• Howell education foundation will host ‘5K Race to Educate’

    HOWELL — On June 5 the Howell Township Education Foundation in conjunction with the Freehold Area Running Club will hold its first “Race to Educate” 5- kilometer race beginning and ending at Howell Middle School South, 220 Ramtown Greenville Road, Howell. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and race time is 9 a.m. Pre-registration for this…

  • Jackson council approves $1M cut in school tax levy

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The ax has fallen on the 2010-11 Jackson School District general fund tax levy to the tune of $1 million. On April 20, voters rejected the Jackson Board of Education’s proposed tax levy of $71.6 million for the upcoming school year. That sent the board’s proposed $135.9 million…

  • Girl Scouts seeking adult leaders

    The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore is in need of a few good women and men. The Girl Scouts are seeking volunteers — women and men of all ages and racial and ethnic backgrounds — to work with girls waiting to become Girl Scouts who need an adult leader. The demand for Girl Scout…

  • Student describes ‘can-do’ attitude in winning essay

    Daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson visits local school as part of award package BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Before the civil rights movement, before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks, there was Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sharon Robinson (above), the daughter of Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson,…

  • Seymour Kopf

    Mr. Kopf, 84, of Jackson, died April 25, 2010, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was born in Paterson and had lived in Freehold Township and Paterson before settling in Jackson. Mr. Kopf was a self-employed certified shorthand reporter from 1963 until his retirement in November…

  • Veronica J. Moore

    Mrs. Moore, 86, of The Villages, Howell, died April 23, 2010, at home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in Staten Island, N.Y., and Freehold before moving to The Villages in 1996. Before becoming a homemaker, Mrs. Moore worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She was a parishioner of…

  • Grethe Devaux

    Mrs. Devaux, 80, of Jackson, died April 17, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, William J., in 1992. Mrs. Devaux is survived by her sons, William M. Devaux of Bangkok, and Steven J. Devaux and his wife, Carmen, of Farmingdale; and a grandson. A memorial visitation was held…

  • Carl W. Bonilla

    Mr. Bonilla, 55, of Middletown, died at his residence on April 9, 2010. He lived most of his life in Bayonne before moving to Aberdeen and most recently to Middletown. Mr. Bonilla was predeceased by his parents, Carlos and Lena Camillery Bonilla, and a brother, Mark. He is survived by three brothers, Raymond Bonilla and…

  • Senior Property Tax Freeze program must be ‘unfrozen’

    New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. Combine these steep property tax rates with a faltering economy and skyrocketing home energy costs, and you will discover a real hardship for many older New Jersey residents living on fixed incomes. The Senior Property Tax Freeze is now being, well, frozen, which will affect…

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