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Summer games heating up at AHS
Above: Allentown’s Dennis Brophy drives to the hoop during a summer basketball league game at Allentown High School. Right: Allentown’s Luke Search evades defensive pressure. Allentown is hosting Mercer County league games Monday and Wednesday evenings. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Learning across the generations
ALLENTOWN — Before moving on to the next grade level last week, some middle school students learned about student life in the mid-20th century from local citizens who lived it. Upper Freehold Regional Middle School students, their parents, administrators, and a group of senior citizens came together on June 17 to culminate “When I Was…
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Chain of command in writing, sending letter remains unknown
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Most of the school board was not consulted before the district sent a certified letter telling a resident to “cease and desist” sending emails to staff members. Vice President David DePinho, who chaired the board’s June 28 meeting in the absence of President Tom Foley, told Ramon Recalde that…
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Cut school district staff rehired in Millstone
State has yet to hear district’s appeal for restoration of $1.2 million to budget BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Many of the staff members let go at the Millstone Township Board of Education’s June 14 meeting were reappointed at the June 28 meeting. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue said the rehired staff members…
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Isabel Louise Lemcheck
Isabel Louise Lemcheck, 90, of Howell, died June 21, 2010, at Care One at Wall. Surviving are four grandchildren, Louise Meserve, Raymond Curtin Jr., Joh’ni Kimberlin and Joseph Curtin; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren. A funeral service was held at the First Presbyterian Church, Freehold, followed by interment at Old Tennent Cemetery, Tennent section…
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Kathryn “Kay” Oesmann Shapiro
Mrs. Shapiro, 73, of The Villages, Howell, died June 30, 2010, at home. She was born in Boston and was raised in Lexington, Mass., and Leonia. She was a graduate of Leonia High School and Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown. Mrs. Shapiro retired from the Division of Developmental Disabilities, Freehold. Prior to that,…
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John “Jack” P. Green
Mr. Green, 71, of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, died June 29, 2010, at home. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Green worked as a forecaster for Con Edison for over 40 years. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Barbara; three children, Mary, Lisa and John; and six grandchildren. Relatives and…
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Ann L. Nicholson
Mrs. Nicholson, a resident of Cliffwood Beach, Aberdeen, died July 1, 2010. She was employed as a secretary for the Matawan Board of Education, as a school bus driver for Milu Bus Co., Cliffwood, and as a secretary for the Board of Fire Commissioners, Fire District 2. Mrs. Nicholson was a life member of the…
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Eliminating homestead rebates will cause hardships
AARP believes that taxes should be based on an individual’s income and that property taxes should be affordable. New Jersey’s proposed state budget will eliminate Homestead Property Tax Rebates this year, causing hardship for many of our most vulnerable citizens. The loss of this rebate will affect hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents, and…
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