Magician delivers message, and surprises, to students
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      There is no trick to good character. According to magician Ken Northridge of Dovetail Presentations, the magic to integrity is persistence. Northridge paid a visit to the Southard School, Howell, on Jan.
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Board continues process of building school budget
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer
      JACKSON - The Jackson Board of Education has set aside a portion of each of its meetings in December, January and February in order to help people better understand the process of developing a school budget. "Building a Budget" is a series of presentations about the Jackson School District's 200...
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Educator accepts challenge of new administrative post
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      HOWELL - Angela O'Cone says she has always had a passion for learning. She has turned that passion into a career and is now serving as the acting vice principal at Howell's Adelphia School.
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District academy sowing seeds of success
Animal & Botanical Sciences course of study challenges students
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer
      FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - The sight and smell of fresh flowers welcome students and visitors to Room B110 in Freehold Township High School. Attached to the classroom is a fully-functioning greenhouse full of plants that are maintained by the students in the Freehold Regional High School District's Anim...
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Youngsters delve into a world of dinosaurs
BY BARI FAYE SIEGEL Correspondent
      Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Everyone knows the answer to that question! Want a harder one? What lived 65 million years ago but never lived in the sea or flew in the air?
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Lawmakers pass new school-funding formula
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer
      Lawmakers in the state Senate and General Assembly narrowly passed a bill that would radically alter the way that state aid is apportioned to local school districts, after a tooth-and-nail struggle that, as one assemblyman observed, fell mostly along geographic lines.
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