the news of the destruction of the American Hotel in Freehold Borough. I am positive the building could have been saved, restored and used as a hotel again. “Structural problems” is a cliché often used to rationalize the demolition of a historic building – a cop-out. Unfortunately it is…
