SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ethan Kempner, 10, (l) of Marlboro, points to where his playing piece should be moved on the board during a game of Israel Monopoly at the Marlboro Jewish Center's Chai Education Building on May 3. The game was one of the activities at the Israel University, which was sponsored by the synagogue and simulated a trip to Israel.
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Freehold Twp. officials introduce $40.6M plan
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
Freehold Township officials have introduced a $40.6 million municipal budget for 2009 that includes a wage freeze, a hiring freeze, employee layoffs and virtually no local improvements in the coming year. A public hearing on the budget will be held at 8 p.m. More...
Marlboro white collar employees on four-day week
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
Marlboro Township Council members have passed a resolution which authorizes Mayor Jonathan Hornik and the township clerk to execute a collective bargaining agreement with Communications Workers of America Local 1034 representing Marlboro's white collar workers and police dispatchers. More...
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
Students of the Marlboro Middle School's 8M team recently spent time giving back to their community during the group's Big Give service learning project. The service learning project was organized by teachers Amanda Lozano, Gracia Delgado- Lavallee, Andrea Cooney, Kristina Cain, Elissa Feldman and Joyce Fiedler. More...
Mindy Wille and Kay Poklemba Holtz were re-elected to the positions of president and vice president, respectively, when the Freehold Township Board of Education held its reorganization meeting April 28. Both women were elected to their positions in a unanimous vote of the board, according to Dawn Gravatt, the school district's public information officer. More...
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
MARLBORO — Local business owners who are looking for help this summer now have an opportunity to find teenage employees. The Teen Advisory Committee (TAC) has started a classified advertising section on the Marlboro Township Internet website. More...
LAKEWOOD — All dog owners are welcome to bring their four-legged friends to a Lakewood BlueClaws baseball game at FirstEnergy Park from noon to 3 p.m. May 9. WJRZ-FM (100.1) and WRAT-FM (95.9), two Greater Media radio stations, are hosting "Bark in the Park," a Lakewood BlueClaws' tradition for the past four years. More...
Residents still waiting for chance to question Omnipoint's professionals
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Denise Timmons, Kathy Dezerga and Kathie Hockenjus all attended the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting on April 16 to hear the continuing testimony on Omnipoint's proposal to build a 120- foot-tall cellular communications tower in their neighborhood. More...