• Recycled robots ‘roam’ the halls at Laura Donovan School

    These imaginative robots were crafted by students at Laura Donovan School in Freehold Township, using recycled materials. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Students and teachers were challenged to create a robot entirely from recycled materials as part of Laura Donovan School’s first Recycled Robot Contest. Imaginations ran wild, and the creations, which…

  • Volunteers sought for domestic violence response team in Marlboro

    MARLBORO — The township Police Department is recruiting volunteers to serve on the Marlboro Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT). In affiliation with 180 Turning Lives Around and with the assistance of the response team volunteers, the police department continues to make available this service to victims of domestic violence. Applications are available now and interviews…

  • Howell will host Easter Bunny event

    The township of Howell will hold its first Breakfast With the Easter Bunny from 10 a.m. to noon March 25 at the Southard School/PAL Building. The event will include a family-style breakfast and photos with the Easter Bunny. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for children, and $6 for toddlers under age 2. Tickets will…

  • Does whiskey come with the box lunch?

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH A lthough I’m no CPA, I do know a little bit about taxes. My tariff education began the year I met my beloved spouse. Somewhere between the third date and holy matrimony, he dropped a calculator and a Bic pen into my lap along with Form 941. Form941 has…

  • Residents have opportunity to speak on $70.7M budget

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education has introduced a $70.7 million budget for the 2012-13 school year. The new spending plan is up $1.9 million from the 2011-12 budget. The board will hold a public hearing on the 2012-13 budget at 8 p.m.…

  • Marilyn Michaels will appear on the Strand stage

    The historic Strand Center for the Arts will present “Funny Ladies Revisited” starring Marilyn Michaels with Marion Grodin. Winner of an Outer Critic Circle Award and a Drama League Award for her debut in “Catskills on Broadway,” Michaels is a well-known funny woman of a thousand faces and voices. From the time she starred as…

  • Pupils’ technology ideas earn honorable mention

    MARLBORO — Five teams from the Marlboro Middle School, under the direction of science teacher and adviser Denise Hayston, have achieved honorable mention recognition in the ExploraVision national competition for K-12 students, placing them in the top 10 percent of all entries. ExploraVision is a national competition for K-12 students which encourages them to combine…

  • Let New Jersey residents decide same-sex marriage issue

    Greater Media Newspapers columnist Greg Bean most certainly has a leftwing political agenda and does not mind making up statistics that suit his purpose, i.e., his stating that 52 percent of the state’s voters support same-sex marriage. If this is the case, Mr. Bean, then you should have no trouble with a referendum of the…

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