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Schools - and parents - planning small proms, but hoping N.J. lifts gathering limits soon
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
Posted Apr 15, 2021
File photo from the annual Pop-Up Prom Boutique that the Cornerstone University Enactus team hosts for high school students to receive free prom dresses donated by CU students and area shops. On Saturday, March 16, students can shop for dresses at Clearwater Place from 1 to 4 p.m.
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And that’s only if the event, tentatively scheduled for May 22, takes place at all.
The current outdoor gathering limit of 200 people isn’t high enough to accommodate the large class of 380 students, said Mike Vicente, director of student activities and athletics. By the end of April, the administrators will review state guidelines and decide whether to forge ahead selling tickets and making seating arrangements, he said.
“There are districts that do not pay as well and it is important we are negotiating strong contracts in every district,” said Stephen Baker, a spokesman for the New Jersey Education Association, which represents teachers. “It is important to look at and make sure that teachers in every district receive fair compensation.”
The median salary for New Jersey teachers statewide is $72,644, while the nationwide typical pay is lower at $61,660, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A recent USA TODAY analysis ranked New Jersey eighth among median teacher salaries, behind New York, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Alaska, Maryland and Rhode Island.
Marlboro resident Bob Hartman made his mark in local media on TV-34
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A proud member of the Freehold Regional High School Class of 1967 and a man with whom I worked for many years has passed away, much too soon.
Robert F. “Bob” Hartman, 71, of Marlboro, died on Feb. 20 after a long illness, according to an obituary from the Holmdel Funeral Home.
Almost 40 years ago, Bob became a regular on-air presence on TV-34, which was a local cable television channel operated by Monmouth Cablevision.
Monmouth Cablevision was based in Wall Township and provided cable television service to many communities in Monmouth and Ocean counties, including Manalapan, Marlboro, Freehold Township, Howell and Jackson.
Joe Amiel, former owner of Spring Lake s Old Mill Inn and Sallee Tee s in Monmouth Beach, died Friday.
A resident of Red Bank, he had been hospitalized at Riverview Medical Center with pneumonia and suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema, his cousin Linda Amiel Burns said. Amiel was 77. He was just a special guy, said Burns, of Manhattan. He was very honest. He helped anybody if they were in trouble. He listened to you when you talked and he gave you good advice, Burns said. He was so smart and so kind.
Amiel was a restaurant owner for more than 50 years. His most recent venture was Joe s Bay Pointe Inn, which opened in Highlands in 2017 in the space now occupied by the restaurant One Willow. It was his 14th restaurant in a 52-year career.