Tag: Marlboro
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A look at scholastic football in the region
Colts Neck Colts Neck High School is still looking for some offense as it prepares to play at Marlboro High School on Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. Colts Neck fell to 0-3 after a 43-13 loss to Long Branch High School at home on Sept. 23 Freehold Quarterback Ashante Worthy had another impressive game for…
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Marlboro voters will weigh in on school projects
Marlboro residents will head to the polls on Sept. 26 to vote on a referendum that proposes $26.3 million worth of capital improvements at six schools in the Marlboro K-8 School District. Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Administrators have said the cost of the projects cannot be accounted for in the…
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Restored murals at Marlboro’s Asher Holmes School unveiled
MARLBORO – For two years, retired art teacher David Wells has been restoring murals in Marlboro’s Asher Holmes Elementary School and the restored murals were revealed to the public on Aug. 18. After members of the public indicated they were hearing rumors in late 2015 that the murals might be painted over because they were…
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Full-day kindergarten debuts in Marlboro school district
MARLBORO – The 2017-18 school year in Marlboro is underway with the debut of a full-day kindergarten program attended by almost 300 children. Until this school year, Marlboro provided a half-day kindergarten program and all kindergarten classes met at the David C. Abbott Early Learning Center on Tennent Road. For the past several years, parents…
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Marlboro school board president details referendum
By Debbie Mattos I am currently serving as the proud president of the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education. Although as president I am able to speak on behalf of the board, I am choosing to express my personal views on why our referendum on Sept. 26 is necessary for our students and community.…
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A look at scholastic football in the region
Colts Neck Colts Neck High School looks to kickstart its offense when it plays against Long Branch High School on Sept. 23. The game will kick off at 12 p.m. in Colts Neck. Colts Neck dropped to 0-2 on the season after it fell to Freehold Township High School, 14-0, on the road on Sept.…
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Fundraiser boosts ROTC unit and nonprofit organization
Colts Neck High School student William Dean, 15, of Marlboro, recently raised $21,500 to benefit Extreme SEAL Adventures (ESA), Cambridge, Md., and the Freehold Regional High School District’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) unit at Colts Neck High School. William is a student in the NJROTC program. A year ago, William held a…
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Community gardeners support worship center’s food pantry
MARLBORO – Residents who are tending plots in the Marlboro Community Garden are donating produce to a food pantry operated by the Monmouth Worship Center in the township. The community garden is comprised of 84 plots on a parcel that was set aside along Tennent Road in the Morganville section of the community in 2016.…
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Ratings agency raises Marlboro to AAA
MARLBORO – S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has raised its long term rating to AAA on Marlboro Township’s general obligation (GO) debt and assigned an AAA rating to the township’s 2017 refunding GO bonds, according to a press release from the township. The AAA designation is the highest rating assigned to issues of debt. “Marlboro’s credit…
