Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • County College embraces Noble Expressions

    County College embraces Noble Expressions

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — In the shock, pain and grief of learning that his brother, Sidney Garrick, was killed during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2000, Richmond Garrick was presented with a challenge. Garrick was in the Master of Fine Arts program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at…

  • Places to be for week of Feb. 20

    Places to be for week of Feb. 20

    Spring is approaching, so this is the time of the year when scholastic tournaments are in full bloom. Basketball crowns to be determined locally The Shore Conference Tournament championship is Feb. 25 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The girls will settle the tournament title at 5:30 p.m., followed by the boys at 7:30…

  • RV dealership site plan gains preliminary approval

    RV dealership site plan gains preliminary approval

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township Zoning Board of Adjustment is allowing an applicant’s request to develop a dealership for recreational vehicles on Route 33 to move forward. On Jan. 25, the board granted minor subdivision and major preliminary site plan approval to Lenzo Family LLC to create a new lot…

  • Outside groups prohibited from using Jackson spray park

    Outside groups prohibited from using Jackson spray park

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer JACKSON – Organized groups from outside the community are now prohibited from using the Jackson spray park in the Jackson Justice Complex. On Feb. 14, the Township Council adopted an ordinance which states that “individuals and families are welcome. No organized groups (are) allowed, with the exception of Jackson Township…

  • Freehold Township’s Kasun chosen state superintendent of the year

    Freehold Township’s Kasun chosen state superintendent of the year

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Ross Kasun, the superintendent of schools of the Freehold Township K-8 School District, has been selected as New Jersey’s 2017 candidate for the American Association of School Administrators’ (AASA) National Superintendent of the Year Award by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA). According to a…

  • Ordinance addresses uses in Village Commercial zone

    Ordinance addresses uses in Village Commercial zone

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – An ordinance that would permit residential and commercial uses on a 130-acre property at the corner of Route 33 and Millhurst Road is expected to be introduced by the Manalapan Township Committee tonight, Feb. 22. If the committee eventually adopts the ordinance, residential and commercial uses will be…

  • This week’s photos 2.14.2017
  • Officials in Old Bridge ‘build’ upon success of 2016 permits, inspections

    Officials in Old Bridge ‘build’ upon success of 2016 permits, inspections

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Officials are proud that the Building Department is thriving in the township. Mayor Owen Henry said one just has to look at the numbers: 5,294 permits issued in 2016, 16,631 inspections performed, 5,362 certificates of occupancies issued, 5,918 planner reviews and 63 continued commercial certificates of occupancies. “The…

  • Old Bridge budget workshops being held over coming weeks

    Old Bridge budget workshops being held over coming weeks

      BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — As township officials move forward on the vacant properties ordinance that was adopted last year, staffing concerns within the township’s Building Department will be among the items discussed when the 2017 municipal budget is put together. A full-time housing inspector and a part-time code enforcement official…