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    The University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa., has named the following local residents to its dean’s list for the fall semester: from Freehold, Kristen Frost, Danielle Piccolini and Jessica Sciscione; from Manalapan, Paula Annunziato, Jacqueline Eadie, Mark Maragni, Ciro Saverino and Vincent Signoriello; from Morganville, Brett Nance; and from Howell, Elizabeth Palladino and Matthew Salvatore. The…

  • Professor to speak in Freehold

    FREEHOLD — As part of its “Historically Speaking” lecture series, the Monmouth County Historical Association will welcome back Walter Greason, who will address “Suburban Erasure: How the Suburbs Ended the Civil Rights Movement in New Jersey” on Feb. 24 from 3-5 p.m. The lecture, which is being presented in celebration of Black History Month, will…

  • Split vote delays payment for Lucas farmland deal

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The monthly list of municipal bills, of all things, created a flap at the Feb. 13 meeting of the Manalapan Township Committee. One bill in particular was the subject of some discussion among members of the governing body. A $185,000 payment that Manalapan was scheduled to make to…

  • Completing taxes is cause to rejoice

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Although the date on the calendar still shows February, last Thursday life seemed as balmy and inviting as a glorious summer’s day. There was a warm and fuzzy feeling in the air; the barometric pressure was just right, and a light shown down from the heavens with a celestial…

  • Howell school taxes could increase by $4.8 million

    Does the number in the headline of this letter shock you? It should, but it is more than shocking. It is a real possibility. It is just not me saying this. It is a statement based on information received directly from Howell K-8 School District officials. Such an increase would completely eliminate the fiscal progress…

  • Support the N.J. Vietnam Veterans Memorial at tax time

    I would like to remind New Jersey residents they can direct a portion of their New Jersey tax return to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation by checking line 61 and designating the amount they would like to contribute. The foundation oversees the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and Vietnam Era Museum and Educational…

  • Freeholder should apologize for her insensitive remark

    I have a copy of the Feb. 14 Asbury Park Press article, “Freeholders’ Debate Over Lucas Farm in Manalapan Set for Tonight.” I am appalled by the following quote from Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry: “It could be Adolf Hitler buying this property. It wouldn’t matter.” On behalf of the six million Jews who were…

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    The monarch butterfly, seen here at the Forsythe National Wildlife Reserve, Oceanville, is one of the few insects capable of making a trans-Atlantic crossing. BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

  • In contest between deer and cars, the deer usually lose

    CODA GREG BEAN There’s nothing like the sound of several gunshots to get your blood pumping in the morning, but it happens from time to time out here in the wilds of East Brunswick, as local police put down another deer that has been injured crossing Riva Avenue near the Foerter Farm, which backs up…

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