• Holmdel H.S. Jazz Festival

    HOLMDEL — Jazz bands from seven local high schools and a middle school will perform at the Holmdel High School Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 21. The school jazz bands will perform “big band” swing music in a program that will run 6-10 p.m. The performing bands are: William R. Satz Middle School and Middletown…

  • Three seats open on Holmdel BOE

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Two incumbents and two newcomers are vying for three, threeyear term seats that are open on the Holmdel School District Board of Education. Incumbents Robin Wetmore and Ray Tai are seeking to hold onto their seats as newcomers Derek Dailey and Chiung-Lin Cheng Liu try to unseat…

  • 3 seats open on M’town, Hazlet school boards

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A two-day extension due to last week’s snowstorm gave candidates extra time to submit their names as candidates for Board of Education seats in their towns. In Middletown, seven candidates are running for three seats with three-year terms that are up for election on the Middletown Township Public…

  • Diocese closes door on Bayshore school proposal

    Bishop rejects merger of three schools BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer KEYPORT — A proposal to combine three Bayshore Catholic schools into one has been rejected by the Diocese of Trenton. According to Rayanne Bennett, chief communications officer for the diocese, Bishop John M. Smith has rejected the latest proposal put forth by a group…

  • Borden case is over, but it should never have begun

    Coda • GREG BEAN Well, the Marcus Borden school prayer saga is finally over (at least in the courts), bringing to an end one of the saddest chapters in New Jersey education. I’ve had mixed feelings about this business from the start. I understood the stance taken by the East Brunswick school district, which had…

  • For the Record

    The registration fee for the Lemonade Crop ’09 benefit is $50, not $100 as reported in an article in the Feb. 26 issue. Also, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is based in Wynwood, Pa., not at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

  • Ocean freeholders introduce budget

    When the Ocean County Board of Freeholders developed an annual budget during the last decade, the formula always included an eye toward the future. “Our budget planning always includes the bigger picture,” said Freeholder Director John C. Bartlett Jr., who serves as the architect of the county budget. “We knew from past experience that the…

  • March: So many fertile thoughts

    Virgil said, "Look with favor upon a bold beginning." Snow and ice are gone, but we still find winter’s residue spread across the garden in small twigs and browned leaves, soil heaved by frost and tons of sweet gum balls. I could make a fortune shipping them to Germany where I saw them for sale…

  • American icon’s eloquence is poetic and profound

    Maya Angelou speaks to sellout crowd at Brookdale College BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Alone on a stage, she captured the minds and hearts of about 2,500 people with her words, her song, her wisdom. In her 80 years, she has shared the lessons of her life’s journey with an eagerly receptive crowd. PHOTOS BY…

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