• Dreadful second half dooms Colts’ title hopes

    BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent At halftime of Saturday’s NJSIAA Non- Public A final, it looked like the ChristianBrothersAcademy basketball team was half way to an elusive state champion. After outplaying Immaculata to the tune of a 10-point lead at the break, CBA appeared poised to break a drought that has seen them fall in their…

  • Three seats open on Mat-Ab Board of Ed.

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Three seats on the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education are open and one incumbent and two newcomers are in line to fill them. Two, three-year seats from Aberdeen Township are open as Board of Education President Patricia Demarest and board member John Barbato end their…

  • Holmdel resident deserving of school board spot

    Iam writing this letter in support of Chiung-yin Cheng Liu, who is a candidate for the upcoming election of the Holmdel Board of Education. Mrs. Liu is a highly energetic, intelligent, educated and hard-working member of our community. She has over 29 years of teaching experience and is the mother of two young children who…

  • Mat-Ab preliminary school budget calls for lower tax levy

    Board trims $3.5M from spending plan BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Board of Education unveiled a preliminary school district budget for the 2009-2010 school year, complete with a zero percent increase on the tax levy, at a recent workshop meeting. At the March 9 workshop meeting, the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District…

  • Holmdel BOE proposes $56.4M school budget

    Spending plan would raise taxes four percent BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Board of Education has adopted a $56.4 million tentative budget with an increase to the tax levy of close to four percent. According to a presentation at the March 11 Board of Education workshop meeting given by Holmdel Township…

  • BOE members square off over filling seat

    Candidate comes forward, but board split on appointment BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A motion to accept a potential appointee for the vacated seat on the Board of Education was denied by opposing board members, creating a standstill in the board’s progress. The open seat on the Matawan Aberdeen Regional School District…

  • BOE passes cell tower ban policy

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Cell phone companies looking to place towers on Middletown school district land will have another hurdle to jump before seeking approval. At the Feb. 25 meeting, the Board of Education is expected to adopt a new policy banning cell towers on school grounds. It was reported in the…

  • We’re gonna need a bigger boat!

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Matawan Regional High School students took making a splash in art class to new lengths, creating a shark’s tale in the process. JEFF GRANIT staff Matawan Regional High School students Vinny Schifini (l) and Jon Bartlett created this lifelike mako shark for the upcoming Teen Arts Festival at Brookdale…

  • Reader says bring back the Ford Ranchero — say what?

    Coda • GREG BEAN Once again, my readers have come through. When I ask them to respond to a column, they respond. Man, do they respond. A few weeks ago, after writing a column about how I thought the American auto industry could save itself by reintroducing the cars that made it famous — like…

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