Following a key recommendation of the Teen Drivers Study Commission, New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram last week directed municipal prosecutors not to offer or accept plea bargains to teenage drivers with graduated drivers licenses (GDL) for motor vehicle violations that carry points. More...

HOWELL — For more than three decades, Howell residents have been showing up each fall to partake in the township's largest display of community spirit, Howell Day. On Sept. 27 at Oak Glen Park, Old Tavern Road, between noon and 7 p.m., Howell residents will have another chance to be part of... More...

Navy Seaman Recruit Daniel J. McKenna, son of Linda Mills of Jackson and Shawn A. McKenna of Englishtown, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. More...

JACKSON — Plans are under way for "Operation My Town," an annual event that will have volunteers cleaning up Jackson. Patricia Wood, who is Jackson's Clean Communities Coordinator, said the event is set for Oct. 18. This will be the second community cleanup of 2008. More...

FREEHOLD — For the first time ever the Latino Festival of western Monmouth County will be held in downtown Freehold on Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month. The festival will be held in the Monmouth County Hall of Records Annex parking lot, Main Stre... More...