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  • District: New law needed on schooling Earle students

    Board of Education enlists community to change state law BY CARA SCHULTZ Correspondent TINTON FALLS – More than 300 people showed up at a meeting at Mahala F. Atchison Elementary School on Nov. 26 at which the Board of Education reached out to community members for support in its effort to have new state legislation…

  • Dorotha Wallen Oliver

    Mrs. Oliver, 90, of Colts Neck, died Nov. 6, 2007, at home. She was born in Decker, Ind., on Dec. 14, 1916, and had lived in Colts Neck for the past seven years. Mrs. Oliver earned a degree in library science from Indiana University, Bloomington. She was a grade-school teacher and children’s librarian in Wayne…

  • Life of Lenape Indians on display at Griebling

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff John T. Kraft, director of Lenape Lifeways, discusses the history of the people who were the first to inhabit New Jersey. Kraft spoke to third-graders at the Griebling School, Howell, on Nov. 14. HOWELL – In an effort to carry on the life’s work of…

  • Anthony Olmo

    Mr. Olmo, 69, of Toms River, died Nov. 8, 2007, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was born in Manhattan, N.Y., and had lived in Bergen County before moving to Toms River in 1996. Prior to retiring in 1995, Mr. Olmo was a supervisor for the Maxwell House Division of General Foods Corp., Hoboken,…

  • District may weigh office move out of Main Street School

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District administrators are investigating the possibility of relocating the school district’s offices from their present location in the former Main Street School on Main Street in Englishtown. The possibility of the Manalapan- Englishtown school district central office staff vacating the building where they have been located for…

  • Oscar Alfred Niederman

    Mr. Niederman, 90, of Benton, Ark., formerly of Freehold, died Nov. 21, 2007. He was born in New Brunswick on May 6, 1917, to Gertrude and Morris Niederman and had lived in Freehold until about a year ago. Prior to retiring, Mr. Niederman owned and operated his own television and stereo business. He was predeceased…

  • Barkalow hosts career day

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Barkalow Middle School, Stillwells Corner Road, held its annual Career Day on Nov. 29. Members of the Freehold Township community who are professionals in various industries spoke to eighth grade students about career paths and the requirements for entering a certain field. Students had the opportunity to attend five career workshops…

  • Freehold resident not linked with Kelsey

    It seems to me that Freehold Borough Councilman Marc Le Vine has the unique ability of putting his foot in his mouth when he makes public statements. I object strenuously to his linking me in any way with Richard Kelsey (“Mayor Is Taking Action to Aid Freehold Borough Residents,” News Transcript, Letters to the Editor,…

  • Parking to be restricted on two streets near FHS

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – Residents who live on Douglas Road and Runyon Avenue in Freehold Borough may be pleased to know their streets will now be designated as permit parking streets. Residents who live on streets near Freehold High School, Broadway, had asked the members of the Borough Council to do…