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  • Passing of a legend

    The Freehold Regional High School District lost one of its legendary educators last week when Bernie Goldwater died in Florida at the age of 74. Goldwater was a fixture in the district for several decades, first at Southern Freehold Regional High School (later renamed Howell High School) and then at Freehold Township High School. He…

  • Dr. Metzger was a man of principle and of friendship

    Last week a pall fell over my house when I opened the newspaper and read about the passing of Dr. Bruce Metzger (“Metzger Recalled as Man Who Cared for Community,” News Transcript, June 20). My husband, daughters and I were deeply saddened by the loss of a man we had come to know and love.…

  • Pre-wedding dinner brings back memories of little boy

    Clare Marie Celano Girl Talk Clare Marie CelanoGirl Talk Like most little boys tell their moms, when my son was very young, he told me he wanted to marry me. “I wish I had a tape recorder to play those words back to you when you grow up,” I’d respond. Sitting in a beautiful waterfront…

  • Arrests at PNC center: stupid is as stupid does

    Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda Last week, when I was writing about coyotes, I noted that people trying to trap them only catch the dumb ones. The smart ones get away, because they’re too savvy to be caught in such an obvious fashion. That principle also applies to some teenagers and young adults, at least…

  • Obituaries

    John P. Allen Sr. Mr. Allen, 85, of East Brunswick, died June 22, 2007, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1985, he was employed as a millwright with E.I. DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 44 years. His wife, Sophie Yanush Allen, died in 2006, and a son, Scott Allen, died…

  • School leaders decide on uses for extra state funds

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Representatives of the Freehold Borough school district and Borough Council joined state Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck at the Statehouse in Trenton recently to lobby New Jersey legislators for additional funding for the K-8 district. FREEHOLD – School administrators have decided how they will spend $550,000…

  • Educator enjoyed watching children succeed

    Dennis Levinson retires as principal in Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Dennis Levinson has retired as principal of the Freehold Learning Center elementary school, Freehold Borough, ending a long career that saw him come through the ranks of teaching to administration. He especially enjoyed relating to the…

  • Three new principals named in Freehold Regional district

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Correspondent BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Correspondent Three of the Freehold Regional High School District’s six schools will welcome new principals during the 2007-08 school year. FRHSD public information officer Ilse Whisner confirmed this week that new administrators have been hired to assume the top posts at Colts Neck High School, Manalapan High…

  • State’s park lands belong to hunters, too

    A letter to the editor from Charlotte Barone of Marlboro (“Marlboro Resident Wants Park System to End Deer Hunt,” June 13) was, to say the least, uninformed and obviously purposely inflammatory. Ms. Barone claims that her “experience has been that hunters trespass and don’t respect the law.” Hunters and outdoorsmen are the truest form of…