• Professional development course offered

    Central Jersey is getting ready for professional development. Doing Everything Right to Educate Kids (d.e.r.e.k.) of Morganville will hold a twohour professional development session, “Let’s Get Ready,” from 9-11 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Radisson, 50 Gibson Place, Freehold Township. Derek Jones will instruct teachers in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania who want to…

  • Plumsted sees cell tower as new source of revenue

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — A plan to construct a new cellular communications tower on township property was given the green light by the Township Committee during its final meeting of 2013. The unanimous decision came several weeks after the committee passed a resolution accepting a five-year bid from Wireless Edge Towers, LLC,…

  • Event will honor Clarence Clemons

    Clarence “Nick” Clemons III, son of legendary saxophonist Clarence “Big Man” Clemons, is inviting the community to celebrate and honor his late father’s legacy at the official Clemons family celebration being held Jan. 11 at Martell’s Tiki Bar on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach. The event will take the audience back to the early…

  • Now, I’m arguing with my telephone

    Lori Clinch ARE WE THERE YET Back in November, Apple came out with a brand-new smartphone. That set off a series of events within the Clinch family that ended with a dream come true — I received my son’s old iPhone 5 and a personal advancement in technology. Go me! My new phone is faster…

  • Aldrich students honor U.S. military veterans

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — Pupils at the Aldrich School said “thank you” to some of America’s veterans during a special event recently hosted by the school. More than 50 men and women who have served in the nation’s armed forces were present when the school presented its 10th annual Veterans Appreciation Assembly…

  • Security director tells board upgrades have been made

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — Neil Brosnan, the Howell K-8 School District’s director of security, recently provided members of the Board of Education and the public with an update on school security in 2013. Brosnan, who spoke at the Dec. 11 board meeting, said that since he joined the district in April, he…

  • Library interim director announced

    With the retirement of longtime Monmouth County Library Director Kenneth Sheinbaum on Dec. 31, the Monmouth County Library Commission has announced the appointment of Judith Tolchin as interim director. Tolchin, who has given 22 years of service at the Monmouth County Library, previously held the position of branch manager/chief librarian at library headquarters in Manalapan,…

  • MoCo: It’s more than just an arts initiative

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The Monmouth County Arts Corridor (MoCo) partnership will use a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help promote local art societies, artists and venues throughout 2014. Pictured are the Two River Theater, above, and the Art Alliance Gallery, right, in Red Bank; and a street art…

  • Students’ horizons expand by working with 3D printer

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Students at Jackson Liberty High School used cutting-edge technology to transform a regular school project into an experience that brought their understanding of math, science and engineering to new heights. In teacher Todd Engle’s “Technology Problem-Solving” course, a process called 3D printing was used by the students to…

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