• Cutting foreign language staff hurts pupils

    I could write this letter, article, rant, whathave you in Spanish. I am confident in my ability to understand and communicate in the language I studied from second through 11th grade. My worry is that my young Marlboro peers cannot, and now will never be able to. Upon learning that the Marlboro K-8 School District…

  • Freeholder: Support open space initiatives

    Drive north from New York into the Catskills and you find yourself in the sources of the Delaware River, where thousands of acres of open land protect the water supply of New York City. People in much of New Jersey have no such protected reserves. For decades, we have paved and built and settled in…

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  • Foundation helps military families remain at bedside

    Brennan Stands Alone was started after soldier from Howell was injured By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Stephane and Brian Brennan Joanne and Jim Brennan of Howell spent more than a year by their injured warrior’s bedside after their son was critically injured in Afghanistan on May 7, 2008, from an IED attack while leading…

  • Driver charged after fatal crash kills local resident

    HOWELL — A Howell man has been charged with vehicular homicide after a passenger in the car he was driving died as a result of a single-car crash on Fort Plains Road in June, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. According to information provided by the prosecutor, Jacob Cannizzaro, 21, of Howell, was…

  • Police ready to meet residents

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Residents are invited to come out and meet officers from the Freehold Borough Police Department and enjoy a night of family fun as the department hosts its National Night Out event on Aug. 6. National Night Out is designed to heighten crime prevention awareness and drug prevention…

  • Community rallies for young Howell child battling cancer

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL – A fundraiser will be held at a Howell gymnasium to benefit the family of an 18-month-old child who is putting up a fight against cancer. The Marra-Thon Fundraiser: A Benefit for Gwennie’s Gifts will be held at Gold’s Gym, 4481 Route 9, Howell, on Sept. 14. The event…

  • Journey to Nicaragua inspires young adult

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer FARMINGDALE — In the coastal town of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua, the walls of a small vocational school are now standing because of the work of young men and women who recently dedicated two weeks of their 2013 summer vacation to help improve an impoverished community. For Anthony Camme, 18, of Farmingdale,…

  • Cole Bros. Circus will make a stop in Oceanport

    Classic circus, American-style, complete with elephants, tigers, aerialists and acrobats, mystifying magic and hilarious clowns, will return to Oceanport on Aug. 19-22. Performances will be under the big top in the parking lot at Monmouth Park. Shows will be at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. daily. The circus is being hosted by the Oceanport First Aid…

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