• Plumsted district approved for school choice program

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Starting in September 2014, up to 48 children who do not live in the community may enroll in the Plumsted Township School District, which has been accepted into the New Jersey Department of Education Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. The program is described as a way for administrators…

  • She’s working that poor child to death

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch He is 6 feet tall, thin as a rail and has blond hair that curls up around his face. When he was little, I called him Sunshine because there was a light around him that seemed to glow from within. I’m quite sure that I’m not prejudiced and that…

  • Robert F. Schwiebert

    Mr. Schwiebert, 76, of Jackson, died Oct. 16, 2013, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. He served as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Prior to retiring, he was employed as an electronic technician for the U.S. Postal Service in Hamilton. Surviving are his wife, Norie Schwiebert; two sons, Mark and Joseph; a daughter,…

  • Barbara A. Frank

    Mrs. Frank, 81, of Jackson, died Oct. 14, 2013, at CareOne, Jackson. Prior to retiring in 2000, she worked in the clerical department at the Foodarama corporate office for 25 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Arnold Frank. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Thomas Fallon, of Jackson; a brother and sister-inlaw,…

  • Harvey W. Boyce

    Mr. Boyce, 68, of Howell, formerly of Old Bridge, died Oct. 12, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, he was employed as an auto mechanic at Laffin Chevrolet, South River. Surviving are his wife of 45 years, Linda Boyce; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Allen J. Boyce of Howell, and Jeffrey…

  • Mary A. Bates Salva

    Mrs. Salva, 83, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 8, 2013 at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She worked for Bell Telephone as an operator. She was predeceased by her husband, Alfred Salva; a son, Stephen; her brothers, William and Thomas Bates; and her sisters, Rose Bates, Theresa Auerbach and Margaret DeMark. She is survived…

  • Seven seek three seats on Howell school board

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — Seven residents are running for three available three-year terms on the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 5 election. The candidates are Mary Cerretani, Jeanette Smith, Suzanne Brennan, Mark Bonjavanni, Ryan Klauder, Evelyn Malsbury O’Donnell and Anna Kristjandottir. Cerretani, Smith and Brennan are currently…

  • District seeks energy savings

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The debt that resulted from financing $20 million in upgrades to the Freehold Regional High School District’s six buildings could be offset through savings in energy costs, according to a presentation made at the Sept. 30 meeting of the FRHSD Board of Education. Business Administrator Sean Boyce and a team…

  • Team gears up for marathon run

    The Central Jersey Dystonia Support and Action Group, which has been meeting for 14 years at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, is racing to find the cure. For the first time, the support group has a team running in the ING New York City Marathon on Nov. 3. The CentraState Healthcare Foundation is one of…

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