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    N.J. should appreciate role of pharmaceutical industry Mike Hennessey Just as the plight of the nation’s automakers threatens the underpinnings of Michigan’s economy, a slower but equally disastrous erosion has begun in New Jersey with its largest manufacturing sector: the pharmaceutical industry. While Michigan lawmakers are working to avert catastrophe, New Jersey’s government pushes policies…

  • 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. Gregory Bean is the former executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. You can reach him at [email protected]. I’ve had mixed feelings about this business…

  • Howell board votes to close Southard

    Pupils who currently attend the school will be redistricted BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell Board of Education has voted to close the Southard School in the face of a declining K-8 enrollment and budget pressures. The decision to close the elementary school and to assign its pupils to other schools in…

  • Pair earn doctoral degrees

    MARLBORO — Marlboro Elementary School Principal Jonathan Shutman and Marlboro Middle School psychologist Kevin Lynn recently earned doctoral degrees from universities recognized by the Council for High Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the United States Department of Education (USDE). According to information provided by the Marlboro K-8 School District, Shutman earned his Ed.D. in educational leadership…

  • Benefit to aid teacher who is battling cancer

    Dr. James Herzog, a chiropractor in Freehold, will hold a two-day fundraiser on March 21-22 to benefit the Silvestri family. Vincent Silvestri is a Howell High School teacher who was diagnosed with cancer which will require in long-term treatments many days off from work, according to a press release. The Silvestris’ 4-year-old daughter is afflicted…

  • Local student’s poem printed in magazine

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — BreAnne Bank, 14, an eighth grade student at the Barkalow Middle School, is among the young people whose poetry was chosen to be published in the March 2009 issue of Highlights for Children in its “Your Own Pages” section. The poem, “Softball,” was written by BreAnne when she was 12 years old.…

  • Colts Neck pupils track travelbugs’ adventures

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Fourth grade pupils at the Conover Road Elementary School are traveling the world vicariously through four travelbugs that have been released into the wild. This geocaching project is a pilot program developed by teachers Michele Rogers and Nancy Plumfield. The travelbugs are not real bugs. They are…

  • Four seats contested on FRHSD school bd.

    Local K-8 districts also have races in April 21 election There will be four seats up for grabs on the Freehold Regional High School District Board Education in the April 21 school election. The terms now held by Joan Leimbach of Howell, Bunny Hammer of Freehold Borough and Patricia Horvath of Manalapan will be on…

  • Teachers, board still working on new pact

    Reps from both sides decline to reveal details of ongoing negotiations BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Representatives of the Marlboro Township Education Association (MTEA) and the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education are entering into the fact-finding phase as they attempt to strike a deal on a new contract. During the 2008-09…

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