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Freehold Twp. voters approve school budget
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Voters on April 17 approved a local tax levy of $52.2 million to support the Board of Education’s $64.2 million budget for the 2007-08 school year. According to results provided by a Freehold Township K-8 School District official on April 18, the budget…
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Parent clarifies law on one aspect of home-schooling in New Jersey
I am writing in reference to the article “Parents Enjoy Experience of Teaching Children,” published in the News Transcript on April 18, 2007. I am a home-schooler in Mon-mouth County. While it’s always nice to see an article on home-schooling, I was surprised to see the quote by Howell Assistant Superintendent of Schools Susan Vonsover.…
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Obituaries
Sophie Layton Mrs. Layton, 85, of Freehold, died April 16, 2007, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had resided in Freehold all her life. Prior to retiring, she worked for the A&M Karagheusian rug mill, Freehold. She was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic…
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FRHSD board member thanks voters for supporting two questions
I offer my heartfelt thanks and want to personally congratulate the voters who supported the passage of the Freehold Regional High School District budget. I especially would like to applaud the residents of my community, Marlboro, who overwhelmingly helped in the passage of the budget and second question that will enable the Board of Education…
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Teachers selected for honor
MARLBORO – The Marlboro School District has announced that eight members of the teaching staff will be recognized through the Governor’s Teacher Recognition Program this year. The honorees are Pam Hoberman, special education teacher, Marlboro Early Learning Center; Laura McDonough, music teacher, Asher Holmes Elementary School; Jeff Wolf, first and second grade teacher, Frank Defino…
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Resident appreciates light being shed on incident at school
“I see people of all races rejoice when their team is winning and discuss what changes they would make when the team loses. For just a moment, nobody is judging people based on race, creed or color.” I wanted to respond to Managing Editor Mark Rosman’s column, “Change is not inevitable,” which was published in…
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Pupils’ space tool design nets prize in competition
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A group of fifth-grade students from the Freehold Township schools was recently chosen among 22 winners in the Lockheed Martin 2007 Space Day Design Chal-lenges national competition. The winning team, the Mars Retrieval Experts, competed with 178 teams from 17 states in the nation and won for Best Design in Stretch and…
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New Jersey residents reach out to support U.S. troops
The Freehold Family Readiness Group of the 1-114th New Jersey Army National Guard will be holding various events and fundraisers within the next year to support our soldiers and their families. We would greatly appreciate any donations that you can make at this time or in the near future. Please call me at (732) 547-8662…
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Getting the word out
2007 Kick Butts Day was held March 28 at Manalapan High School. The REBEL (Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies) Club had selected administrators, teachers and students wearing T-shirts, signing pledges not to smoke tobacco, listening to announcements with tobacco statistics and visiting a display table highlighting cigarette ingredients and featuring “Mr. Gross Mouth.” Taking part…
