• School districts show signs of developing better partnership

    Combining adult education programming possible this year BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Millstone and Upper Freehold Regional school districts have decided to start holding more meetings together to better communicate and streamline services. Millstone does not have its own high school and sends students to Allentown High School in the Upper Freehold Regional School…

  • Middle school students, staff familiar with new principal

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — While the school district has undergone many changes this year, the new middle school principal is a familiar face who is focused on keeping what has worked the same. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue will retire in August, Board of Education President Tom Foley resigned and several longtime…

  • Who drives Millstone school bus routes to be decided

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — If outsourcing district busing adds more safety concerns, is it worth the savings? After an emotional debate on July 26, the Board of Education decided to make a final decision about privatizing transportation during a special meeting Aug. 2. While Business Administrator Bernard Biesaida said outsourcing the bus runs…

  • Helen M. Cannon

    Mrs. Cannon, 78, of Jacobstown, died July 5, 2010. A native of Chicago, Ill, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mundelein College in Illinois and her Master of Arts in education from the University of Southern California. She worked in education for over 40 years, retiring as a teacher at St. Mary’s Catholic…

  • Donald J. Farrell

    Mr. Farrell, 76, of Manalapan, died July 21, 2010, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He served in the U.S. Army. Prior to retirement, he was a senior underwriter for Metropolitan Life Insurance. Mr. Farrell was predeceased by three siblings, William, George and Mabel; and three brothers-in-law, Kenneth, Chic and John. Surviving are his wife of…

  • Florence J. Lacina

    Mrs. Lacina, 89, of East Brunswick, died July 17, 2010, in Summer Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Old Bridge. Her husband, William J. Lacina, died in 2005. Surviving are seven children, William Lacina of Spotswood, George Lacina, and his wife, Joann, and Leonard Lacina, and his wife, Susan, all of North Brunswick, Carol Mordaga of…

  • Judith Hurley Stanley Coleman

    Judith Hurley Stanley Coleman Mrs. Stanley Coleman, 75, of Middletown and a lifelong resident of Monmouth County, died Aug. 1, 2010, at her home. She was a well-known community activist and philanthropist. Mrs. Stanley Coleman has served as a trustee of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey since 1964 and as chairman since 1977.…

  • Monmouth Conservation Foundation mourns founder, prez

    The Monmouth Conservation Foundation mourns the passing of Judith Stanley Coleman, civic leader, environmentalist and philanthropist. As Monmouth Conservation Foundation’s founder and president, her commitment to our mission has guided us for over 33 years. Her unshakable belief in the importance of open space, clean water and fresh air fueled her passion and led to…

  • U.F. deserves what it gets if it accepts the disingenuous

    Last April I distributed a memorandum that reported the arbitrary and discriminatory reassessments by the Upper Freehold Township tax assessor of approximately half of the homes in Upper Freehold. The response from the Township Committee was that they did not know that this had been done until after the fact; felt it was wrong but…

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