• Freedom Fest State Fair returns to Upper Freehold

    This year’s Freedom Fest State Fair has returned to the Horse Park of New Jersey, Route 524, Upper Freehold Township. Musical acts will perform in the main arena, and fair-goers can sit in the covered pavilion while enjoying the concerts. The event runs through July 14. On July 11, Country & Western Night with Lindsay…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Another sad fact of aging: gravity Lori Clinch Growing old is no picnic, I’ll give you that. There’s the loss of up-close vision, the graying of hair, and I really miss my memory. At least I think I do. Then there are the aches and pains. Lately I’ve had a crimp in my neck, a…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Victoria Sharp of Allentown has been named to the dean’s list at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., for spring 2013 quarter. Douglas J. Calvitti of Allentown was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from Denison University, Granville, Ohio. Douglas majored in biology and minored in geosciences. Angela Scibilia of Allentown graduated…

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  • Victorio C. Garde Jr., M.D.

    Dr. Garde, 67, of Millstone Township, died July 2, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in the Philippines, he lived in Freehold before moving to Millstone Township 21 years ago. He was a psychiatrist at Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital and at Trenton State Hospital before retiring. Surviving are his wife of 39 years,…

  • Time to step up pay-to-play law violations

    On the June 24 broadcast of “NJ Today,” state Sen. Ronald Rice said that New Jersey is one of the most corrupt states in the nation. The Birdsall pay-to-play scandal in Monmouth County and all of the public officials who have received campaign contributions is startling. Mr. Birdsall used his employees to circumvent the law…

  • Writer recalls impact of 1965 court ruling

    A major anniversary in the history of women’s reproductive health was recently celebrated. June 7 was the 48th anniversary of the 1965 U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Griswold v. Connecticut, which found that married couples have the right to contraception. Forty-eight years after this decision, 99 percent of women say they have used birth control…

  • Acting prosecutor will not deploy to Afghanistan

    The deployment orders from the U.S. Navy calling Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni to active duty for a tour in Afghanistan have been rescinded, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Gramiccioni, 41, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve attached to the Region Legal Service Office, Naval…

  • Young woman serving in FEMA Corps unit

    Lisa Krasner MANALAPAN — Lisa Krasner, daughter of Jaye and Steven Krasner of Manalapan, is one of 154 Sacramento, Calif.- based young people who are serving in the nation’s first class of FEMA Corps, a new unit of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) solely devoted to disaster preparedness and response. During her 10-month…

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