Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Plumsted board introduces $24.5 million school budget

    Plumsted board introduces $24.5 million school budget

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer PLUMSTED – The Plumsted Township School District Board of Education has introduced a $24.5 million budget to fund the operation of the K-12 school district during the 2016-17 school year. Residential and commercial property owners in Plumsted will be asked to pay a total of $12.4 million in property taxes…

  • Talk brings Confederate soldiers’ stories to life

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — On April 12, 1861, gunshots rang out at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, signifying the start of one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history. The Civil War has been the subject of hundreds of thousands of books, movies and television documentaries, but…

  • March Madness Dog Show to be held March 25-27

    March Madness Dog Show to be held March 25-27

    More than 4,000 dogs in over 200 breeds will be competing on March 25-27 in the March Madness Cluster weekend at the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center in Raritan Center, Edison. The March Madness Cluster dog shows is organized by the New Brunswick Kennel Club and the Bronx County Kennel Club, in guidance with…

  • Saint Augustine of Canterbury to hold Pocketbook Bingo April 22

    Saint Augustine of Canterbury to hold Pocketbook Bingo April 22

    Saint Augustine of Canterbury School, 45 Henderson Road, Kendall Park, will hold its annual Pocketbook Bingo and Basket Raffle on April 22. Bingo games, 50/50 raffle and basket raffles will be held; doors open at 5 p.m. and games will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person and includes one Bingo booklet, consisting…

  • County eyes replacement of Jackson Mills Road culvert

    County eyes replacement of Jackson Mills Road culvert

    JACKSON – Ocean County officials are making plans to improve the infrastructure and road safety on Jackson Mills Road while maintaining a natural resource. The Ocean County Board of Freeholders announced on March 9 that plans are being made to replace a corrugated aluminum box culvert under the road. The culvert, which was installed about…

  • Volunteers sought for Howell cleanup

    Volunteers sought for Howell cleanup

    HOWELL – The administrators of Howell’s Clean Communities Program are looking for volunteers to participate in a community cleanup day that will take place on April 16. Howell recycling coordinator Laurie Dunwoody said Boy Scout troops, Girl Scout troops, families, sports teams, members of houses of worship and businesses are welcome to come out and…

  • Englishtown introduces municipal budget

    Englishtown introduces municipal budget

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN – The Borough Council has introduced a $2.36 million budget to fund the operation of Englishtown this year. Council members did not comment on the spending plan when they introduced it on March 23. Council President Greg Wojyn and council members Lou Sarti Jr., Cindy Robilotti, Lori Cooke and…

  • New bishop to lead Diocese of Metuchen in May

    New bishop to lead Diocese of Metuchen in May

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PISCATAWAY — Come May 3, the Diocese of Metuchen will have a new bishop after 14 years. The Rev. Monsignor James F. Checchio, 49, a New Jersey native, will lead more than 640,000 Catholics in the four-county diocese comprised of Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren counties. He will oversee 90 parishes,…

  • Precious memories shaped by family dinners

    Precious memories shaped by family dinners

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO When I was a child, Sunday family dinners were a ritual, a regular occurrence, not a rarity. Think Tom Selleck’s Sunday family dinner of police officers on the TV show “Blue Bloods” – only with pasta and parmesan cheese. After Sunday Mass, dad would battle the traffic to Jersey City or…