• Teachers invited to workshops at Rider

    The National Writing Project at Rider University, Lawrenceville, invites K-12 teachers to the campus for a summer of professional development opportunities. Teachers will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of sessions presented by NWP-trained teacher consultants. The sessions will run July 8-18. Sessions include “Using Technology to Infuse Nonfiction Reading into Curriculum,” “Tackling…

  • MS event honors inspirational walker

    Freehold Township resident Susan Kershaw has been named one of this year’s Most Inspirational Walkers for the New Jersey metro’s Walk MS event. On April 14, Kershaw will cut the ribbon at the 2013 Walk MS in Freehold Township and walk her way to help to create a world free of multiple sclerosis. For more…

  • Proposal for Quick Chek advances at zoning board

    MARLBORO — A developer who hopes to build a Quick Chek convenience store and gas station in Marlboro has cleared the first hurdle of the application process. At its March 19 meeting, the Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a conditional use variance to the applicant, a subdivision of Edgewood Properties, to build the convenience store…

  • Democrats tap candidates to seek seats in Manalapan

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Democrats in Manalapan have selected Carmen Roque, David Goldstein and Ryan Urgo to run for three seats on the Township Committee this year. The Democrats will not be contested in the June primary. In November, Goldstein and Urgo will seek three-year terms on the committee, and Roque will…

  • Howell students earn music honors

    Members of the Howell High School chorus were among 780 of the most musically talented high school students in the country to perform in the 2013 National Association for Music Education (NAME) All-Eastern Honors Ensembles on April 4-7 in Hartford, Conn. The chorus broke a 45-year-old Howell record by receiving eight nominations and four acceptances…

  • Reelin’ and rockin’

    The Little Pintos, from Old Bridge High School, perform in concert at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center on March 30. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Freehold Regional board adopts $191.7M budget

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) Board of Education has adopted a budget of $191.7 million for the 2013-14 school year. The board approved the spending plan, which will rely on a local tax levy of $123.2 million, on March 21. Taxes collected from residential and commercial property owners…

  • Washington bus trip scheduled

    Participants will leave from Freehold borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Human Relations Committee is sponsoring a bus trip to Washington, D.C., on May 18. Individuals who take the trip will have the opportunity to visit historic sites in the nation’s capital. The bus will leave from Borough Hall…

  • Adult day care center will operate in former school

    Manalapan zoning board grants use variance BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment has granted a use variance to the owner of an adult day care center who will move the business from Freehold to this building on Woodward Road, Manalapan, which formerly housed the Chesterbrook Academy. AMY ROSEN An adult…

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