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Election features contested race for Manalapan seat
Election 2015 By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Three three-year terms on the Manalapan Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education will be on the ballot in the Nov. 3 election. The board oversees the operation of the 5,000-pupil district. Manalapan residents hold eight seats on the nine-member board and an Englishtown resident holds one seat.…
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Marlboro K-8 referendum on ballot
MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education will place a $46.5 million construction referendum in front of voters on Nov. 3. If the referendum is approved, an addition will be constructed at the David C. Abbot Early Learning Center, Tennent Road, and the school district will move from a half-day kindergarten program…
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Hornik, Goldberg vie for mayor’s seat in Marlboro election
Election 2015 By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO – The position of mayor heads up the Nov. 3 ballot in Marlboro. Democrat Jonathan Hornik is completing his second four-year term as mayor in 2015 and is seeking his third term. Hornik is facing a challenge from Republican Ira Goldberg, who is seeking his first term…
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Couple celebrates 50th anniversary
Clarence and Claudette Cyrus “We Still Do!” Clarence and Claudette Cyrus of Manalapan will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 30. They will renew their vows on Oct. 31 at the New Beginnings Agape Christian Center Church, Freehold, where the Rev. Dr. Andre McGuire will officiate. Clarence and Claudette were married on Oct. 30,…
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LoPreto-Petruccio
Joseph and Gabrielle Petruccio Gabrielle Marie LoPreto, daughter of Rosaria and Vincent LoPreto of Manalapan, and Joseph Daniel Petruccio, son of Rosanna and Joseph Petruccio of Manalapan, were married on Oct. 3 at Addison Park, Keyport. The Rev. Anthony Carvallo performed the ceremony. The bride, a graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School, Red Bank,…
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School officials say murals will remain at Asher Holmes
By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer MARLBORO – Marlboro K-8 School District administrators announced that murals that have been on the walls at the Asher Holmes Elementary School for decades will be preserved and restored. The announcement was made at the Board of Education’s Oct. 20 meeting. The meeting drew a large turnout of parents who…
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ON CAMPUS
Thomas Smolinski, son of Lisa Smolinski of Morganville, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts in history and a secondary education teaching certificate from Ramapo College, Mahwah. Thomas works with children with autism at the Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School. The University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has named the following doctor of pharmacy students…
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Kane, Ginsberg face off in Manalapan election
Election 2015 By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Two candidates are waging a race for one three-year term on the Manalapan Township Committee that will be on the ballot on Election Day, Nov. 3. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Democrat David Kane and Republican Rebecca Ginsberg are bidding for…
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Domestic violence victims continue dire call for help
The Struggle is real but the solutions are many By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer The power of the Internet recently played a critical part in domestic violence awareness. A surveillance video that exposed an altercation turned physical between a professional football player and his then-fiance was widely circulated in the media and caught the attention…
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