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  • Monmouth assemblyman forsakes area residents

    I offer my applause to state Assembly-man Michael Panter (D-Monmouth and Mercer) for his bill A-2422 which would include casinos in the new indoor smoking ban. Panter was quoted saying, “This effort has always been about protecting em-ployees. There is no reason that casino employees should not have the same protections as workers across the…

  • Lori Clinch

    Are We There Yet? This flu doesn’t give a darn about flu shots My good friend, Trixie, called the other day to report that her family had the flu. “I suffered for two days,” she said with great sorrow. “Then the next thing I knew, Earl was curled up on the couch with a thermometer…

  • Make sure child’s car has up-to-date safety devices

    In January, my phone rang and it was my 18-year-old daughter who had just left for school. “Mom, I crashed the car; come quick.” She was just up the street from my house on Locust Avenue in Howell. I got her dad and when we went outside, we could hear the horn going off and…

  • Mark Rosman

    In the News Stepping up to the plate Over the past few weeks there’s been something of a brouhaha going on in Manalapan concerning a statement that was made at a public meeting by Larry Roth, the husband of Township Committeewoman Michelle Roth. Specifically, an Internet message board dedicated to Manalapan has been abuzz with…

  • Good Samaritan’s effort is appreciated by mother

    On Feb. 25 at about 9 a.m., my daughter was involved in a car accident on the corner of Route 9 and Route 33. I would like to thank the Good Samaritan who stopped to comfort her, offer reassurance and waited with her until the police arrived at the scene. Unfortunately, amid all of her…

  • Religious school registration set

    MARLBORO – The Marlboro Jewish Center will hold registration for its religious school on March 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Chai Building, 46 Topanemus Road. According to a press release, the Marlboro Jewish Center has restructured its religious school program to fulfill its goal of achieving a Framework of Excellence program as…

  • Manalapan cast to present musical ‘Into the Woods’

    MANALAPAN – Have you ever wondered what happens to all of the fairy tale characters who go on to live “happily ever after?” That question will be answered in the Manalapan High School spring musical production of “Into the Woods.” “Into the Woods,” a grown-up version of several familiar fairy tales, will be presented on…

  • ‘Footloose’ dances into school

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – Students will dance and sing a tale of teenage rebellion when “Footloose” is performed at the Marlboro Memorial Middle School. Under the direction of Shelley Rothy and Susan Brickell, pupils will perform the hit musical at the school, Nolan Road, on March 23-25 at…

  • Board introduces $103M school budget for ’06-07

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – Despite the absence of the state’s final aid figures, the K-8 Board of Education has introduced and tentatively adopted a budget for the 2006-07 school year. The board took the action at its March 1 meeting. The budget as introduced calls for…