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Administrators explain meaning of test results
Editor’s note: Due an error in the editing process, this article did not run in its entirety in the March 3 issue of the News Transcript. The article did run in its entirety at www.gmnews.com on March 3. Today, we are publishing the final paragraphs of the article, which deals with Marlboro High School being…
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Marlboro will reapply for grant
MARLBORO — After the state cancelled a grant from 2000 that would have brought improvements to a portion of School Road East, the Marlboro Township Council has authorized a new grant proposal to be submitted for the project. In 2000, Marlboro was the recipient of a New Jersey Department of Transportation Trust Municipal Aid Program…
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SAVE wins Air/Climate challenge
Members of Manalapan High School’s Students Against Violating the Environment club (SAVE) won the Air/Climate challenge, sponsored by Lexus and Scholastic, with their Project Blue Sky initiative. The prize from the national contest is $10,000 in scholarships and funds for the school. Project Blue Sky is SAVE’s action plan to benefit the environment of local…
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Panel sets deadline for applications
FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Neighborhood Pride Committee has announced the deadline for applications for two community projects. The community garden has quite a few plots available for amateur gardeners seeking to create and cultivate flowers, herbs or vegetables in the garden at Ford Avenue and Lloyd Street. Applications for plots need to be filled…
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ELEC website has information about campaign donations
More than $16.7 million in campaign donations received by local candidates in last fall’s general elections can now be easily searched on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) Internet website. According to a press release, Jeff Brindle, executive director of the commission, encouraged members of the public, media members and candidates to take…
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There’s no place like home for disabled vet and family
Habitat for Humanity seeks donations to make dream house come true BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Leonard Cottrell and his 3-year-old son William barely know each other. Nine days after his boy was born, Cottrell deployed to Iraq as a tanker with the 1st Cavalry Division of the Army. Father and son did not see…
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Library system survey extended
Would you like to see the Monmouth County Library System sponsor more author talks or children’s story times? Tell the library about it. The library system will extend its community survey on programming for at least two more months, in order to reach as many Monmouth County residents as possible, according to Renee B. Swartz,…
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Taxi insurance code revised
FREEHOLD — Passengers who ride in taxis in Freehold Borough may not be covered under the vehicle’s insurance policy in all cases. Depending on where a customer is being transported, the insurance coverage for an injury sustained by a passenger in the event of an accident may revert to that individual’s personal insurance policy. If…
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On Campus
Christiana Fischer of Howell has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., where she is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Thomas R. Coughlin, son of T. Glen and Laura Coughlin of Manalapan, has been named to the dean’s list for the…
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