On Campus       Berkeley College, Paramus, has honored an area student inducted into Sigma Beta Delta National Honor Society, which honors students in business, management or administration pursuing baccalaureate or graduate degrees. To qualify, students must rank in the upper 20 percent of the class. More ...      ERIC SUCAR staff State Sen. Ellen Karcher, 12th District, (far left), talks with local high school girls at the Running & Winning Workshop held at Monmouth Regional High School in Tinton Falls on May 4. The program, run by the League of Women Voters and several other county organizations, was aimed ... More ... 'Arlene's Garden' dedicated at JCC       The family of the late Arlene Ansell gathered at Center Play School (CPS) at the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal on Friday, May 4, for a dedication of a garden that was installed in Arlene's memory. For five years Arlene was a beloved teacher's assistant at CPS, before passin... More ... Earth Day begins with you!       Earth Day at the Long Branch Middle School was celebrated April 20. The eighth-grade students in the Science and Technology Academy participated in an Earth Day themed assignment, Planting for Our Future. They planted flowers in the new school courtyard. The flowers of the future will h... More ... Students shine through artworks       Nadia Real, a fourth-grade student at Amerigo A. Anastasia School in Long Branch, proudly stands next to her interpretation of Van Gogh's "Starry Night," which is on exhibit as part of the Long Branch Public Schools Art Show. More ... Grocery bags carry Earth Day message       The students in grades K-8 at Saint Jerome School in West Long Branch, decorated paper grocery bags with an Earth Day message. The bags were then distributed to shoppers on Earth Day, April 22, to help make customers aware of ways to save and protect the environment. More ... Freeholder delivers civics lesson       What is a freeholder? That's a question members of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders get asked all the time. To answer that question, Freeholder Barbara J. More ... Dress for success       Lots of places have Dress Down Day, but Morris Avenue School in Long Branch decided to have a Dress Up Day. Dressed in their finest clothes, students and staff danced their way into spring at the Spring Fling. The students sang and danced to "Chicken Noodle Soup," "Cha Cha Slid... More ... Panter: Military housing plans pose security issues Tinton Falls sees impact on school district BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer       Mix together economics, housing, children and their education, and you get one combustible mess. Add a terrorism bust in New Jersey focused on a military facility, and boom! … clarity. According to Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-12), the terrorism plot disclosed earlier this w... More ... Helping students keep pace with the future Program aims to keep U.S. competitive in science, hi-tech BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer       With advances in technology evolving each day, a retired Rumson couple set out to find a way to prepare today's gifted students for the challenges of the real world of the future. More ...