• Brookdale looks forward to new president, new vision

    Transition team examines diverse and changing needs of students and businesses BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer With a new president about to take office, a transition team at Brookdale Community College, Middletown, is working to develop a vision for the future. The 20-member transition team representing all areas of Brookdale, from administration and faculty to…

  • Paranormal tours reveal ghosts of Asbury’s past

    Visitors will hear stories of apparitions, eerie noises, violent deaths BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A Millburn High School class listens to tour guide Nicole DeLuca (l) describe sightings of a ghost of a young woman who drowned in a nearby river. Beneath the lighthearted atmosphere of Asbury Park’s downtown center lurks a history of…

  • Challenger league celebrates 20 years

    Hallmark of sports league is its buddy program that pairs teens and youngsters BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer For 20 years, the Challenger league has offered children with special needs an opportunity to enjoy sports. Ed Liberston (left, coach), Alan Goldstein (center, director) and Tom Saporita (right, assistant director) are three of the adults…

  • Area teens play key role at Teen Safe Driving Summit

    Members of the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) chapters at Freehold Township High School and Freehold High School played a key leadership role at the second annual New Jersey Teen Safe Driving Summit, GDL4U: Good Driving for Life, held inMay in Freehold to commemorate Global Youth Traffic Safety Month. Sponsored by the New Jersey Teen…

  • Stephen Kellogg headlines next Live From Freehold

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Live From Freehold will present its second concert on June 29 at the Knights of Columbus hall, East Main Street, Freehold Borough, at 7 p.m. The Live From Freehold concert series is the outgrowth of the Concerts in the Studio series held by Mark and Elaine Costanzo…

  • Summer enrichment offered at HTHS

    High Technology High School (HTHS) on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, will hold summer classes for middle school students seeking an academic challenge. The hands-on engineeringbased summer classes will cover various computer and engineering principles. High Technology High School teachers and student teaching assistants will instruct all programs. Details: www.hths.mcvsd.org or call 732-842-8444.

  • June: Sass and class in the summer garden

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY What to do now: Happy gardening! “Gardeners have to be a combined chemist, botanist and meteorologist to carry all such information in one’s head and be able to send it forth when visitors pose embarrassing questions.” — Dr. E.J. Salisbury Water is one of the most important and precious natural resources…

  • Mama don’t ’low no cussin’ ’round here

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH A lthough I wouldn’t say I have a potty mouth, I do occasionally let a curse word fly. I’ve been known to utilize the “d” word after slamming a finger in the door, the “s” word has made an appearance when the car won’t start, and although I was…

  • Abbott honored by peers

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer David Abbott MARLBORO — For the first time, the Monmouth County Superintendents’ Roundtable has chosen a superintendent of the year. The members of the organization unanimously voted to bestow the honor upon Marlboro K-8 School District Superintendent of Schools David Abbott. “There is not a superintendent in Monmouth County who…

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