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  • Monmouth assemblyman forsakes area residents

    I offer my applause to state Assembly-man Michael Panter (D-Monmouth and Mercer) for his bill A-2422 which would include casinos in the new indoor smoking ban. Panter was quoted saying, “This effort has always been about protecting em-ployees. There is no reason that casino employees should not have the same protections as workers across the…

  • Lori Clinch

    Are We There Yet? This flu doesn’t give a darn about flu shots My good friend, Trixie, called the other day to report that her family had the flu. “I suffered for two days,” she said with great sorrow. “Then the next thing I knew, Earl was curled up on the couch with a thermometer…

  • Make sure child’s car has up-to-date safety devices

    In January, my phone rang and it was my 18-year-old daughter who had just left for school. “Mom, I crashed the car; come quick.” She was just up the street from my house on Locust Avenue in Howell. I got her dad and when we went outside, we could hear the horn going off and…

  • Mark Rosman

    In the News Stepping up to the plate Over the past few weeks there’s been something of a brouhaha going on in Manalapan concerning a statement that was made at a public meeting by Larry Roth, the husband of Township Committeewoman Michelle Roth. Specifically, an Internet message board dedicated to Manalapan has been abuzz with…

  • Good Samaritan’s effort is appreciated by mother

    On Feb. 25 at about 9 a.m., my daughter was involved in a car accident on the corner of Route 9 and Route 33. I would like to thank the Good Samaritan who stopped to comfort her, offer reassurance and waited with her until the police arrived at the scene. Unfortunately, amid all of her…

  • Obituaries

    Therese “Terry” Humenn Mrs. Humenn, 70, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 23 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was the former owner of Gifts and Smiles, Fair Haven and Matawan. She worked as assistant coordinator of arts and crafts at Pine Brook Nursing Home, Englishtown. Surviving are her former husband, Richard F.…

  • Township’s budget for ’06 checks in at $35.4 million

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – You can blame it on the state. Homeowners can expect to see the municipal tax rate rise 2.9 cents this year to 38.8 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, but the increase would have been only 1.7 cents if not for some “clever” math on…

  • Baking techniques to be shown

    On April 2 between 1-4 p.m., the Historic Village at Allaire will be holding a demonstration of the beehive oven and the techniques used for baking in the 19th century. Discover the bakery of the 1830s Howell Works and the role it played in sustaining an entire community. In the 1830s, the communal bakery was…

  • On Campus

    Steven J. Fisch, son of Marla and Cory Fisch of Manalapan, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics of the University of Delaware, Newark. He is a 2005 graduate of Manalapan High School. Evan Sforza of Manalapan has been named to the dean’s…