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Math teacher honored
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — The Mathematical Association of America has named Manalapan Englishtown Middle School math teacher Susan Lynch one of the winners of the Edyth May Sliffe Award. Lynch is one of 60 teachers from across the nation to receive the award. The award program recognizes and…
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Critical life lessons always bear repeating
It requires a bit of an effort not to say that we have heard it all before and covered it all before when high school administrators call and ask for coverage of an event that is aimed at making young people aware their actions can have very serious consequences. After all, can there really be…
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Is it time for historical accuracy in sentencing?
Coda Greg Bean Just when you start to think Monmouth County has a lock on criminal behavior among high-profile hooligans, something unexpected comes along to rock your world. And news last week that Richard Walling — a former East Brunswick Township official, teacher and son of local political legend Jean Walling — had been charged…
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If you want good press, it’s gonna cost you
Greg Bean Coda Coda Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph Oxley has a public relations problem — but it isn’t the one he anticipated. Like nearly everyone of my acquaintance in the news business who heard about it, I thought I was imagining things last week when it was reported Oxley had hired a 25-year-old with no…
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Obituaries
Katherine R. Schenck Mrs. Schenck, 76, of Freehold Township, died April 20 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Asbury Park, she had lived in Ocean Grove before moving to Freehold Township. Prior to retiring 20 years ago, she was a senior probate clerk for the Monmouth County Surrogate’s Office, Freehold, where she was…
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Obituaries
Katherine R. Schenck Mrs. Schenck, 76, of Freehold Township, died April 20 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Asbury Park, she had lived in Ocean Grove before moving to Freehold Township. Prior to retiring 20 years ago, she was a senior probate clerk for the Monmouth County Surrogate’s Office, Freehold, where she was…
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Letters
Manalapan family has shown courage to tell story of their son I’d like to thank the Scarpa family for publicly speaking out on their son’s tragedy. It took a lot of courage and their story will make a difference. My younger daughter knew Brian but didn’t know that he did heroin. Today we live in…
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Pine Brook teachers honored
MANALAPAN — Pine Brook School teachers have done it again. “Two teachers have been chosen to receive the honor of being a teacher of the year,” Principal William Ciullo said. “Len Moretz was awarded the Governor’s Teacher Recognition Program Teacher of the Year award.” Moretz was selected for the honor from among all of the…
