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    • Futura College Planning and Master Park’s Black Belt America are partnering to sponsor a T-shirt design contest. The competition is open to all New Jersey students in grades K-12. The winner will receive a $750 college scholarship and matching funds for their school. Participants should come up with an original custom design for Master…

  • Board confirms Angelozzi as Manalapan principal

    FRHSD superintendent says tenure case against Simon cost about $350,000 BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The dust is beginning to settle after more than a year of uncertainty in the administrative ranks of Manalapan High School. At its April 8 meeting, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education voted to change the status…

  • Howell marathoner recounts mayhem at Boston finish line

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Meredith Reccoppa of Howell completed the Boston Marathon on April 15, but just a few minutes after she crossed the finish line, two bombs exploded, killing three people, injuring hundreds and sending runners and spectators fleeing the scene in terror. PHOTO COURTESY OF GRAD IMAGESAND MARATHON FOTO Meredith Reccoppa has…

  • Colts Neck introduces $11M budget

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Township Committee has introduced a budget for 2013 that would spur an uptick in municipal taxes paid by property owners. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. April 24 at Town Hall. At that time, residents will be able to…

  • Pupils learn important lessons about animals

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A group of students in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District’s 21st Century Program were treated to an afternoon visit from several certified pet therapy dogs on March 22. The dogs taught the children a valuable lesson — that animals have feelings. Reilly, a pit bull, Lily,…

  • Historian on ‘treasure hunt’ in Freehold Twp.

    Cheryl Cook helps to uncover and preserve town’s past BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Oakley Farm HISTORIC SITE PHOTOS BY MARK ROSMAN Cheryl Cook calls her “job” with Freehold Township “a treasure hunt.” A job to most people means doing something that nets them a paycheck, but everything Cook has done to preserve Freehold…

  • School bus drivers still press case vs. Marlboro

    Issue from 2011 revolves around salary reduction and loss of health benefits BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer It is currently unclear whether the state will hear a case that alleges the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education and the Marlboro Township Education Association (MTEA) engaged in unfair practices against district bus drivers, bus attendants…

  • School districts strain under state mandates

    Despite costs, local officials agree new teacher evaluation model can benefit students BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Richard Cohen, director of curriculum and instruction for the Metuchen School District, observes a math lesson by kindergarten teacher Sarah Anderson on April 16. Metuchen is a pilot district for the new teacher-evaluation system. JEFF GRANIT staff School…

  • Falcons trying to remain top GMC boys lacrosse team

    VARSITY REPORT BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Metuchen High School’s Liane Cifrodelli slides under the tag of Spotswood High School’s Shane Genthe in the seventh inning of the April 17 game played in Metuchen. Spotswood held on for a 4-3 win. JEFF GRANIT staff St. Joseph In recent seasons, signs pointed toward the rest of the…

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