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  • Students create courtroom for school district

    Mock trial provides first look at new handmade furniture BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Above, as the prosecuting attorney in a mock trial, Kathleen Negri gives her opening statement to a jury of Colts Neck High School students on March 7. Listening in on her comments are Judge Lawrence Lawson and…

  • Obituaries

    Josephine “Chickie” DeMaria Mrs. DeMaria, 88, of Middletown, died March 20 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided there before moving to Middletown 25 years ago. Before her retirement in 1979, Mrs. DeMaria was a bank teller at the Dime Savings Bank, Brooklyn, for 21 years. She was predeceased by…

  • It’s just one darned thing after the other

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I ran toward the kitchen not long ago, tilting at full speed. My heart was racing, my brow was sweating, and as I rounded the corner, I breathed a sigh of relief. Just as I was about to do whatever it was that I was about to do, all…

  • Four will run unopposed in school board election

    FREEHOLD – Two incumbents and two newcomers will seek seats on the borough’s K-8 Board of Education in the April 18 school election. Andrew DeFonzo, 31, will run unopposed for a two-year unexpired term. In November, David Loring was appointed to the seat formerly held by Debra Esola. Loring will not run to serve the…

  • Letters

    Vas should pull plan to give illegals a license Many of my fellow residents and I oppose granting New Jersey drivers licenses to illegal immigrants – no exceptions. We ask state Assemblyman Joseph Vas to please retract his legislative proposal, which would accomplish this, because it is wrong and it is illegal. Mr. Vas recently…

  • Board president wants to fight for fair share

    Manalapan-Englishtown school official claims district is shortchanged BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – James Mumolie is fighting mad and is taking his battle to those people who have the ability to do something about the problem. Mumolie is the president of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education and…

  • Whitehouse may resign from board

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Chia Whitehouse, who represents Freehold Township on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, may be leaving the panel. Board President Patricia Horvath said Whitehouse has submitted a letter of resignation to the board. She said the letter caries no effective date,…

  • Teachers take issue with phys-ed ‘opt out’ proposal

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Freehold Regional High School District student-athletes who are hoping to opt out of gym classes should hold on to their gym shorts for the time being. Although the FRHSD Board of Education has not made a determination regarding what is referred to as Option…

  • 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…