Martin Gale

SHREWSBURY - Martin Richard Gale, 78, of Shrewsbury, NJ passed away on December 18. He is survived by his wife of 43 years Hon. Bette E. Uhrmacher (Ret.), his daughters Jessica and Dana, sonsin-law Sunny and Ryan, and grandsons Austin, Grayson and Henry. Services will be held at Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels in Ocean Township, NJ at 1pm on Tuesday, December 19. ages, comparing county averages for an infant 0-23 months :

Atlantic County: $11,663 (day care); $9,051 (home-based care)

Bergen County: $16,937 (day care); $12,036 (home-based care)

Burlington County: $16,067 (day care); $9,104 (home-based care)

Camden County: $14,694 (day care); $9,136 (home-based care)

Cape May County: $15,239 (day care); $8,991 (home-based care)

Cumberland County: $9,775 (day care); $9,525 (home-based care)

Essex County: $10,886 (day care); $8,914 (home-based care)

Gloucester County: $11,466 (day care); $9,719 (home-based care)

Hudson County: $9,441 (day care; $8,829 (home-based care) tion meeting for a district with an April school election will be between May 1 and May 7 and that member terms begin on May 1 and end on April 30; for districts with November school elections, member terms begin on Jan. 1 and end on Dec. 31. If a district moves its election from November to April, member terms are to be shortened accordingly.

School districts throughout the state used to hold their elections, including getting voters to weigh in on their spending plans, in April, but a law in 2012 allowed districts to move their elections to November. Those districts no longer need voter approval of their

Hunterdon County: $19,978 care); $14,123 (home-based care)

Mercer County: $16,091 (day care); $9,100 (home-based care)

Middlesex County: $16,644 care); $9,864 (home-based care)

Monmouth County: $15,189 care); $9,336 (home-based care)

Morris County: $17,143 (day care); $9,829 (home-based care)

Ocean County: $12,199 (day care); $11,202 (home-based care)

Passaic County: $9,928 (day care); $8,875 (home-based care)

Salem County: $9,409 (day care); $10,261 (home-based care)

Somerset County: $17,402 (day care); $11,890 (home-based care)

Sussex County: $14,373 (day care); $12,009 (home-based care)

Union County: $15,854 (day care); $9,149 (home-based care)

Warren County: $14,204 (day care); $9,145 (home-based care)

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A handful of New Jersey's school districts still hold elections for school board candidates in April. Those that have kept elections in the spring, or switched back after moving them to November, are:

Cliffside Park

Fairview

Passaic

Totowa

Fredon

Montague

Irvington

Newark

North Bergen

Weehawken

West New York

New Brunswick

Contact Katie Sobko at sobko@northjersey.com