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January 15, 2009
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Board reserves date in case referendum questions are needed
The Howell Board of Education may ask voters to decide one or more public questions during a special election on March 10. On Jan. 7 the board voted 4-2 to reserve the March 10 date in case it is needed for referendum votes. Board members Sherry Roses, Stephen Levine, Joseph Moscato and Valerie ... More...
Jackson residents have concerns after recent fighter crash in San Diego

Last August when Operation Group Commander Col. Scott Hill told a group of Jackson residents at a public meeting that there will be 80,000 flights a year over the region when McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst merge to become one U.S. military mega-base, s... More...

Teenager prepares for 09 after stellar '08 season

While many high-schoolage boys play baseball, basketball, football or soccer, Chris Duymich competes in a completely different kind of sport that often takes him hundreds of miles away from home. More...


On brink of Barack Obama's presidency, organization honors its history

For 100 years, one organization has worked toward the goal of political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. That organization is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)). More...


JACKSON — Mayor Michael Reina said that in an attempt to provide Jackson with a sound and efficient budget in 2009, he will host a budget forum at 10 a.m. Jan. 24. The budget forum will be held at the senior center on Don Connor Boulevard. More...


JACKSON — The Planning Board has voted to grant approval for the construction of a 16,000-square-foot retail building on West Veterans Highway near Hawkin Road. The application was filed by Gelori LLC. Board members voted 6-1 on Jan. 5 to grant approval to the project. More...


PLUMSTED — Mayor Ron Dancer said this week that a civil action complaint alleging sexual harassment has been filed in state Superior Court naming Plumsted police Lt. George Titko and the Plumsted Police Department as defendants, by the plaintiff, Suzanne Des Marais, a former Plumsted special... More...


For those who have a bachelor's degree and would like to become a teacher, the Alternative Route to Teaching program offered at Ocean County College can help them to become licensed without completing a traditional teacher-training program. More...
Iam writing because I am still wondering why in the world the Jackson Board of Education agreed to renegotiate the superintendent's contract and grant him a fairly sizable pay increase while the economy tanks and people all around town are losing their jobs, or worse, losing their house. More...
Iam sitting in an airplane on a runway at Hollywood International Airport in Florida as I write this column. It is Christmas break and I'd rather be outside in the sun before returning to frigid New Jersey. After waiting 90 minutes to board our delayed flight, we were cleared for takeoff. More...
The winter my wife and I packed our family and moved from my hometown in Casper, Wyo., to take a newspaper job in the relatively balmy climes of Illinois had been a tough son of a gun. For starters, in January of that year, 1984, the temperature hadn't risen higher than 15 below zero for over a m... More...
Mrs. Nixon, 73, of Matawan, died Dec. 24, 2008, following a battle with cancer. She was a registered nurse at The Hospital Center at East Orange, and Martland Medical Center, Newark, for more than 40 years. She was predeceased by a sister, Barbara, and a brother, Joseph. More...
Top: Jackson's Tyler Wilton tries to turn Memorial's Corey Manafra at 160 pounds. Jackson won the match by a score of 35-28, in a battle of two of the top teams in the Shore area. Left: Jackson Memorial High School's Doug Hamann works Brick Memorial's Noel Reyes for backpoints during their 140-pound... More...