College Goal Sunday
      PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from left: Ryan Davis, a student at Long Branch High School, fills out a college application on a computer, while his mother, Shireen Davis, and Karen Archambault, of Brookdale Community College, look over financial aid forms during College Goal Sunday held Jan. 28 at the high school.
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Contracts awarded for school renovations
$25.2M awarded to two contractors for work at four schools
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer
      EATONTOWN - Bids have been submitted and contracts awarded so the renovation work on all four of the borough's public schools can now begin. Contracts were awarded at Monday's special meeting of the Eatontown Board of Education to two contractors for work on two schools.
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On Campus
      Kristy Guidetti, West Long Branch, has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at the College of Business Administration at Rider University, Lawrenceville.
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School Days
      Novice newscasters get hands-on TV experience WEST LONG BRANCH - Stu-dents at St. Jerome School participated in "Lights, Camera, Action," a program designed to introduce students to the behind-the-scenes world of television broadcasting as well as give them hands-on experience.
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School board weighs in on polling place changes
Board of Ed letter responds to council comments
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer
      EATONTOWN - The borough Board of Education is standing by its request to end the practice of using the schools as polling places, despite opposition from the Borough Council. At Monday's special meeting of the board, BOE President John Schiels read a letter that the board will send to the council in response to comments made by council members opposed to the change.
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