• Pupil to compete in state geography finals

    Marlboro Middle School seventh-grader Tarung Bhimnathwala has qualified for the 2011 New Jersey state finals of the National Geography Bee, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Tarung won the championship in social studies seminar teacher Barbara Gallo’s classes, then went on to win the school competition held on Jan. 19, which each year is organized…

  • Freehold Soil offers 2011 Scholarships

    For the 32nd consecutive year, Freehold Soil Conservation District will award three $2,000 scholarships to students majoring in a conservation-related field in the summer of 2011. The Neal Munch, Mac Clark and Bill Schauer Scholarships are awarded annually to honor their years of dedicated and distinguished service to the Freehold District and to natural resource…

  • ‘Sweeney Todd’ comes to Manalapan

    MANALAPAN — Manalapan High School will present “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street” as its spring musical. Set in Victorian London, “Sweeney Todd” is the story of a barber with a flair for revenge. Benjamin Barker, also known as Sweeney Todd (Dan Petruccio) had it all: a successful barbershop, a lovely wife, Lucy…

  • Youngsters may enter poster contest

    Spring is the season when New Jersey’s fourth-graders study the state of New Jersey as part of their social studies curriculum. Monmouth County’s constitutional officers – Surrogate Rosemarie D. Peters, County Clerk M. Claire French and County Sheriff Shaun Golden – are inviting Monmouth County’s fourth-graders to help showcase what they like best about the…

  • Park system plans events for Earth Day

    The Monmouth County Park System’s Earth Day celebration which will be held from noon to 5 p.m. April 16-17. The fun will start on April 16 at the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center, Georgia Tavern Road, Howell, with crafts, snake shows, boat tours and much more. Visitors will learn fun ways to enjoy and protect nature.…

  • Marlboro school board adopts $81.8M budget

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — There will be no increase in a property owner’s Marlboro K-8 School District taxes if voters approve the proposed tax levy for 2011-12 in the April 27 school election. During a special meeting on March 22, the Board of Education voted 9-0 to adopt an $81.8 million budget for…

  • Teens invited to talk at convention

    MARLBORO — Members of the Marlboro Teen Advisory Committee (TAC) had already received recognition from the New Jersey State League of Municipalities by being featured in the organization’s publication, but now the group is being invited to discuss its work during the league’s annual convention in November. In an email to Mayor Jonathan Hornik, officials…

  • ‘Lukie’ Ray, who recently told of childhood in baseball, dies

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Luther Ray Jr. FREEHOLD — Luther Ray Jr., “Lukie” as he was known to his childhood friends in Freehold Borough, died on March 18, leaving his wife of 49 years, Barbara, as well as two children and seven grandchildren. Ray, 72, of Brick Township, Ocean County, was raised in…

  • Payout was $15K on chief’s age discrimination claim

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Saying that the township was advised by its insurance carrier to settle a lawsuit, Mayor Andrew Lucas announced on March 23 that Stuart C. Brown, who retired as police chief in December, settled an age discrimination complaint against Manalapan for $15,000. The settlement was initially announced by Lucas in…

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