MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Marlboro Mayor Robert Kleinberg, dressed as a Chinese prince, greets visitors at a Chinese New Year parade on Feb. 24. Marlboro residents and guests from other communities marched from Route 79 and School Road to the Marlboro Recreation Community Center on Wyncrest Road to mark the start of the Year of the Pig. For more photos, visit Greater Media Newspapers' Web site at www.gmnews.com.
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SCOTT PILLING staff Carolyn Barth teaches fifth-graders from the West Freehold School, Freehold Township, about spinning fabric during a Colonial Day class on Feb. 23. As part of the day's activities, students visited the one-room West Freehold School on Wemrock Road and learned how students in different grades used to be taught in the same classroom. More...
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer
MANALAPAN - A bomb threat that was made at the Manalapan-English-town Middle School (MEMS) has resulted in the arrest of a 14-year-old boy who attends the school. Police are not releasing the name of the juvenile. Manalapan police and emergency services personnel responded to MEMS, on Millhurst Road, at 11:30 a.m. More...
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
FREEHOLD - Three authors Freehold Borough can call its own will appear at the Cornerstone Caffe, corner of East Main and South streets, to raise funds for the Freehold Borough Educational Foundation. Kevin Coyne, Frank Argote-Freyre and Carlo DeVito will appear at the cafe at 7 p.m. March 13. More...
Temple Beth Shalom will host an art auction March 10 at 108 Freehold Road (Route 522), Manalapan. The preview will begin at 7 p.m. with the live auction starting at 8 p.m. Ross Galleries of Holbrook, N.Y. More...
Tentative spending plan calls for 2.9-cent hike in K-8 tax rate
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer
MARLBORO - The Board of Education has introduced a $78.5 million budget for the 2007-08 school year that will raise K-8 property taxes by 2.9 cents per $100 of assessed valuation if voters approve the budget in the April 17 school election. More...
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