• Senator to be honored by 180

    State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) is one of three women being celebrated on April 23 for their influence on 180 Turning Lives Around, a private Monmouth County nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence, at the agency’s Spring Gala. Sen. Jennifer Beck The theme of the gala, “Extraordinary Journeys Turning Lives…

  • Freehold Twp. board adopts $68.2M budget

    Owner of a home assessed at $400,000 would see $104 increase in 2010-11 BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The township K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a $68.2 million budget for the 2010-11 school year. The board approved the spending plan after public comment on the budget was taken…

  • Ticetown Rd. zone change will have April 15 hearing

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A piece of property on Ticetown Road is one step closer to being rezoned back to its original land conservation zone status. The property in question is the site of a former junkyard and is in the area of Provincial Drive in the Morganville section of Marlboro. The…

  • ‘Transition’ relates inspirational story

    Colts Neck resident makes film about his brother; scenes shot at local schools BY ANTHONY DiPASQUALE Correspondent When actor Anthony Bradford, of Colts Neck, went looking for people to work on his first film script, his main priority was passion for the project titled “Transition.” Bradford knew that in order to bring his vision to…

  • Board says state aid cut had big impact

    Colts Neck K-8 district adopts $22.9M budget for 2010-11 school year BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Sixteen different budget scenarios were blown away when state aid numbers were recently released to the Colts Neck K-8 School District. The district saw its state aid cut by 72 percent, from $1.5 million in the 2009-10 school year…

  • Englishtown budget shows hike in tax rate

    Residents will have a chance to discuss spending plan during April 28 meeting BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Living in Englishtown could be more expensive in 2010. The Englishtown Borough Council at its meeting on March 24 introduced a 2010 municipal budget that totals $1,901,385 and will rely on the collection of $1 million in…

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    Freehold High School’s Brandon Reynolds (l) and Matt Holtz try to snare the baseball as Howell’s Chris Colavecchio slides safely into second base during a game between the Colonials and the Rebels on April 3 in Freehold Borough. Howell made its trip to Freehold a success, as the Rebels won the game, 9-8. ERIC SUCAR…

  • Movie tickets: You’ll have to hock the family jewels

    CODA GREG BEAN I try not to sound like one of those old geezers who bore the pants off younger folk by telling them over and over again how much better things were back in the Olden Days.   But I will take a little skip down memory lane by noting that the first time…

  • ‘Best and the brightest’ seem to be coming up a bit short

    When I received news about the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District’s decision to rely on computers to teach Spanish, I was disheartened to hear that the current crisis in U.S. education had reached my hometown. Out here in California, we are fighting tooth and nail to maintain the quality of the public education system. In October,…

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