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  • After-school fun

    Clockwise from top left – Pupils who attend the C. Richard Applegate School in Freehold Township recently had a chance to participate in an after-school enrichment program sponsored by the PTO. In photo at top left, Cara Trulli and other youngsters enjoy an afternoon of in-line skating. Above, Joe Amari, Michael Widmer and Alec Burbelo…

  • Obituaries

    Josephine T. Marchesi Mrs. Marchesi, 67, of Manalapan, died Feb. 25 at home. Born in Elizabeth, she had lived in Hillside and Sayreville before moving to Manalapan 25 years ago. A graduate of Seton Hall University, South Orange, Mrs. Marchesi was an elementary and high school teacher for 26 years, the last 16 years in…

  • Letters

    Democrats on the state level have created many problems locally It is imperative that the members of the Marlboro (Reform) Democratic Club inform their chairman Steve Sukel that the Democrats have sole control of state government. His letter to the editor blasting Mayor Robert Kleinberg for skyrocketing taxes left out several important facts. The majority…

  • School administrators keep fingers crossed

    And now we play the waiting game. Administrators and school board members in suburban school districts such as the ones that operate in this region are anxiously waiting to hear how much state aid will be received for the 2006-07 school year. The budgets for the upcoming school year are being developed right now and…

  • If you want good spin, it’s gonna cost you

    Coda Greg Bean Sometimes, I think I’m in the wrong end of the publishing business — the wrong end being the end where people aren’t lining up to give me vast amounts of money to say nice things about them. According to a recent article posted on Adweek.com, the Bush administration and other federal agencies…

  • Board continues to look for ways to trim budget

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Marlboro MARLBORO — While budget discussions continue in the Marlboro K-8 School District, administrators have made several new recommendations for Board of Education members to review. Although final numbers for the 2006-07 school year budget have not been calculated, district projections indicate that at this point…

  • Board names vice principal

    MARLBORO — The Board of Education has unanimously approved the hiring of John Pacifico as vice principal at the Marlboro Memorial Middle School. Pacifico replaced Yvette Cucuro, who accepted a supervisory position in another district. Pacifico has worked in the Marlboro K-8 School District as a health and physical education teacher since 1999. He began…

  • Residents sought for committee

    MARLBORO — The K-8 Board of Education is seeking members of the community to serve on its Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). This panel’s charge is to address space and enrollment issues concerning the Marlboro public schools. Board member Terry Spilken said the district is looking to involve the entire community on this issue to ensure…

  • Trip to soup kitchen opens students’ eyes

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — More than two dozen first-, second- and third-graders from the Taylor Mills School recently visited Elijah’s Promise, a soup kitchen in New Brunswick. The children, all of whom are involved in student government, met with Scott Smith, an employee at the facility who explained…