• Suggestions offered to keep h.s. programs

    Iam writing to express my concerns about the Freehold Regional High School District winter track and field program, junior varsity cheerleading, and marching band issue that has been discussed lately. I have what I feel is a fair and equitable solution to save these programs. • Cut the number of out-ofconference games, meets, events in…

  • NJEA still acting badly, and needs a ‘timeout’

    CODA GREG BEAN I say this in the kindest way I know. If anyone at the New Jersey Education Association is reading this, will you please SHUT UP! On Wednesday, Aug. 8, Gov. Chris Christie’s administration filed an application for $268 million in federal stimulus aid through the Education Jobs Fund. Granted, the administration waited…

  • Historic panel would like final say on signs

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The historic character and ambiance of Freehold Borough’s downtown district is something that needs vigilant monitoring and protection, according to members of the borough’s Historic Preservation Advisory Commission. According to a commission member, there has been a general feeling that the panel has been overlooked in the…

  • Jersey Syndicate plans CD release party at Stone Pony

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Jersey Syndicate has been busy making strides and gathering a following since Greater Media Newspapers last reported on the Manalapan-based band in January 2008. The band will celebrate the release of its self-titled CD on Sept. 17 at the Stone Pony, Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, and the public is…

  • New Kiwanis Club aims to help children

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent MANALAPAN — Since early this year, local volunteers from Manalapan and the surrounding area have gathered to work toward the formation of a Kiwanis Club of Manalapan that will support and work for the needs of local children. Their efforts came to fruition on July 20 when a fundraising charter ceremony…

  • Freehold Boro man charged in Aug. gas station robbery

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A Freehold Borough man was arrested on Sept. 8 and charged in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on Aug. 22 at the Delta gas station on the corner of Broad and Throckmorton streets. Freehold Borough police Detective John Reiff said Jesus Manuel Medina-Ortiz, 21, was…

  • Increases continue to shrink

    Teacher salary settlement rates are continuing their downward trend, with the 83 contracts negotiated since January providing average raises of 1.91 percent for 2010-11, the New Jersey School Boards Association reported on Sept. 1. In mid-August, NJSBA reported that salary increases in 73 districts that reached agreement since the first of the year averaged 2.03…

  • Photo of Vietnam veteran chosen for national tour

    Apoignant 8-by-10 black-and-white photograph of former Freehold Township resident John E. McDonough has been chosen to go on a national tour with the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Educational Center’s “Traveling Trunks” program. This photograph of former Freehold Township resident John E. McDonough, taken while he was serving in Vietnam, has been selected to go…

  • T-shirts spread simple messages of goodness

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer While most people may view Tshirts as mere articles of clothing, three young women from Monmouth County, along with their male mentor and business partner, see the shirts as canvases on which they can send positive messages that inspire people to make a difference in the world. Sarah Miller, Farrah…

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