Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Candidates are lining up for school board election

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Residents who have a desire to serve the community on the Board of Education need to act now if they want to run for office in April. A School Board Candidate Kit is available at the Freehold Borough School District’s administrative offices…

  • State may be late with info about school aid

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has been informed that state aid figures for the 2006-07 budget may be provided late again this year. “Both Dr. [Joan Nesenkar] Saylor [business administrator] and I were informed that the budget forms will not be downloaded…

  • Celebration gives pupils look at different cultures

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff First-graders at the Frank Defino Central Elementary School, Marlboro, celebrate the Chinese New Year on Jan. 26 by wearing Chinese hats, playing games, tasting traditional foods and participating in a Chinese New Year parade. MARLBORO — First-graders at the Frank Defino Central Elementary…

  • Marlboro faces prospect of building new school

    Current projection is in line with supt. BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — A five-year enrollment projection for the Marlboro K-8 School District indicates that a new school will need to be up and running within three to five years. According to a presentation made to the Board of Education…

  • Political race could become money chase

    What is the cost of winning a seat on the Marlboro Township Council? For the three Repub-licans who won terms on the governing body in the November 2005 election, the bottom line was about $92,000 in campaign expenses. The Democrats, who were unsuccessful in their bids for public office, spent $49,000 on the campaign. The…

  • For the Record

    A recent News Transcript article featured the Open Door Food Pantry in Freehold Borough. Officials at the food pantry said anyone who wants to volunteer to assist with any of the Open Door programs should contact the food pantry at (732) 780-1089.

  • In Warehouseville, the hits just keep on coming

    Coda Greg Bean Will someone please stop the madness? Can it even be stopped?As if we needed any more depressing news during a dreary January, we got it last week in the North/South Brunswick Sentinel, in a story that said South Brunswick planners are considering a proposal to build yet another huge, ugly warehouse in…

  • No tomfoolery, and this mom really means it

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Parents use many creative ways to discipline their little dears. There are the spankers, the time-outers and the soft-spoken damsels who like to lean over and ask the little guy who just pulled down the knickknack shelf, “What better choices could we have made here, Johnny?” I have found…

  • Obituaries

    Jean Elizabeth Bowden Mrs. Bowden, 69, of Freehold, died Jan. 2 at Gateway Care Center in Eatontown. Born in Long Branch, she had resided in Highlands and Ocean Township before moving to Freehold two months ago. Prior to retiring in 2000, she was employed as a medical secretary for Dr. Sudhakar Kharod in Asbury Park…