• Deal increases bandwidth for Marlboro K-8 schools

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Keeping in line with the Marlboro K-8 School District’s technology initiative, the Board of Education has approved a contract to increase the amount of bandwidth afforded to district schools. The district currently consumes 50 megabytes (MB) of bandwidth at a cost of $3,699 per month under a contract…

  • A box of dead cicadas, and a broach

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I ’ll never forget the day when our cousins shipped a box of bugs to our mailbox. When I first laid eyes on the package, I was oblivious to the contents and was, therefore, downright giddy. You see, Cousin Mary Ann shares my love of jewelry and I couldn’t…

  • But what if she donned one of those for church?

    CODA GREG BEAN Next year, I’ve got you gentlemen out there covered if want to get your Valentine something more original than the box of chocolates and the bouquet of cheap roses you picked up at the gas station on the way home tonight (Feb. 13), in a panic, because you’d forgotten, once again, to…

  • Photo

    Children in the kindergarten class taught by Sharon Berger and Susan Reiter at the Ivy League Preschool, Manalapan, enjoyed a breakfast of bagels and juice — and they got to wear their pajamas to school — on Pajama Day, Jan. 25. PHOTO COURTESY OF IVY LEAGUE PRESCHOOL

  • on campus 

    The University of Delaware, Newark, Del., has named the following residents to the dean’s list for the fall semester: From Marlboro, Gabrielle Alioto, Lindsay Canell, Brian Eiermann, Stephanie Freedman, Matthew Kornreich, David Liebers, Rachel Mahoney, Natalie Vulpis, Lindsay Nortman and Nathan Rosenwald; From Freehold, Devin Appel, Sarah Chalnick, Kyle Dettman, Delaney Frost, Alyssa Bagnato, Mackenzie…

  • Filmmaker to take part in film festival at Rutgers

    Jet Wintzer’s ‘The Art of Forced Collaboration’ will debut on Feb. 16 BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer “The Art of Forced Collaboration,” by Jet Wintzer of Old Bridge, will premiere during the U.S. Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival at Rutgers University on Feb. 16. Filmmaker Jet Wintzer of Old Bridge earned the grand…

  • Fundraiser for Camp Quality set

    JACKSON — Solo Bella Italian Restaurant in Jackson will host a fundraiser to benefit Camp Quality New Jersey, the nonprofit organization providing free sleep-away camping experiences for children with cancer. The fundraiser will be held on Feb. 20. From 6-9 p.m., Solo Bella will donate 10 percent of the night’s proceeds directly to Camp Quality.…

  • Colleagues mourn passing of teacher

    HOWELL — Bill O’Brien, a teacher in the Howell K-8 School District who was the current president of the Howell Township Education Association (HTEA), died suddenly at his home in the township on Jan. 25. O’Brien, 61, was a 40-year educator with the Howell school system. He was a teacher at the Griebling School before…

  • in the service 

    Marine Corps Pvt. Samuel P. Weiner, son of Todd and stepson of Catherine Weiner of Freehold, and grandson of Diana and Michael Weiner of Edison, earned the title of U.S. Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. For 13 weeks, Weiner stayed committed during some of the most…

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