• Services may be offered to youths with special needs

    COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck K-8 School District’s Department of Special Services is seeking resident children who may be experiencing difficulty with speech, language, vision, hearing, mobility, manipulating objects, sensory integration, social skills, emotional problems and/or learning. If a child is between the ages of 3 and 21, or is approaching the age of…

  • Colts Neck school board moves election from April to November

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has passed a resolution to move the annual school board election to November. The board took the action at its Feb. 1 meeting and the move is effective with this year’s election. By law, the board cannot vote…

  • Brookdale facilities, not tuition, at issue

    College tuition for 2012-13 decreases by $3 per credit BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College’s rundown facilities, not a marginal tuition decrease, should be a priority of the college Board of Trustees, according to students and faculty members. At the board’s Feb. 9 meeting, held on Brookdale’s Hazlet campus, a $95.7 million operating budget…

  • Christie playing politics with same-sex marriage

    CODA GREG BEAN Reflecting the will of a majority of people in New Jersey, the state Assembly on Feb. 16 approved a law making same-sex marriage legal in this state — the same law the Senate passed earlier in the week. The passage reflects a sea change from two years ago, when lawmakers failed to…

  • Art imitates life

    GUEST COLUMN GILDA ROGERS The movie “Sparkle,” which stars Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks, is due to be released in August. This is a remake of the movie by the same name that appeared in theaters in 1976 and was a big hit in theAfrican-American community. The original storyline centers on three sisters who form…

  • Final push is under way to finish community center

    Over the past several years, along with a group of Manalapan residents, I have taken on a mission — building a community center in Manalapan. After a few years of getting organized, fundraising and talking with township officials and administrators, we succeeded in getting a building (a former firehouse on Route 33 near Millhurst Road).…

  • Resident surprised to find out about cut in Marlboro services

    Higher taxes equal a reduction in township services; somehow this equation just does not add up. I was made aware just the other day without any official notice from Marlboro that there will no longer be a once-a-year heavy solid waste pickup. I surely do not remember any official correspondence arriving at my home from…

  • Writer says Route 9 is a good location for dealership

    I am a resident of Manalapan and currently the president of The Grande at Battleground Homeowner’sAssociation and a business executive for the majority of my career. I have been reading with interest the issues raised by some local residents that Manalapan residents’ “quality of life” is threatened by a proposed Catena Audi new car dealership…

  • Resident has her say on Manalapan planning issues

    I have a few thoughts on the Feb. 9 Manalapan Planning Board meeting. First, I was very grateful that those of us who made presentations were finally allowed to share all of the things we had been amassing for the last three months, without being allowed to speak. It felt good. I was a little…

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