• Mid’twn district budgets for 2 percent levy increase

    Spending plan calls for adding teachers, funds for capital projects BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Education approved a tentative proposed budget with a general fund tax levy of $124,698,282 at a special meeting on March 2. Thislevyamountrepresentsa2percent increase, $2,445,064 over last year. “We were mindful of the budget cap, which…

  • Curtain to rise on ‘Finian’s Rainbow’

    The Main Street Theatre Company will present its production of “Finian’s Rainbow” at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays, March 11-27, at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. The classic Yip Harburg-Burton Lane musical presents a whimsical story that dances between romance, satire and fairytale. Tickets…

  • Holmdel school district’s $50M budget under cap

    BOE to host State of the District March 16 at Holmdel High School BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Township Board of Education unanimously approved a preliminary $50.9 million budget that could result in a lower property tax increase compared to last year’s, officials explained March 2. According to Business Administrator Michael Petrizzo,…

  • Mat-Ab district OKs $61M preliminary budget

    MARSD budget hearing to take place March 28 BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Shortly after receiving state aid figures on Feb. 24, the Matawan- Aberdeen Regional Board of Education unanimously passed a $61 million tentative spending plan for the district’s seven schools on Feb. 28. The proposed 2011-12 budget, which could change by…

  • BCC Visiting Writers Series to host poets

    MIDDLETOWN — Brookdale Community College’s Visiting Writers Series for Spring will host New Jersey poet Joe Weil and Slam poet Michael Cirelli on March 22. Their readings will take place at 7 p.m. in the Warner Student Life Center, Navesink Rooms I and II. Weil teaches undergraduate and graduate creative writing classes at Binghamton University-SUNY.…

  • Local author to speak on women’s suffrage

    Local author Mary Walton, who has written a book chronicling the battle for women’s right to vote, will speak at the Middletown Main Library at 7 p.m. March 24. Her book, “AWoman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot,” marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. ANew Jersey Quaker, Alice Paul was…

  • WELCOME TO… Treasures of the Jersey Shore

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Three Asbury Park icons, the former Howard Johnson’s on the boardwalk nowMcLoone’s Asbury Grille and Supper Club), the historic Convention Hall. Renowned for its rock ’n’ roll roots, diverse nightlife and a rising restaurant scene, the revitalization of the iconic boardwalk and downtown ofAsbury Park is gaining momentum, aiming to…

  • Asbury Park: A renaissance for Monmouth’s city-by-the-shore Empty

  • ‘Give Peace a Chance’

    Left: John and Yoko, Tommy Smothers and Judi Marcioni Steinberg, Dr. Timothy Leary and wife Rosemary sing “Give Peace a Chance.” Above: John and Yoko perform a spontaneous and unrecorded duet. JOAN ATHEY/Peaceworks Now Productions Celebrate John Lennon’s life and legacy through images and stories featured in the exhibition “Give Peace a Chance: John Lennon…

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