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  • Director reports another successful summer session

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The director of the Freehold Regional High School District’s summer school said 2005 was a successful year for the program. The instruction took place at Colts Neck High School. Reporting to the FRHSD Board of Education at a recent meeting, Sam Grove, the director, said 365…

  • Letters

    Movement of pupils deserves more coverage Howell has recently been embroiled in a dispute with the Freehold Regional High School District regarding a redistricting plan imposed on the community in September. This issue, which has played out over the past two months, has garnered the interest and support of residents throughout Howell, yet has not…

  • Performance brings science alive for Catena students

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Pupils at the Joseph J. Catena School received a lesson in science unlike any other on Nov. 8. Young Audiences of New Jersey’s Billy B. Brennan performed an assembly for kindergarten through fifth-grade pupils at the school with a unique blend of humor and music to instill solid science concepts. With catchy…

  • Borden’s lawsuit grounded in the First Amendment

    Coda Greg Bean I’ve had my issues with East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden over the years — personal and philosophical. I thought he was acting like a baby when he resigned in a snit because the administration told him he couldn’t lead or participate in prayers before a game. The next week,…

  • Some parents overheat with temperature drop

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Disgruntled parents filled the Board of Education meeting room last week after news hit that temperatures in Marlboro’s K-8 schools were being lowered. As a result of skyrocketing fuel costs, board members have been discussing certain measures the district can take to offset a…

  • Letters

    Resident grateful for response to emergency I would hope for everyone reading this that they will never have reason to find out firsthand how professional and responsive all of our emergency services are in Englishtown. You can, in fact, understand this through my personal experience that just happened on Sept. 21. My mother was recuperating…

  • If you feel ‘badly,’ take the Band-Aids off your fingers

    Comma Sutra Adele Young If you feel ‘badly,’ take the Band-Aids off your fingers If you remember Howdy Doody, then you remember when English grammar rules were pretty clear-cut: Don’t end a sentence with a preposition, don’t split an infinitive, and never, ever begin a sentence with a conjunction like and or but. Times have…