Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Open house to be held for first residences at MainStreetNB

    Open house to be held for first residences at MainStreetNB

    By Jennifer Amato Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The transit-oriented mixed use development on Route 1 is on the right track. The Heights at Main Street will be the first section of residences available at the MainStreetNB transit village,  which is located on the former Johnson & Johnson property at 2300 Route 1 north. Offered by…

  • Matawan-Aberdeen school district to introduce preschool

    Matawan-Aberdeen school district to introduce preschool

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer ABERDEEN — School officials and teachers are putting together a new program for Cambridge Park Elementary School that will grow and strengthen the connections preschoolers need to become successful in the future. At an April 25 meeting of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education, officials said the…

  • Daniela’s Wish: To help others

    Daniela’s Wish: To help others

    By Lisa Anderson Daniela Olt, 13, of Colts Neck, remembers the day her life changed. She explains, “I was seven years old, and I was watching TV and a commercial came on showing the damage from the earthquake in Haiti. There was a little boy standing in the rubble crying, and it made me very…

  • Central Jersey Bicycle Club Farmlands Bicycle Tour slated for May 7

    Central Jersey Bicycle Club Farmlands Bicycle Tour slated for May 7

    The Central Jersey Bicycle Club (CJBC) announces that its annual Farmlands Bicycle Tour, which starts and finishes in Lincroft, will take place this year on May 7. Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County will partner with CJBC to assist with the 32nd anniversary of the annual tour, providing volunteers and information at the rest stops…

  • Red Bank school district cites state funding gap as hardship to budget

    Red Bank school district cites state funding gap as hardship to budget

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK — Red Bank Borough Public Schools approved of the 2016 budget that would increase taxes by $88 for a home assessed at the borough average. “Becoming a great school district is a process. This proposed budget is a step towards that goal and our focus is the big…

  • Parties debate Plumsted police pay issue

    Parties debate Plumsted police pay issue

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Contract negotiations involving the union that represents Plumsted Township’s police officers and municipal officials will not begin until September, but the recent departure of an officer has brought some issues between the parties to the public’s attention. On April 6, the Township Committee accepted the resignation of Plumsted…

  • Blaze in Keyport damages three buildings, displaces residents

    Blaze in Keyport damages three buildings, displaces residents

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer KEYPORT — A multi-alarm fire that broke out on West Front Street late last week is still under investigation according to local officials. “The investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Monmouth County Fire Marshal’s Office, Keyport Police Department and Keyport Fire Prevention Bureau remains active and ongoing,” said…

  • Matawan man charged with child porn crime

    Matawan man charged with child porn crime

    MATAWAN — A Matawan man was arrested on April 12 for allegedly soliciting an underage girl to produce images of herself engaged in sexually explicit conduct and send the images to him through an online instant messaging application, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced in a press release. Matthew Kaminsky, 49, is charged by complaint…

  • CMP Spine and Wellness Center offers extensive range of services

    CMP Spine and Wellness Center offers extensive range of services

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The late Edmund Paczkowski was known for his expertise in the food business — he had owned and operated the city’s Foodtown on Bordentown Avenue for decades. But he’s also being credited with the launch of a medical practice across the street just a couple of months before…