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      November 5, 2008  RSS feed

      ERIC SUCAR staff Colts Neck High School's Briana Jackucewicz sprints toward the finish line during the Shore Conference Cross Country Championships on Oct. 30 at Ocean County Park, Lakewood. Jackucewicz finished second in the race. For more, see Sports. More...
      Two DPW workers will be reduced to part time

      Blaming constraints in the present municipal budget, Englishtown officials are preparing to eliminate one clerical position from the municipal payroll and to reduce two full-time Department of Public Works (DPW) employees to part-time status. More...

      Seats on municipal governing bodies were up for grabs on Election Day, Nov. 4, and voters made their choices for the men and women who will run their communities over the course of the next several years. Vote totals included in this article were taken from the Monmouth County Internet Web site as posted at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 5. More...


      On Oct. 29, Marion Pegese, 35, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to the crimes of first degree armed robbery and second degree conspiracy to commit armed robbery. On Oct. 30, two other Philadelphia men, Eric Lane, 38, and Robert Ward, 30, pleaded guilty to the same charges. More...


      Omnipoint seeking to place cell tower on Robertsville Road

      Alawyer representing residents opposed to the construction of a cell tower on Robertsville Road, Freehold Township, made his first appearance before the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment on Oct. 30. More...


      Forensic entomologist amazes MEMS students with details about many insect species

      MANALAPAN — Because October is a month when creepy, crawly bugs are often the norm, Louis Sorkin's visit to the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School (MEMS) two weeks before Halloween could not have come at a better time for some eighth-grade students. More...


      HOWELL — In 1996, Peter Kuppler and other firefighters were called to respond to a residential fire in Howell where they believed several children were trapped in an upstairs room. When two firemen mistook a storage room for the children's bedroom, they suffered serious injuries from smoke inhalation, injuries that Kuppler believes could have been avoided. More...


      Application centered on use of Court Street residence

      FREEHOLD — In a unanimous decision, the Freehold Borough Planning Board voted to deny an application that would have allowed attorney Veronica Davis to operate a law office in a Court Street residential property. Board members Kevin Mulligan, William Butch, Robert Oaks, Chairwoman Lisa Kristiansen, Danielle Sims and Lillie Hendry voted to deny the application. More...


      MVC administrator unveils new video presentation at Freehold Twp. High School

      On Oct. 22, Sharon A. Harrington, chief administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, unveiled a newly restructured Probationary Driver Program (PDP) to students at Freehold Township High School. More...


      Harley-Davidson/Buell of Long Branch will host a fundraising event to benefit the Brian Brennan Stands Alone Trust on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Jeff Margaritell, owner, Harley-Davidson/ Buell of Long Branch, said, "This daylong event gives us an opportunity to help Lt. More...


      Join the Colts Neck Cougar Catwalkers at Colts Neck High School Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 2 and 8 p.m. as they perform William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker," a story based on the inspiring life of Helen Keller (played by Arielle Strauss), a girl reduced to being deaf and blind due to illness as an infant. More...
      Almost a month ago I wrote a letter, which I sent to every member of the Michigan Legislature, the governor and the attorney general regarding an illegal alien living in New Jersey who went to Michigan and came back with a new license and registration for the van he drives to his job in New Jersey each day for two years. More...
      You may have read recent reports about the struggles the newspaper business is facing these days. Going back to the time before the present recession hit the United States, newspapers were facing a changing climate — one in which advertisers and readers were migrating to other types of media in an effort to connect with news and information. More...
      Ifigure there'll be a lot of upsides to getting this never-ending election over with — and one of the best things will be getting my History Channel back. Longtime readers will remember the outrage I felt (an outrage shared by many) when Comcast took my History Channel away early this year as part of their "upgrade" in services. More...
      Dear Greg: I'm writing this before Election Day, so I have no idea what the outcome will be, other than the delirious conga-line dance going on over at MSNBC, which has been under way for about a week now. (I knew how dedicated that network was to balanced political coverage when they hired "Air America's" Rachel Maddow to follow those two bastions of Edward R. More...
      Brave wins in 15:17
      Robby Andrews shook things up at the Shore Conference Cross Country Championships. Not content to just sit in the lead pack and then destroy his opponents in the final half-mile, the Manalapan senior surged to the front around 2K into Thursday's 5K race at the fast Ocean County Park (OCP) layout in Lakewood. More...