• Board, union still working toward pact

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer A mediation session has been scheduled for Dec. 8 as representatives of the Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education and the Colts Neck Township Education Association (CNTEA) attempt to hammer out a new contract. According to Business Administrator Vincent Marasco, the board’s previous contract with the CNTEA was…

  • Couple opens hearts, home to foster children

    By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer Kathy and Vince Cata, who have been foster parents to more than 20 children, pose for a Christmas photo with several of their adopted and current foster children. Going back 30 years, Kathy and Vince Cata wanted to have several children. While that did not happen the way they hoped…

  • Applegate School moving toward greater sustainability

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Come January, students at the C. Richard Applegate Elementary School will be getting their hands dirty. “Three or four students per grade will be trying to determine how many recyclable items are going in the trash,” said Debbie Wilson, a kindergarten teacher and chairwoman of the Applegate…

  • New facility addresses care for adults over 55

    New facility addresses care for adults over 55

    Beacon Health and Social Services, a not-for-profit corporation, established the Beacon of LIFE center in Oceanport to deliver Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) services. The PACE model is centered on the belief it is better for the well-being of older adults with chronic care needs and their families to be served in…

  • MANVILLE: Manville teachers take to the gridiron to boost scholarship fund

    MANVILLE: Manville teachers take to the gridiron to boost scholarship fund

    Teachers and staff of the Manville School District recently showcased their on-the-field battle brawn with a Nov. 4 night football game that raised money for the Carol Caliguari Memorial Scholarship Fund for senior Manville High School students. Mrs. Caliguari, who died in 2004, was a teacher in the Manville School District for 15 years.The players…

  • Coldwell Banker hosts regional CBRB Evolution business, technology event

    Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage welcomed approximately 1,500 affiliated real estate agents from New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. to the recent CBRB Evolution business and technology event, which encompassed the entire 16-screen AMC movie theater at Clifton Commons in Clifton. The excitement attendees felt about the educational event made an impact on social media, trending…

  • Davis Realtors collecting teddy bears for young cancer patients for the holidays

    Davis Realtors is collecting new teddy bears for young cancer patients at the Rutgers Institute of New Jersey. There is still time to give a child a smile and a friend to hug this holiday season. Drop your teddy bear off at Davis Realtors’ East Brunswick office, 288 Summerhill Road, by Dec. 10. Only teddy…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Sayreville U8 Jr. MetroStars are a high-level boys travel soccer team playing for Sayreville Soccer Club in the MAPS league. The team is comprised of 7- and 8-year-old boys from South Amboy, Sayreville, South River and Avenel. They completed their regular season undefeated at 10-0 with 49 goals scored and six goals against. They…

  • Football coach Flood, AD Hermann out at Rutgers

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Either former Rutgers University football coach Kyle Flood lived in a vacuum or interpreted no news as good news concerning his job security. Whatever he believed, the four-year coach found out he was dismissed along with athletic director Julie Hermann Nov. 29, the day after the Scarlet Knights lost to the…

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