Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Surprise announcement shocks MHS principal
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer MARLBORO – James Mullevey feared the worst. Mullevey, the principal of Marlboro High School, had just been informed that the school sign outside on the front lawn had been damaged and defaced. However, when he walked outside of the building on the morning of…
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School violence gets focus of attention during week
BY ELANA ARON Correspondent BY ELANA ARONCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Board of Education passed a resolution at its Oct. 10 meeting acknowledging the week of Oct. 16 as School Violence Awareness Week. The state Department of Education designated this week in conjunction with National Safety Month in January 2002. Freehold Township schools have planned…
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Manalapan H.S. to host music festival
MANALAPAN – The Manalapan High School Marching Braves will serve as host for a marching band competition Oct. 21 as part of the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) competition festivities for 2006. The event will feature eight marching bands performing music while marching in formation. Color guard members will enhance the field show with…
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Former WMUA rep. will support Pezzullo
From 1987 until 2001, I was one of Manalapan’s two commissioners on the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority (WMUA). During those 15 years, I voted to raise rates once and voted to lower rates twice. When we raised rates, our meeting was packed with irate Covered Bridge residents who demanded our resignations. Covered Bridge residents then…
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Parents must be aware of dangers of drug
Methamphetamine is a powerfully addictive stimulant that dramatically affects the brain and the rest of the central nervous system. It is easily made due to its extremely low cost and the fact that the ingredients, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, are found in over-the-counter medications and other household products. The ingredients are cooked into a powder that…
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Protecting our children from bullying is very important
School is a place where parents hope to find for their children a learning experience in a nurturing environment. We send our children to school each day feeling we have set them down a path to become healthy, educated individuals where their dreams and life goals can be realized. Unfortunately, bullying can irrevocably alter these…
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Obituaries
Celia Hunko Mrs. Hunko, 95, of Freehold Township, died Oct. 4 at home. She was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. She and her husband moved to Englishtown in 1952 and then to Freehold Township in 1985. She moved to The Villages, Howell, in 2000 and relocated to Freehold Township…
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Pezzullo wants to dedicate herself to improving town
Despite another last minute, desperate attempt by the Democratic political boss, Gerard Ward, to prevent Manalapan from having a choice in selecting a Township Committee candidate, the courts ruled that Nikole Pezzullo resides in Manalapan and therefore is registered and eligible to vote in any election she so chooses in Manalapan. It was proved that…
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Candidates should not keep party affiliation a secret
We have been receiving scads of campaign fliers and literature for state and local candidates that come around this time every year. What’s interesting about the signs and literature this year is not what’s said – the usual blather about protecting Man-alapan and New Jersey from rampant development – but what is not said. In…
