• GREEN SCENE

    April: Spring blew in wildly “April comes in like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay O verwhelmed and prone to procrastinate — Maureen Dowd said it so well in her recent column. It can definitely be applied to many of us who tend to put off less desirable chores. But…

  • Lakewood schools offer summer food program

    The Lakewood Board of Education will participate in the 2012 Summer Food Service Program from June 18 to Aug. 17. The Summer Food Service Program is a federal program of the Food and Nutrition Services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The program provides children age 18 and younger with the same free meal in…

  • 3 committeemen to run unopposed

    PLUMSTED — The political landscape in Plumsted will be unchanged after the general election on Nov. 6, as three members of the all-Republican Township Committee will run unopposed to retain their seats. Eric Sorchik, Jack Trotta and Herb Marinari will seek re-election later in the year. They will not be challenged in the June 5…

  • Jackson schools will operate on $139 million budget

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The Jackson School District Board of Education approved a $139 million budget for the 2012-13 school year after making some last-minute amendments to include a window replacement project at Jackson Memorial High School. The board took the action on March 27. The $141,284 project will replace windows that…

  • Plumsted board adopts 2012-13 school budget

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The Plumsted School District Board of Education has adopted a $23 million budget for the 2012-13 school year. The board took the action during its March 28 meeting. Business Administrator Sean Gately noted that since the budget was introduced in February, $100,900 has been appropriated from the capital…

  • Howell resident appointed to serve on Brookdale Board of Trustees

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has appointed David G. Flaherty of Howell and Charles Karcher of Colts Neck to fill two vacant seats on the Brookdale Community College Board of Trustees. “With the appointment of these trustees we have begun the process of replacing the entire Board of Trustees, which I have mandated upon…

  • Attorney representing principal raises question about legal bills

    Speaking at the March 26 meeting of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, attorney Stuart Moskovitz described a pair of issues that stemmed from what he termed poor decision making on the part of district administrators. Moskovitz represents suspended Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon. FRHSD Superintendent of Schools Charles Sampson filed…

  • Farmingdale school board plans ballot question for technology

    Average tax bill to increase $114.07 without ballot question BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer FARMINGDALE — The Farmingdale K-8 School District Board of Education has unanimously adopted a $2.3 million budget for the 2012-13 school year. The budget will be supported by the collection of $1.49 million in local property taxes. The budget, approved after…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Just look under ā€˜p’ for power tools LORI CLINCH My precious and dear father is a neat freak. He’s the sort of man who organizes his pencils according to the lead, and goes to painstaking efforts to consider color and length. The system that he uses for his books is so complex that it would…

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