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  • Resident comments on new fee for alarms

    Fellow Manalapan property owners, this is not a joke. If you own an alarm system, it will cost you $25 a year to maintain it. The fee is to keep track of the number of false alarms your system may cause the police to respond to. When I received a letter advising me of this…

  • Determining the right amount of homework

    Students spend roughly six hours in the classroom each day while their parents could put in eight hours at the office.When a family returns home in the evening, homework is probably the last thing they want to worry about. Still, homework is part of many families’ daily routine, and chances are it is not going…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    A chance for an epic pick slips away Lori Clinch I t’s no big secret that my beloved spouse, Pat, and I love antiques. We love to dig for them, shop for them and incorporate them into every aspect of our lives. We fix them, refinish them and, at the end of a long day,…

  • How to help children make new friends

    Children who spend time with youngsters who share similar interests may be more likely to develop lasting friendships. Students learn lessons each day. While many of these lessons pertain to their coursework, kids pick up much more than book smarts from school, where kids first learn to cultivate friendships and build lasting relationships. In addition…

  • Henry “Chief” Hetman

    Mr. Hetman, 88, of South River, died July 31, 2014, at home. Born in South River, he remained a lifelong resident. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Hetman worked for the Ford Motor Co., Edison, for 30 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy, in…

  • Patricia Ruth Risburg Potts

    Mrs. Potts, 86, of East Brunswick, died July 31, 2014, in Lourdes Medical Center, Willingboro. Born in Galesburg, Ill., she lived in Highland Park before moving to East Brunswick in 1955. She was a member of the East Brunswick Women’s Club and the Coterie Club. In her younger days, she bowled in several leagues and…

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    A group of young men make their way along the boardwalk in Ocean Grove on July 22.

  • N.J residents are choosing to ‘skip the trip’

    I t was about a year ago that the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) began mailing its first batch of Skip the Trip notices to our customers, affording a majority of New Jersey citizens the opportunity to renew their driver’s license or nondriver IDs by mail. The Christie administration and the MVC are pleased…

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    Yellow daisies add sparkle to a summer day.