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  • Letters

    Marlboro GOP power structure needs change Marlboro Mayor Robert Kleinberg wants New Jersey to assume the responsibility for the cost of municipal corruption. He asks for $10 million in state aid. Where does he derive that figure? He doesn’t say, because he claims he can’t yet figure out the actual cost, “Just send us the…

  • School board member will leave position

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Stacie Stoy has announced her resignation from the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education. Stoy said she will be unable to complete her term, which runs through April 2007, because her family is relocating to Arizona this month. Stoy has been a member…

  • On Campus

    Deanna Shea, daughter of Kathy and Paul Shea of Freehold, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Rutgers University’s Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway. She is a 2004 graduate of Freehold High School, Freehold Borough. Patrick Shea, son of Kathy and Paul Shea of Freehold, was named to the dean’s…

  • ‘Odyssey’ students honored

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — Students from the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District have a lot to be proud of following their participation in the world finals of the Odyssey of the Mind. The competition was held May 19-24 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. “It’s a great achievement to…

  • Teachers meet guidelines

    MARLBORO — New Jersey’s Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) 2005 Survey Results for the Marlboro K-8 School District indicated that 98.4 percent of teachers meet the federal guidelines. In fact, according to a press release from the school district, that percentage of HQT compliance is even higher. One hundred percent of the teachers in the district’s…

  • Freeholders’ ridership numbers implausible

    Your Turn Robert J. Riker Guest Column The NJ Transit 2025 ridership estimate for the proposed Lakehurst to Newark via Monmouth Junction rail line is 9,000 daily trips. That number is twice the total commuter trips between the Lakehurst-Freehold area and Manhattan (and Newark) recorded in the 2000 census. NJT’s optimistic estimate was rationalized by…

  • Professional advice you can take as the gospel

    Coda Greg Bean I never thought I’d come to the point in my life where I had any foolproof professional wisdom for my kids, at least any they’d listen to. But recently I had a conversation with one of my sons that made me realize there are a few things I’m fairly wise about, after…

  • On Campus

    Alaina Chorney, daughter of Rosanne and Stan Chorney of Manalapan, was named to the dean’s list for the spring quarter at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., where she is studying graphic arts and design, and computer imaging. She is a 2003 graduate of Manalapan High School. Erica Berman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…