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Friends share 90th birthday party
Ruth Borowsky & Bea Gordon feted at local restaurant BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Golden Girls are alive and well and living in Manalapan. In fact, they just celebrated a birthday together and it was a big one — 90 years old — and all of their friends came out to help them celebrate.…
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Residents to have say on $51M school tax
Manalapan-Englishtown board introduces $77.8 million budget BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Residents who spoke at the March 23 public hearing on the 2010-11 budget being proposed by the Manalapan Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education made two things clear. One, in desperate economic times such as these, they cannot shoulder any more property taxes,…
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Members of the Manalapan All-Stars watch as Timothy “Tomohawk” Stukes of the Harlem Wizards goes up for a dunk during a game that was played at Manalapan High School on March 25. The basketball game was a benefit for the Manalapan DARE program. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Hearing on school budget tonight in Freehold Twp.
Board proposes elimination of courtesy busing BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the 2010-11 school year budget at 8 p.m. today, March 31, at the board offices, West Main Street, Freehold Township. Following public comment on the budget, the board…
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After cuts in education will come a ‘teachable moment’
Coda • GREG BEAN Our clan no longer has children in public schools in New Jersey, but I certainly don’t envy the parents of children who are attending those institutions these days. As we all know, the bill for years of mismanagement, overspending and prolific waste at the state level has finally come due, and…
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Writer clarifies comments made at Marlboro meeting
Ispoke during the public session on the former Entron site redevelopment plan at the Marlboro Planning Board meeting on March 17, 2010, as reported on the front page of the News Transcript on March 24, 2010. The meaning of what was reported differs from my full comments that evening. First, I did not applaud the…
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Legislators have raided funds to detriment of the state
In another spectacular example of the lack of fitness of our legislators to exhibit any sort of trustworthiness to properly handle the state’s fiscal affairs, we now hear that unless additional revenue is found, New Jersey could lose $1.6 billion in federal funds to be used for replacing bridges, aging roads and transit facilities. What…
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Resident is upset with teachers’ $30,000 salary increase
Irecently attended the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education budget hearing. The board’s total budget proposed for 2010-11 is $108.2 million and they want a 3.75 percent raise in the tax levy. The board proposed budget reductions on paper only of about $8 million and of course as usual, the board voted to pass…
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Blame New Jersey’s current financial mess on Trenton
Today it seems that many would like to place blame for New Jersey’s budget disaster on the shoulders of the municipalities, public employees, teachers and police officers. This budget disaster has its roots under the Gold Dome on State Street in Trenton. It was not singularly caused by the municipalities or these other groups. For…
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