• Nice moves

    In photo above, Joe Taliercio and dance instructor Maryanne Comerford practice their ballroom dance moves during an instructional session at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center. Below: A couple sharpen their skills during the dance class. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Colts Neck board will hold public hearing on budget

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck K-8 School District’s 2012-13 tentative budget is projected to mirror the 2011-12 spending plan, with a few slight increases scattered throughout the ledger. Board of Education members introduced the budget on March 7. Apublic hearing on the budget is scheduled for 6 p.m. March…

  • Principal asserts innocence in remarks during meeting

    Jeff Simon tells FRHSD board tenure charges filed against him are not warranted BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer I t does not appear that public interest regarding the tenure charges that have been filed against Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon will fizzle out anytime soon. Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools Charles…

  • ‘Adult’ ordinance updated

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Municipal officials have introduced an amendment to Freehold Township’s adult business ordinance that changes the word “cabaret” to “exotic dance or strip club,” and eliminates the words “massage shop.” The ordinance governs the location of adult book stores, adult motion picture theaters, body painting studios, exotic dance clubs, strip clubs, modeling shops…

  • FRHSD puts $186.8M budget before public

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A n increase in state aid to the tune of nearly $5 million is not expected to be enough to curb a projected increase in the Freehold Regional High School District’s 2012-13 tax levy. The tax levy is the total amount of money paid in property taxes by property owners…

  • Howell twins give back to NICU that saved them

    BY BARBARA BUTENSKY Correspondent Dr. Carlos Alemany, the neonatologist who took care of 13-year-old twins Brad (l) and Josh Shumer of Howell when they were born prematurely, greets the boys at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, after they returned to the hospital to make a donation of clothes for premature babies. The number 13 may…

  • Issues with power co. are being addressed

    Freehold Borough officials call for better maintenance of JCP&L infrastructure BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Municipal officials in Freehold Borough and representatives of Jersey Central Power & Light are working together to address issues that came to light after Hurricane Irene struck the community in August 2011. Irene had been downgraded to a tropical…

  • Enforcement of sign law questioned

    Manalapan resident suggests that code enforcement officer may have curtailed free speech BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer A Manalapan ordinance regarding the placement of signs, and specifically election signs, may be up for review following comments by a member of the public. Glenn Cohen, a resident of the Knob Hill development off Route 33, Manalapan, has…

  • Photo

    Aaron and Iris Miller (r) participate in a ballroom dance class at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center, Marlboro. on March 15. For more photos, see page 10. JEFF GRANIT staff

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