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  • It’s high time for Wall to come up with proof

    Coda Greg Bean It looks like Holmdel Committeeman Terence Wall — who spends most of his time gathering wool in left field — has finally climbed the fence and escaped the park altogether. There’s an old Chinese curse that says something like, “May you live in interesting times.” And that curse applies in a funny…

  • Obituaries

    Robert P. “Bob” Wolf Sr. Mr. Wolf, 54, of Oceanport, died Jan. 8 at home. Born in Long Branch, he resided in Eatontown 20 years, prior to moving to Oceanport 12 years ago. He was an auto body mechanic at Royal Collision, Freehold. Prior to that, he owned A & B Auto Body, Eatontown, for…

  • Letters

    Resident questions town During one of his political ego rushes following the president’s second term victory, George W. Bush re-marked, “I’ve gained political capital and I intend to spend it.” Marlboro Mayor Robert Klein-berg certainly agrees with this philosophy. The mayor’s winning election for the Township Council and his mayoral victory could designate him a…

  • Administrators fine-tune middle school schedule

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Discussions for proposed changes to the school district’s middle school schedule continued last week with Board of Education members and administrators still not seeing eye to eye. In order to increase time on task for core subjects such as math, English, science, social studies…

  • Acting class provides spark for imagination

    St. Rose of Lima pupils enjoy interaction with Algonquin Arts teacher BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Students at St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold Borough, perform an original play following their participation in an after-school workshop that was led by a visiting teaching artist from Algonquin…

  • Special ed undergoes review

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Marlboro MARLBORO — An evaluation of the special education program that is provided in the Marlboro K-8 School District is being conducted until the end of the current school year. The evaluation being conducted by Kathleen Rotter is in progress and is expected to be completed…

  • Pupil elected to executive board

    MARLBORO — Brian Sumner, a seventh-grader at the Marlboro Memorial Middle School, was recently elected to the New Jersey Association of Student Councils (NJASC) executive board as its middle school representative. NJASC is an affiliate of the National Association of Student Councils, the oldest statewide student council organization in the United States. NJASC offers leadership…

  • The almighty chip

    For smokers, it’s time to prepare for the inevitable. The neighborhood bar you always dropped by for a beer, burger and a smoke while you watched the big game will be smoke-free before you know it. The Smoke-Free Air Act was approved by the Assembly 64-12 Jan. 9, then signed into law by then-Gov. Richard…

  • Obituaries

    Joan Freedman Mrs. Freedman, 71, a lifelong resident of Freehold, died Dec. 30 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in New Brunswick, she had been living at Applewood Estates, Freehold Township, since 1990. Mrs. Freedman attended Freehold Borough public schools, graduated from Miss Fine’s School in Princeton and was an alumna of Wellesley College,…