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  • Health implications unclear with synthetic turf fields

    Guest Column NANCY ALDERMAN Environment and Human Health Inc. (EHHI) is concerned about the new synthetic turf fields that are being installed by schools and towns all over this country. These fields are made of a synthetic grasslike material to which large amounts of recycled ground-up rubber tires have been added as “in-fill.” It is…

  • Howell schools will take new look at enrollment

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL- In the face of a declining K-8 school enrollment, the Howell Board of Education has hired T&M Associates to conduct a demographic study of the school district as it plots a course for the future. According to information provided by the school district, the K-8 enrollment in Howell schools…

  • Coda

    A somber toast for the coming year (again) GREG BEAN This column first appeared Jan. 4, 2006. I think it’s as appropriate today as it was then. Things haven’t gotten much better in the last year, and there’s no clear end in sight. I hope you’ll pardon the repetition, but I plan to run it…

  • MHS invites MEMS 8th-graders to orientation

    The administration, staff and students of Manalapan High School invite all eighth-grade students from Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School (MEMS) and their parents to a special orientation. The orientation will be held Jan. 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Manalapan High School on Church Lane in Manalapan. The future incoming freshmen will have the opportunity to tour the school…

  • Girl Talk

    Look to a child for the true magic of Christmas CLARE MARIE CELANO Looking back over the holidays of my past, I realize that my Christmas festivities have not only evolved, but have taken on various lives of their own. As a child, Christmas was it, the ultimate in a kid’s life, the day we…

  • Cherished memories

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Dec. 17 was a time for memories at Manalapan High School as the school’s ADAPT organization held its annual candlelight vigil. This year’s event honored the memory of Manalapan graduate Carlee Wines, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on the University of Connecticut campus in January 2007. At right, Mitchell…

  • Your Turn

    A community can help state’s newest drivers realize that they are not invincible SHEIRY MARSAY Guest Column Never has the now-overused quote, “It takes a village” been more appropriate regarding the subject of new teen drivers. Perhaps the psyche of these drivers needs review to discover why they keep blowing off the new rules and…

  • Edith Pilcher

    Mrs. Pilcher, 91, ofMillstone Township, died Nov. 22, 2007, at home. Born in Plainfield, she had resided in Freehold Township before moving to Millstone 51 years ago. Prior to retiring, Mrs. Pilcher was a registered nurse in the Trenton area. She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, Freehold. Mrs. Pilcher was predeceased…

  • Your Turn

    Renewed symphony looking forward to next performance MARTIN GELFOND Guest Column Thank you to the Manalapan Township Committee for your continued support of the Manalapan Symphony Orchestra. When the conductor of the Manalapan Battleground Symphony resigned last May, I was not willing to let the symphony die. So, as a member of that orchestra, I…