O.B. schools improve program for autistic students State grant provides district with better tools for in-house education BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent       OLD BRIDGE - Traveling to and from Neptune Township takes about 40 minutes for a township child, a relatively long trip for school every day. Such arrangements are not easy for parents either, who find it difficult to attend school meetings and to coordinate the schedules of their other children... More ... Having a ball reading      PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top to bottom: Dwayne "Swoop" Simpson, a Harlem Wizards basketball player, reads a book about Michael Jordan titled "Salt in His Shoes" to students, as he passes a spinning basketball to Elena Riccardi, 9, at the third annual Family Reading Night at the Samsel Upper Elementa... More ... Holiday cheer      CHRIS KELLY staff Old Bridge High School students Lauren Criscuolo, 16, Evan Ruggiero, 17, and Harris Eberbach, 16, sing with the school choir Monday evening during the township's Christmas tree and menorah lighting event at the municipal center. More ...