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      March 5, 2009  RSS feed

      Schedule changes may help budgeting
      Budget whittled down for possible 3.9-cent tax increase
      The Millstone Township School District must make cuts because the state will not allow a 2009-10 budget that depends on more than a 4 percent tax levy increase. At the Feb. 23 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue and Business Administrator Bernard Biesaida presented the board with options for cutting the budget in order to get to the state-mandated tax levy cap. Donahue stressed that all the numbers in their presentation were very tentative, and no final decision had been reached regarding cuts. More...
      Allentown High School ready to raise - "Rent" Watch Video

      School one of only 40 across nation to put show on. Rent went dark on Broadway, but Allentown High School will resurrect the popular and controversial musical this weekend. More...

       Bulletin Board
      • Women's Association to hold gift auction
      A gift auction sponsored by the Women's Association of Allentown will be held April 18 at the Allentown First Aid Building, Route 526, Allentown. The doors will open at 6 p.m. and the calling will begin at 7 p.m. Two sheets of tickets will be provided with a $5 donation and three extra sheets will cost $2. Dessert, coffee and tea are included. More...
      • Course to be offered at Rick's Saddle Shop
      • Ranch Hope to benefit from soup sale
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       Letters
      • Schools are valuable community assets
      Dear fellow community members of Allentown borough and Upper Freehold. I am reaching out today as a neighbor and local realtor regarding our upcoming school budget vote on April 21. All of us have been adversely affected either directly or indirectly by our dismal economy. More...
      • More citizens need to do community service
      • Family proud to be part of the Millstone community
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       Editorials
      • Upper Freehold's 'Deal of the Century' seems to be a dud
      Alandfill in Upper Freehold, actually, two landfills to be precise, and we the taxpayers, may own it. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Auto industry column struck positive chord with readers
      Iget a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. More...
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       Schools
      • article has image Allentown High School ready to raise 'Rent'
      School one of only 40 across nation to put show on
      'Rent" went dark on Broadway, but Allentown High School will resurrect the popular and controversial musical this weekend. This past year was the first ever that student groups could access licenses to produce the musical. While many theater departments across the nation scrambled to get the licenses, only 40 will actually put on the play this year. More...
      • New school may harness power of the sun
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       Sports
      • article has image Bryant U. recruits Millstone soccer star
      Millstone Township resident Kaitlyn Fare has received a scholarship to play soccer at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Fare, a 17-year-old Millstone resident who is a senior at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, signed a national letter of intent Feb. 4 to play soccer while attending Bryant University in Rhode Island. More...
      • article has image Warriors win tourney
      • Playoff prep. begins
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       Business
      • Business Briefs
      Dr. Miryam Bookman has announced the opening of her new dental practice in Jackson. The practice features chairmounted TVs/monitors in each room, digital X-rays, and intra-oral cameras so the patient can see what the doctor sees. More...
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