Author: Greater Media

  • Salvation Army seeks help to aid the less fortunate

    I give thanks for all God’s blessings, especially at this time of the year, but this year I must also pray for help. I must also ask the public to be especially generous when they encounter The Salvation Army’s red kettles or receive a letter from us in the mail. Most people don’t realize that…

  • Milltown board should continue to turn down Wawa’s application

    I read with interest your article about Wawa’s fight to expand its Ryders Lane parking lot (Sentinel, Dec. 5). As a local resident, I have seen the commercial building grow along Ryders Lane for more than 20 years. Wawa has been a good place to go to pick up much-needed necessities at all hours, day…

  • School plan removes the high price tag and meets needs of students

    As a member of the Monroe Township Board of Education, I take full responsibility for the failure of the recent bond referendum. The reasons for the proposed referendum are real, are with us now, and are worsening daily. We chose a plan that addressed all of the facilities problems that we are facing and will…

  • Guest Column

    William P. NearyE.B. mayor responds to criticism William P. Neary E.B. mayor responds to criticism I have a long practice of not responding to newspaper letters to the editor, but Frank Coury, a constant critic, has once again presented opinions as facts and has called those who have listened to the truth "sycophants." As mayor,…

  • Political leaders must remain behind rail plan

    Political leaders must remain behind rail plan It will take all the political support the Monmouth-Ocean county region can muster to advance a plan for passenger rail service through this area of New Jersey, which continues to explode in population. Published reports indicate that in the next decade, it is expected that approximately 25 percent…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. FRIEDA ASH, 109, formerly of East Brunswick, Highland Park and New York City, died Dec. 10 in Central Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged, Somerset section of…

  • Photo

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Casey and Connor McKenzie meet the man of the season, Santa Claus, at the Holiday Extravaganza held Dec. 7 at the New Egypt Elementary School, Plumsted.

  • Pythians donate more than 500 cell phones

    The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, Domain of New Jersey, has provided more than 500 recharged and programmable cell phones to 9-1-1 to various special needs groups throughout the state since the summer of 2002. Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Catholic Charities’ Providence House Battered Women’s Shelter, Livings ton Senior Citizen Center and…

  • Holy Family PTA gets ready to boost school community

    LAKEWOOD — If you don’t happen to have a village, the next best way to raise a child might be through your place of worship. That is the reasoning behind a plan by new principal Sister Carolyn Houck to form a PTA for the first time at the 27-year-old elementary school run by Holy Family…