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  • Parent frustrated with Manalapan middle school fiasco

    With pressure building with calls from parents to the governor’s office, the state Department of Educa-tion, senators and assemblymen, the students of the Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School can hopefully attend their school by Sept. 25. Assemblyman Mike Panter was diligent in getting the governor’s office and the Department of Community Affairs to meet with the contractors,…

  • Monmouth Democrats rely on wheeling to operate

    Find a wheel, and it goes round and round as it tools along with a Camden sound … OK, reworking Perry Como’s hit really doesn’t work. The song wasn’t really about wheeling anyway. This letter is. Wheeling is the practice of moving political money around the state, and during most of the past decade it…

  • Obituaries

    Robert Douglas Bennett Mr. Bennett, 56, of Freehold Township, died Sept. 11 at home. He worked in the home-building industry for many years, and was a 1973 graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford (with campuses now in Madison and Teaneck). Mr. Bennett was predeceased in March by his father, John “Pete” Bennett. Surviving are his…

  • Placement of campaign signs called into question

    I like Nikki Pezzullo’s campaign signs. Very clever. Catchy. And not noticing any signs from her opponent, I wonder if she’s running unopposed. So I did some fact checking. Nikki’s opponent didn’t display his signs yet because it would be illegal. And Nikki’s signs are illegal. They violate the law. A Manalapan ordinance prohibits posting…

  • Grandmother appreciates safety at local skate park

    Thank you, Freehold Township Parks and Recreation Department, for making safety at your parks the top priority. An attendant is present at all times to enforce the rules at your skateboard park. I have observed that you will not open the skateboard park without the presence of an attendant. This grandmother appreciates your concern for…

  • MEMS welcomes back 1,400 students, staff

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer MANALAPAN – What a relief. Two weeks after beginning their school year divided among six elemen-tary schools, the 1,400 seventh- and eighth-graders who attend the Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School (MEMS), Millhurst Road, were back in their building for a full day of classes on Sept. 25. Meeting…

  • Middle school program makes respectful behavior a priority

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Eisenhower Middle School started the school year with an R’s and Stars Kick-Off as part of a school-wide effort to promote respectful and responsible behavior. This is the second year of the program which has created a positive school environment that fosters pro-social student behavior, according to a press release from…

  • Goddard families enjoy BBQ

    MARLBORO – The PTO of the Goddard School, Route 520, held its first barbecue on Sept. 9 to raise funds to benefit the children attending the school. According to a press release, the event was made possible through the efforts of many of the Goddard parents, who not only have families to raise, but also…

  • Attendance areas will not change

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has voted to keep established attendance area boundary lines in effect for the 2007-08 school year. A 5-3 vote to keep the attendance areas in place came at the board’s Sept. 11 meeting held at…