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January 25, 2007
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Craig Breiner, 30, of Howell, trekked across the heart of New Jersey on the brisk morning of Jan. 20 as he walked 50 miles from Belmar to the Statehouse in Trenton to show his support for American troops serving in Iraq. Here, Breiner makes his way along Route 33 in Manalapan. The walk took... More...
Issues at JMHS revolve around construction work & removal of asbestos

Students and staff members at Jackson Memorial High School want to know they are safe from harmful asbestos while remediation work at the building continues. The issue came up at the Jackson Board of Education's Jan. 16 meeting. One board member said comments made that evening were ... More...


HOWELL - The Stop & Shop supermarket at Route 9 and Lanes Mills Road has announced that it will donate $1,781 to the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties through its annual Food for Friends program. "This was another great year for Food for Friends," said Bill Holmes, EVP of Operati... More...


JACKSON - Residents of the Maple Glen mobile home community have been dealt a blow - higher rents which they say they cannot afford to pay. The senior citizens in the 80-unit community on Bowman Road, most of whom live on a fixed income or supplemental part-time jobs, came before th... More...


PLUMSTED - Senior citizens in Plumsted who need assistance in completing and filing their federal and state income tax returns in advance of the April 15 deadline will be able to receive that help for the first time. More...


Wasser says seniors who want a parking permit would have to attend

On the heels of the tragic death of three teenagers and a grandmother in a two-vehicle collision in Freehold Township on Jan. 10 comes a discussion about implementing a safety program whose goal would be to reduce the risk of such a tragedy happening again. More...


The Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation will be sponsoring a Learn to Bowl program on Fridays, March 9-30, at Brunswick Lakewood Lanes, routes 9 and 70 in Lakewood, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program serves as an introduction to bowling and practice on the lanes. The fee for e... More...
"... [W]hy not try to explore ways to reduce the 57 percent impact that the (schools have) on your taxes, and the taxes of all the residents?"
I am not paying Paul Mayer-owitz's bill. Judging from statements he has made in public concerning the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority (JTMUA) he is obviously a ratepayer. What is a ratepayer? Someone who has connected water and/or sewer services and pays for those services - ... More...
Merla is guilty? Boy, we didn't see that coming
After last Wednesday, we can add at least one more entry to our lexicon of words describing former Keyport Mayor John Merla - felon. It looks like I won't be eating crow after all - which I might have been compelled to do had he gone to trial and been judged innocent. Since the da... More...
Biagia Pace Mrs. Pace, 85, of Howell, died Jan. 12, 2007, at CareOne at East Brunswick. Born in Cosmiso, Italy, she came to the U.S. in 1954 and had lived in Syracuse before moving to Howell in 1993. Mrs. Pace was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Giuseppe, in 1996. Survi... More...
"My job many times is … to bring news to your parents that you have been killed in a motor vehicle accident. … They will never forget that message." - Dan Schafer Police Chaplain
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Death is but a moment beyond life, and the combination of drinking and driving can bring that moment beyond much closer. That was just one of the messages brought to students at Jackson Memorial High School during a recent week-long program ... More...
JACKSON - Jackson High School girls swim coach Janet Carvin could not have been happier with her team's performance at the Ocean County Championships last weekend. The Lady Jaguars surprised a lot of people, including Carvin, by finishing in eighth place over with a total of 110 poi... More...