Students take a trip to 'Oz'
      FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - Fourth- and fifth-graders at the Joseph J. Catena School, Burlington Road, performed the school's first musical production, "The Wizard of Oz," for the public on March 8-9.
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On Campus
      Joseph Dominick Leone of Howell has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech. Ashley Melissa Reznik, daughter of Connie and Jules Reznik of Manalapan, has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at the University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
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Preschool will be first step in church's plan
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
      FREEHOLD - Church officials at New Beginnings Agape Christian Center, Throckmorton Street, are preparing to open a day- care center and a preschool. The facilities are expected be ready by early summer. "The preschool, which is called All God's Children, is a part of the overall vision the Lord gave our pastor in 1997," the Rev. Ricky Pierce said.
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Students enjoy a day of Colonial experiences
      FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - Teachers at the West Freehold School and members of the Freehold Township Historic Preservation Commission recently worked together to offer fifth-graders an opportunity to experience Colonial times firsthand. The Colonial Day event took place in February at the school on Castronova Way and at the historic West Freehold schoolhouse on Wemrock Road.
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Schools ask higher fees for use of buildings
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer
      ENGLISHTOWN - At a time when Manalapan municipal officials and school board members are looking to develop shared services comes news that the school board is raising the fees it charges Manalapan for the use of its gymnasiums for municipal recreation programs.
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Recalling a N.Y. superstar
     CHRIS KELLY staff Taylor Mills School pupil Hunter Mauro, 9, went all the way back to the 1960s to find a person to learn about for the Manalapan elementary school's "Superstars" program. The football and the jersey are clues to the identity of former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath. As part of the project, the Taylor Mills pupils dressed up as characters from history and shared the information with their fellow students.
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