• High school stages ‘Wizard of Oz’

    COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck High School Drama Club will present “The Wizard of Oz” from March 27-29. The performances will be held at 7 p.m. March 27-28 and at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. March 29 in the high school auditorium, Route 537 and Five Points Road. Tickets are $10 for adults and…

  • Resident faces eluding charge

    MANALAPAN — A resident of Manalapan is facing multiple charges following an incident in which police said he failed to obey an officer’s direction to pull over. At 11:17 p.m. March 4, Patrolman Matthew Mattia was on patrol on Woodward Road when he attempted to initiate a motor vehicle stop on a black Chevrolet Trailblazer,…

  • Discovery Institute announces new detoxification program

    MARLBORO — Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders has announced the opening of a licensed, 20-bed, medically managed detoxification unit. This new unit will use evidenced-based medically assisted treatment (MAT) psychiatric and psychosocial therapies. Dr. Jeffrey A. Berman will lead medical and psychiatric services as executive medical director. The medical team will include Howard Silverman, a…

  • Proposed law would prohibit election signs on public land

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The placement of political campaign signs could be limited to private property in Marlboro by the next round of elections. On March 6, the Township Council narrowly voted to introduce an ordinance that would, if adopted, prohibit the placement of political signs in public rights of way and…

  • Colts Neck church slates vespers concert

    COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Reformed Church will hold a vespers concert at 7 p.m. April 6 in the church sanctuary, 72 Route 537. Mozart’s Vespers “K.339” will be presented by the senior choir of the church and the Monmouth University chamber choir. Conducted by Dr. David M. Tripold, the choir will feature Jamie…

  • Employee honored by town officials

    MANALAPAN — During a Township Committee meeting on March 12, Mayor Jordan Maskowitz announced that Mona Cholowinski, who is Manalapan’s superintendent of parks and recreation, has received the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association Michael B. Berman Award for Administrative Excellence. Cholowinski has worked for Manalapan since 1989. Members of the governing body commended Cholowinski…

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    Ann Marie Fasano. an eighth-grade mathematics teacher at the Freehold Intermediate School, has been selected as the 2014-15 Teacher of the Year for the Freehold Borough K-8 School District. Fasano will now represent the school district in the process to select the Monmouth County Teacher of the Year. PHOTO COURTESY OF FREEHOLD BOROUGH SCHOOLS

  • Law bans specific type of bonus for superintendents

    Legislation sponsored by state Assemblywomen Caroline Casagrande and Amy Handlin (both R-Monmouth), which bans bonuses from being given to school superintendents based on reducing the number of special needs students who are placed in out-of-district educational facilities, was recently signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie. “It is inappropriate to ever tie a superintendent’s compensation…

  • Colts Neck K-8 business administrator to retire

    By JACK MURTHA COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck K-8 School District’s longest-serving administrator is slated to step down by the end of the month. Earlier this year, the Board of Education approved the retirement of Business Administrator John Paredes. Paredes, who has held the position since July 1999 through the reign of six superintendents,…

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