Community rallies with support after Upper Freehold family loses home in fire
Community rallies with support after Upper Freehold family loses home in fire
UPPER FREEHOLD – After losing their home to a fire, an Upper Freehold Township family that includes two staff members and one student in the Upper Freehold Regional School District is receiving assistance from the community.
Firefighters employed by the Hope Fire Company, which serves Upper Freehold Township and Allentown, reported they responded to a fire on April 22 at the home of the DeRisi family. They said the fire resulted in the DeRisis losing their home, their belongings and their two pet dogs.
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Stone Bridge Middle School robotics team debuts with successful season
Stone Bridge Middle School robotics team debuts with successful season
During the 2020-21 academic year a competitive Lego robotics team was established at the Stone Bridge Middle School, which enrolls children from Allentown and Upper Freehold Township.
Melissa Domen, the business leader of the Allentown High School robotics team, is the founder of the middle school team, according to a press release.
The name of the team, True North Robotics, unites the school’s motto of “Finding Your True North” with the students’ passion for robotics.
With the guidance of high school students on Redbird Robotics, 14 middle school students have learned programming, building and teamwork skills, while having a successful rookie season, according to Domen.
Wed, 04/14/2021 - 5:58pm sarahp JOAN MARIE (BEAZLEY) BULLOCK
MIDDLEBURY Joan Bullock, 84, died March 10, 2021, of natural causes related to late-stage dementia. Joan was born in Lancaster, Pa., the daughter of the late Russell Beazley and Marie (Schlegel) Beazley. Joan grew up in Allentown, Pa., graduating from Allentown High School.
After high school Joan was employed at the
Morning Call newspaper, which also was the
Evening Chronicle and
Sunday Call Chronicle, selling advertising. She then became a teller at the Bell Telephone Company prior to having her family. She moved to Bridgewater, N.J. after her marriage. She divorced and worked as a teller at Somerset Trust Company in Somerset, N.J. She became the Director of Public Relations at the Somerset Community Action Program (SCAP) in Franklin Township, N.J., and then the Executive Director of Mobilization of Resources, Somerville N.J. Joan would continue to fight for equal rights, justice for
Two school districts face loss of state aid during 2021-22 academic year
Gov. Phil Murphy has unveiled his Fiscal Year 2022 budget, which includes proposed funding for New Jersey’s public school districts during the 2021-22 academic year.
In terms of state aid, some school districts have come out winners and will see an increase in their support from Trenton, while some school districts have come out losers and will see their state aid continue to decrease.
The amount of state aid a school district receives helps to determine the amount of taxes a school board must raise from a municipality’s residential and commercial property owners to support the operation of a school district in an academic year.